Get A Hiring Team’s Attention, The Right Way

By Editor | May 31, 2009

With today’s rough economic climate it is easy for job seekers to succumb to the temptation to apply for jobs all over the country because responses from local employers aren’t coming in. I’m writing to tell you that if you are thinking about spending any time on applying for jobs out of your town or [...]

LinkedIn Messaging Is Dead

By Editor | May 22, 2009

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Communication via LinkedIn has become like sending messages between continents using the message in a bottle method. A few days ago I tried to send a message and it told me that I had reached my message capacity. My options were to withdraw messages or to upgrade. Having decided many months ago that the LinkedIn [...]

Yeah, You’re Well Rounded AND Tricky Too

By Editor | May 22, 2009

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Not a day goes by that I don’t see someone trying to scheme the hiring teams that I work with. Some people adjust the dates on their resume or shuffle the information contained in them while others try to make their resume objective so fuzzy that they they could be anything from CEO to mail [...]

Social Network Groups, Room To Grow

By Editor | May 12, 2009

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If you’ve used Facebook and LinkedIn groups then you know that there is much room for improvement. Facebook groups are largely buried and used more as mailing list facilities for moderators (my inbox is always overflowing with messages from group moderators). Facebook groups don’t come with an option to opt out of moderator messages or [...]

Job Board Spam Works Both Ways

By Editor | May 11, 2009

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I’m constantly baffled by the spam that comes across the job boards. If you post your resume or your organization’s job listing to just about any job board (ESPECIALLY CRAIGSLIST) you will get a high volume of spam. As a job seeker you will get emails about all kinds of jobs and multi-level marketing schemes [...]