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How I Use Twitter For My Career and You Can, Too by Jessica Lewis - Nov, 2009 This article is based on my experience trying to use Twitter to help write my own career story. Twitter was a little intimidating and confusing for me at first, so I’m recounting my successes and failures in advice form to help other people like me who are ready to quit being passive and unhappy with the direction other people are taking their career. In this new career climate, I’m learning I can make things happen myself. ... |
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Think Threatening To Leave To Get a Raise is a Good Idea? Think Again. by Dawn Bugni - Nov, 2009 “I’m underpaid. Should I threaten to leave to see if I can get more money?” This question netted a visceral response from me because of my recruiting background and I don’t like the threat game. Either do it or don’t, but don’t threaten actions to get your way. The list of 10 reasons not to accept counter offers (below) harkens back to my recruiting days. Nothing is worse for a recruiter than a candidate using the recruiter... |
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The Value of a Verbal Cushion by Randy Wooden - Nov, 2009 From time to time a candidate will face a question he simply wishes to avoid. Whether that question deals with anticipated income, reasons for leaving your last job, specific career goals, occasionally a candidate may find it advantageous to avoid a direct and specific answer. So how’s that supposed to work? First, a definition. A verbal cushion is typically a series of words spoken right after the employer’s question.... |
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Seven Tips to Get Your Resume the Attention It Deserves by Caitrin O'Sullivan - Nov, 2009 In spite of all the gloom and doom about unemployment today, there still are good jobs out there. Only problem is, now you’re up against record numbers of competing applicants for that spot. HR teams are overwhelmed by this massive influx of candidates, and often have to wade through hundreds of resumes per job post. Fortunately for them, this process can be automated and streamlined with an applicant tracking system, like ... |
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Using Social Networking Sites for Recruiting? Beware Disparate Impact Claims by Stephanie Thomas, Ph.D. - Nov, 2009 Using social networking sites for recruiting is not a new phenomenon; three years ago, Maureen Crawford-Hentz, a recruiter for Osram Sylvania, said "Social networking technology is the absolutely the best thing to happen to recruiting -- ever." It seems as though enthusiasm for social networking within the recruiter ranks has not diminished. In June of this year, LinkedIn launched the "Recruiting with LinkedIn Blog". Matt W... |
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Where Should You Turn For Employment Law Counseling? by Stephanie Thomas, Ph.D. - Nov, 2009 I came across two items in my feed reader that surprised me. One item explained how to negotiate a discrimination settlement, and the other explained how to win an age discrimination lawsuit. The surprising thing was not the topic of these items, but where these items were posted: eHow. If you're not familiar with the website eHow.com, it is an online knowledge resource offering step-by step instructions on "how to do just ... |
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Why Experts Use Social Media by Stephanie Thomas, Ph.D. - Nov, 2009 I recently came across a post by Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting. Her post (which can be found here) posed the following question: Can expert witnesses participate in social media? (And should they?) This is a very interesting question; with the presence of social media in our lives expanding every day, it is a question that is sure to be on the minds of many. But perhaps the real question here is why w... |
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Put a P.S. in Your Cover Letter by Kevin Donlin - Nov, 2009 It’s the darndest thing. All successful job searches are marketing and sales campaigns. You have to find and qualify customers (employers) for your services. That’s the marketing. And you have to convince those customers to buy (hire) you. That’s the sales part. So why not adapt the best practices from the world of marketing and sales to your job search? Seems pretty logical, right? Apparently not. Because, i... |
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Three Tips To Making a Career Change In a Tough Time by Miriam Salpeter - Nov, 2009 I hear from so many people who are in the midst of trying to make a career change. Sometimes, the change is very slight – a writer who wants to use her expertise to write about a different subject. Other times, there is a more drastic goal – a mortgage broker who wants to use transferable skills to get into the insurance business. No matter what the goal, this is a tough time to bridge to a career change. (I’ve written abou... |
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What Is Your Hiring Strategy, and Is It the Right One? by Lou Adler - Nov, 2009 At an early age I had the unique opportunity to work at the corporate offices of two different Fortune 500 companies. One was number 37 on the list, and the other one 497. While there, I learned a few timeless strategy lessons. They might be useful as you develop the hiring strategy for your company or organization. Some business concepts worth considering when developing a hiring strategy: 1. When business conditions ch... |
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