Playing It Safe While Job Hunting
People often take for granted how interconnected people are these days. We share our daily routines with each other on Twitter, Facebook and through a myriad of other social media outlets. We also pick up the phone now and then too.
I’m constantly amazed at how many people bad mouth the people they work with, for [...]
And the best Job Board Is…
Not what you might expect. This is directed more at Job Seekers than it is at employers to be quite honest. The best job board isn’t a job board at all. In fact, the best job board is where you want it to be: on your personal web profile of choice or on your personal [...]
What Is Your Job Match Grade?
How much time do you spend matching yourself up to the right (choose one: job, candidate, etc.)? Now be honest. This question applies to hiring teams tossing job descriptions out there as much as it does to job seekers and would be freelancers who are lobbing themselves at every opportunity.
First things first, credit is due [...]
“Are you familiar with Microsoft Office Suite?”
I was recently introduced to ‘Dead Like Me’ thanks to Hulu. The pilot for the show starts off with a scene involving a temp agency that is too funny not to share. I’ve clipped the scene from the show down to 14 minutes so yo don’t have to watch the whole episode. [...]
Job Search 2.0 Is Broken
Several years ago a few people came up with some really amazing hacks for job seekers and for themselves in the form of several well known job board aggregator services. You could get all of the jobs that were available via the major job boards like Monster, Careerbuilder, Dice right in line with jobs [...]
Think Before You Move
With the economy in a continued state of flux people are thinking about government contracting vs. startup as it relates to job security. The old question of, “is it risky to work for a startup company” comes to mind. I’m always quick to tell people that working for a startup is a risky [...]
Is Your Entry Level Resume Complete?
It is that time of year again when entry level resumes start circulating in larger numbers. For the highly competitive software engineering community, startups in particular, most entry level resumes follow one of two paths: from inbox to rejected folder or from inbox to maybe consider folder. Trust me when I say that [...]
Get A Hiring Team’s Attention, The Right Way
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 [...]
Yeah, You’re Well Rounded AND Tricky Too
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 [...]
Job Board Spam Works Both Ways
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 [...]
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