By C.G. LynchPublication: CIO.com
In the midst of the recession, many job seekers have spent more time on LinkedIn to connect with colleagues, customers and partners in an effort to land a new gig. Unfortunately, many people commit common errors in their LinkedIn profiles that cost them new opportunities, says Jason Alba, CEO of JibberJobber , a company that provides web-based tools for managing ...
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Job Search and Online Presence : The Ultimate Guide
The blog site “The Applicant” has been talking about online job searches. They wanted to create a guide that talks about different platforms and how you can utilize each of them.
Gone are the days when people used to knock on doors to pick up job application forms. More people have started utilizing the power of internet and harnessing the social aspect of it via popular platforms such as twi...
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Where Does Your Resume Really Go When You Apply Online?
By Barbara Safani
We'd all like to believe that when we send our resume via a job board or a company Web site that there is someone eagerly waiting on the other side ready to read every word of it. But these days, job applicants are lucky if an actual person is reading any of it, at least on the initial screening.
As companies continue to be inundated with resumes, more and more employers are tu...
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Author Dave DeMelo: How To Get Out of an Interview
I have been an executive recruiter for the past 5 years and throughout my tenure in this profession I have heard a plethora of excuses as to why a candidate cannot attend an interview. Often times, the cancellation comes the day of the interview, leaving recruiters like myself to scramble and put out the fire with our clients. There have been instances where a candidate has to cancel an intervie...
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Cultivating a Great Recruiter Relationship
In today’s bleak employment market, many job seekers are turning to professional recruitment firms for help. It’s a smart move, unless the candidate goes into the relationship thinking that their sole responsibility is to provide the recruiter with a resume and an idea of the job they’d most like to have.
To be effective, the recruiter-candidate relationship is one that must be cultivated and pro...
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What not to do in your job interview
Interviews can be stressful, especially if you’ve gone through a number of them with nothing to show for the time spent.
We can all be quick to place blame on the “other” party, but more often than not the reason someone has endured a significant number of interviews without a positive response lies with the interviewee – not the interviewer.
If this is happening to you, it’s time to take a clos...
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How To Find and Get A Job
I recently started working with an executive who approaches his job search like a sale. We speak every week about our progress and he closes the call just as he would a sales call; by establishing follow up and reporting expectations for himself and for us.
It’s a smart approach, because finding a job requires the ability to sell – you.
Unfortunately, most job seekers fail to view their search ...
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Connections and Keywords are the Secret to Landing Sales Jobs
As unemployment lines continue to lengthen, sales professionals in search of work are finding they need more than just a resume and telephone to land a job. In today’s market, they need to know how to make the most of online networking and job search tools.
The online job search site is one of the most basic tools for people seeking employment today. However, it’s not enough to simply post your ...
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Where the Sales Jobs Are
There is a great article on Monster.com that is a must-read for anyone curious about job prospects in today’s volatile economic times.
Surprisingly enough, in “Sales Hiring Outlook 2008,” author John Rossheim comes away with a much rosier outlook than you might expect, given the bad news that dominates the business pages. As long as we aren’t hit with a serious recession that is.
Rossheim notes ...
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