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.”
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Entries Tagged as ‘job seekers’
March 15, 2010
How Candidate Abuse Is Costing Your Firm Millions of Dollars in Revenue
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 interview [...]
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 ask, [...]
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 countless positions [...]
February 4, 2010
Monster Just Dropped $225 Million For Yahoo’s HotJobs
Via TheNextWeb.com …
The online job marketplace Monster has just acquired HotJobs away from Yahoo for a stunning $225 million in cash. Part of this deal is a three-year “commercial traffic agreement,” which will begin on the closing of the deal.
This seems to mean that Yahoo will shunt jobs related traffic to Monster for three years, [...]
January 8, 2010
More Employers Plan to Increase Hiring of College Graduates
Via WSJ Blogs …
More employers plan to increase college graduate hiring than decrease it for the first time in more than a year.
The National Association of Colleges and Employers‘ index for college hiring rose to 98.2, up from 87.2 in November. The index, based on the organization of career counselors’ survey of 122 employers and [...]
December 30, 2009
Attention Career-Seekers: MyPath Taps Social Network to Plot Your Next Move
Via FastCompany.com …
This morning I discovered after taking a 20-minute career assessment test on MyPath.com that, in addition to being a writer (a career I’ve built happily over more than a decade), I also possess the skills to be a teacher or a public speaker. It’s certainly not as far-fetched as the results of a [...]
November 6, 2009
America’s Hot Jobs (and Not Jobs)
Via The Daily Beast …
With unemployment over 10 percent for the first time in 26 years, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to determine the careers with the best—and worst—prospects. The results: the 10 high-growth and 10 worst-growth jobs out there.
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September 1, 2009
Craft a scannable résumé
Via philly.com …
For thirty years as an employment counselor I spent a lot of time getting jobseekers to write résumés that would capture the attention of a human reader. Occasionally, companies would assign initial résumé screening to trainee fresh out of college. I taught 1970s jobseekers to write catchy résumés with impressive bullet points and [...]
August 20, 2009
Uncouth Facebook postings closing doors for job candidates
Via Ars Technica …
More employers than ever are researching job candidates on sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter in order to find out more about their activities and character. And, it turns out, many candidates are doing a great job of showing their potential bosses poor communication skills, inappropriate pictures, and even how many workplace [...]
