Find Hidden Jobs Never Found on Traditional Job Boards
Quit wasting your time on the traditional job boards. The monstrously big career building boards. If that’s where you’re spending a lot of your job search, thinking that’s where you’re going to find your next job, you’re putting a lot of time and effort into a source with a very low rate of return. If …
New Grads – Want A Job? Learn How To Work First
Had lunch with a frustrated exec this week I’ve known for years. He has hired new college grads for years, has seen the process through the past three decades and is concerned that today’s grads don’t know how to work.
I frowned at such a broad blanket statement and he agreed that it’s not true …
May These 3 Tips Get You In 1 Door
Whether you’re a recent graduate or someone who has been laid off, obviously you’re experiencing the challenges of getting a job. First of all, let me tell you that I’m almost positive this has little to do with you and everything to do with the economic condition we presently face. So stop beating yourself over …
Veteran Careers: Top 5 Jobs For Ex-Military Personnel
The US military is arguably the best-trained workforce in the world, and personnel who leave military service have skills that translate to virtually any career.
Here’s a look at five popular jobs that give the men and women who’ve served our country an opportunity to make a difference and move up.
1. Information Technology Specialist…Still Job Hunting Online, Never Hearing Back? Try This!
If you are the typical job hunter in today’s job market, I strongly suspect that you are among the legions of those who are doing the same things over and over and still expecting different results. (Isn’t that the true definition of “insanity”?!) What I’m referring to here concerns going to the job boards to …
How To Focus On Jobs You Want; Forget “I’ll Take Anthing!”
The next time an unemployed friend tells you “I’m looking for anything” or “I’m open to any job,” you have my permission to pull out one of those game-day big fan hands and gently slap them.
Otherwise, please find another way to make it clear that just like a quarterback, they’re not going to send …
Mario Batali: The 3 Ingredients for Cooking Up A Great Candidate Experience
As the Global Director of Talent Acquisition for Monster, I know cooking up an ‘al dente’ candidate experience isn’t always easy.
Like so many of my colleagues in this industry, our talent organization is evolving to do more work with less resources, a reality compounded by the fact that our biggest challenge isn’t applicant flow …
New Age Social Media Reference Checks
Have you ever Googled yourself as part of your job search strategy? According to the Society for Human Resources Management, there’s nearly 100 percent chance your credentials, resume, and application will be reviewed for inaccuracies. You may want to take a minute to find out just what comes up on what Larry Page and Sergey …
Wall Street Whiplash Shakes Job Seeker Confidence
Waiting in line for hours to spend 90 seconds strapped in tight zooming up, down and around. This is a kid’s dream; riding roller coasters all day with their heart pounding and their stomach high up in their throat as they zoom down a track at 65mph turning and flipping.
Wall Street’s weeklong whiplashThe …
Reviewing RezScore for the Jobseeker
In these tough economic times, jobseekers need to do everything they can to remain competitive in the market. In addition to making sure you have the skills and abilities for the job you’re applying to, one essential thing you need is a resume that makes you stand out among the crowd of jobseekers out there. …