Tweet Perry Newman, posted an article at the Career Rocketeer Blog titled “There Are Your Options: ‘Find Or Be Found'”. The article describes the need to leverage social media to be found rather than working so hard to find a job. Eeffective Job search is all about the application of proper leverage in obtaining the […]
Archive for March 2010
You Still Might Not Get a Call to Interview
Tweet Even after passing through the screening process of having a”Recruiter Read Your Resume in 10 Seconds or Less”, you might still not get to the stage of an interview. Learn how to recognize what issues might be stumbling blocks in your resume and how to overcome some of the more common issues. My partner […]
No Reason NOT to Master Your Job Search
Tweet After thousands of interviews with candidates over the last few years during this current job market depression (worst I’ve seen in my 25 years of recruiting, speaking, and consulting), I’ve come to stark realization that most job seekers HAVE NO CLUE how to conduct an effective job search in this digital age. The most […]
Expanded Olympic Job Search Metaphor
Tweet As I indicated in a previous post, I was going to expand upon the metaphor of comparing your job search to the level of athletic competition at the Olympics. You can view this blog post titled, “Are You Competing at an Olympic Level in Your Job Search?”on our Career and Job Search Blog. I […]
Job Search Audio - How Recruiters Read Your Resume in 10 Seconds
Tweet As a follow-up to our article on How Recruiters Read Resumes in 10 Seconds or Less (which by the way must of somehow gone viral since the response/review/comments almost brought down our server), Brad and I did a radio broadcast on this subject in our last Internet Radio Show on LATalkRadio.com. You can stream […]
Are You Competing at an Olympic Level in Your Job Search?
Many job search bloggers (and almost everyone else in the blogosphere) have been making Olympic metaphors for the past two weeks.
So why can’t I try my metaphor? Here goes:
Is your job search like Olympic Competition?
I touched on this subject on o…
Featured Job Search Best Practice Blogger: Miriam Salpeter at Keppie Careers
Tweet Our first featured Job Search Best Practice Blogger is Miriam Salpeter at Keppie Careers. Miriam provides exceptional content, great ideas, tips, techniques, and recommendations on how you can conduct an effective job search. She has a great following of dedicated fans and continues week after week to provide job search best practices to job […]
Are you a Job Search Best Practice Blogger?
Tweet Are you a Job Search Best Practice Blogger? If so, we want you! We’re featuring the very best job search bloggers from across the Internet. We’re looking for job search best practice experts from around the world. What qualifies as a job search best practice blogger? You blog regularly – ideally every day, at […]
Comparison of Job Search to Olympic Competition
Tweet Mirian Salpeter, one of my favorite job search bloggers, at Keppie Careers, posted a recent blog about how athletic competition at the Olympics compares to your job search. And you all know what a big nut I am around using sports metaphors in hiring and job search. However, I’m not sure the Olympics are […]
Fascinating YouTube Video on Job Markets Last 50 Years
Tweet Toby Dayton posted a fascinating YouTube Video in his Diggings Blog showing the current job market recession compared to those over the last 50 years. Although the video is “disturbing”, it does reflect the difficulty job seekers have faced over the last few years and will continue to face for the next few years. […]
