At a recent Vistage meeting of about 20 CEOs we were discussing using social media as a way to find people. One of the CEOs indicated it is also a great way to eliminate people.
I wasn’t overly surprised to learn that many hadn’t thought…
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Is Your LinkedIn Profile Hurting Your Job Search?
How Would You Rate Your LinkedIn Profile?
I recently asked this question on LinkedIn, “How would you rate your LinkedIn profile?” The choices were, poor, fair, good or very good. I wasn’t referring to completeness based on the LinkedIn scale. I wanted to know how you would ra…
Don’t Be Like Groucho Marx – Job Search Tactic #2
Groucho Marx once said “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member.”
Groucho must not have been conducting a job search when he made that comment.
Joining Groups (like clubs) on LinkedIn is an excellent way to engage with…
How to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile: Job Search Tactic #1
Brad and I have talked endlessly about how much easier your job search is to found than to find a job. I recently wrote a post on this exact subject.
We did a radio broadcast on how to improve your LinkedIn Profile. We posted our LinkedIn Self-Assessme…
101 Job Search Tactics to Find a Job NOW!
I’m boiling mad!
I’m offended.
Brad and I put in an effort that exceeds most experts in the job search space. Do we deserve grief and abuse for it?
A recent commenter on my last blog posting inferred that Brad and I publish “fluff” and DO NOT p…
Is Your Job Search Stuck in High School Time Warp?
Is Your Job Search an Extension of High School?
One of my favorite bloggers, writers, speakers – Seth Godin, published a blog titled “On Self-determination”. After reading the article, I realized, there was a frightening metaphor for most job see…
Effective Job Search: Find or Be Found
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
New Job Search FREE Resources Portal
Tweet We’ve launched a new job search free resources portal. Consider this your home site for aggregating and consolidating all the expert advice from the best bloggers on various elements of conducting an effective job search, including job search networking, interviewing, resume writing, cover letters, and leveraging social media in your job search. If you’re […]
