Via Secrets of the Job Hunt …
Most of the major job search boards have a registration function with the ability to upload your resume and create job alerts. Many people wonder if they should register and what are the pros and cons. I’ll first give you my thoughts, followed by some information gathered from others.
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Job Search Boards – Should You Register or Not?
Posted in hiring, job boards, job seekers, recruiting on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where The Jobs Are, Spring 2009
Posted in Statistics, hiring, job seekers on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via Forbes.com …
Thanks to last year’s strong harvest of apples and the jobs that followed in juicing, packaging and shipping, Yakima, Wash., has the strongest employment outlook in the country for the second quarter of 2009, according to a quarterly survey by employment services firm Manpower.
“This is an agricultural base, a huge apple-growing region,” says [...]
Did You Get My Resume?
Posted in applicant tracking, hiring, job seekers, recruiting on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via SmartMoney.com …
GOOGLE THE PHRASES JOB HUNT and black hole and you’ll turn up 55,700 results. The reason for this confluence of terms, as any job hunter will tell you, is that applying for a position increasingly involves two phases.
Step one: Use the employer’s online application center to submit your carefully crafted résumé and cover [...]
Jump to a New Career with a Killer Resume and Plan
Posted in How To, hiring, job seekers, recruiting on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via Lifehacker …
Whether you’re suddenly unemployed or just looking to change up, starting out in a new career is daunting. Take our advice on how to write—and plan—your way into a new field.
Why switch careers?
Blogger, career writer, and Brazen Careerist founder Penelope Trunk knows from jumping ship. From her own ups and downs at work, [...]
Indeed’s New Industry Trends Point To Where The Jobs Are
Posted in applicant tracking, best practices, hiring, job boards, job seekers, recruiting, resources, sourcing on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via Techcrunch …
Tech layoffs may have hit 300,000 since the financial crisis began, but there are at least 395,629 job openings in information technology, enough to re-employ all of those now out of work. Job search engine Indeed this morning launched a new Industry Trends page filled with stats on job openings in the U.S. [...]
Who Hired All the People Getting Laid Off?
Posted in hiring, job seekers, recruiting on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via TIME.com …
Some of the companies that need to let people go have lost such a large portion of their sales that they have virtually no choice but to cut staff. That certainly holds true for GM (GM) and United Airlines (UAUA).
There are a number of firms which are looking at 2009 and making prophylactic [...]
Put Your Best Digital Footprint Forward: Career Expert Offers Seven Tips for Managing Online Reputation in the Job Hunt
Posted in How To, best practices, hiring, job seekers, recruiting on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — In a competitive job market, a polished professional reputation can make or break someone’s chances of landing a coveted position. And since the word google became a verb, that reputation includes information that can be found online. This is particularly true for IT professionals who are evaluated on their technical [...]
Job Search Online Fastest Growing Category
Posted in Statistics, applicant tracking, hiring, job boards, job seekers, recruiting on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via MediaPost Blogs …
comScore, Inc., in a study of Americans’ usage of the job search category, the fastest growing content site category in 2008, found that the category has seen the number of visitors grow 51% to 18.8 million visitors, as millions of Americans find themselves seeking new job opportunities. The final months of the [...]
Writing a resume for an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
Posted in How To, applicant tracking, best practices, job seekers on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via Denver Jobs Examiner …
Many of my clients have expressed the frustration of not being considered for a position that they felt fit their experience and expertise.
One unfortunate truth is that in today’s world, often your resume is actually never even considered by a human being, but by a sophisticated, turbo-charged database called the Applicant Tracking [...]
Tory’s Top 10 Tips to Get Your Resume Noticed
Posted in How To, job seekers on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via ABC News …
Gone are the days of simply mailing your resume, receiving a call, shaking hands at the interview and agreeing on a start date for that new job.
The Internet has taken over the recruiting landscape and everyone is required to submit a resume online. While that brings greater efficiency to the process for [...]
