Via Indeed.com … Our May Industry Employment Trends provide the strongest evidence yet of an improving job market. May 2010 shows year-over-year job posting growth in all 12 of the major industries we track. This is the first time we’ve seen positive growth in all sectors since launching Industry Employment Trends in February 2009. Read the rest [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘job seekers’
June 10, 2010
The Not-So-Harmless Simple Interview Question
Via Psychology Today … Many interviews open with what I like to call “inkblot test” questions. Inkblot questions are those open, seemingly harmless questions which interviewers use as icebreakers to learn more about what’s important to someone. I call them “inkblot” questions because, like the traditional Rorschach test, they ask candidates to express an opinion about [...]
June 3, 2010
Facebook Does Job Searches (by way of SimplyHired)
Hirebridge clients already benefit from having their job postings automatically submitted to SimplyHired on a nightly basis (free of charge, mind you). Integration with Facebook is about get even better and more social. Via ReadWriteWeb … SimplyHired.com, a job search site that aggregates job board postings and makes them searchable via one interface, is launching [...]
April 16, 2010
Tech Sector in Hiring Drive
Via Wall Street Journal … The technology industry, an engine of innovation and U.S. prosperity for more than half a century, is accelerating its recovery from the recession with surging earnings that have spurred companies to sharply ramp up their hiring. The latest evidence for the rebound came Thursday, when Internet giant Google Inc. posted [...]
April 2, 2010
Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say
Via NYTimes.com … With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor. Convinced that many unpaid internships violate minimum wage laws, officials in Oregon, California and other states have [...]
March 25, 2010
Huge Growth Projected for Web Tech, Software, Systems Job Market
Via ReadWriteWeb … Looking for a job? You’re probably about to find one. By the year 2018 there will be 1.4 million job openings for so-called “computer specialists” – that’s everyone from developers to database administrators – according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The non-hardware-related job market is expected to grow faster than [...]
March 15, 2010
How Candidate Abuse Is Costing Your Firm Millions of Dollars in Revenue
Via ERE.net … A reporter from the Wall Street Journal once asked me what I thought was the greatest secret in recruiting. Such a broad question would usually cause one to ponder, but my immediate response was that abusive hiring processes cost organizations millions of dollars by turning possible customers into lifelong “haters.” Read the [...]
February 24, 2010
9 things that seal the deal for hiring managers
Via CNN / Careerbuilder … One thing about the hiring process is true: It leaves much room for speculation. Whether you got the job — or you didn’t — most job seekers want to know why. Why were you chosen over the next guy? Or, better yet, why weren’t you? Was it your experience, your attitude, your [...]
February 20, 2010
10 Resume Red Flags
Via Yahoo! Finance … Searching for a job is not always easy, no matter what state the economy is in. And when you’re on the hunt, your best weapon is your resume. This document must emphasize the best of your experience, education and skills and sell you to your future employer. It’s a lot to [...]
February 18, 2010
The job application black hole
Via CNNMoney.com … Ever applied to a job online only to have your résumé seemingly vanish into a void? From crafting a winning cover letter to acing an interview, landing a job is tough enough in this market. But millions of job seekers can’t even get a foot in the door as they apply to [...]
