The Job Seeker’s Workweek
When you’re looking for a new job, having an organized plan of attack is one key way to stay ahead of the competition. Brad Attig offers his tips on how to organize your job-hunting tasks for each day of the workweek:
6 Ways to Stand Out in the Seasonal Employment Pool
It’s a competitive job market out there–the unemployment rate is still unpleasantly close to 10 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and you can bet that the seasonal employment pool will be well stocked with qualified candidates during this year’s holidays. Here’s how can you set yourself apart from other applicants.
Creative Ways to Improve Your Resume
Career experts are unanimous on the importance of customizing our resumes for each new job we apply for. But for many of us, when it comes to revising our resumes, the first question is “How?”
15 Toughest Interview Questions (and Answers!)
1. Why do you want to work in this industry?
Where Did Everybody Go?
Here are some ways to avoid ‘quick quits’ and strengthen retention efforts.
Unearthing Recruiting Gold
By rooting through different databases, data mining connects the dots of candidate and employee data to speed up recruiting and improve sourcing.
Metrics that matter
Staffing metrics have evolved from rough estimates on absenteeism to complex studies that evaluate every aspect of human-capital measurement. Along the way, the issue of what to measure has become as important as the old issue of how to measure.
Career Entrepreneurs Know When It’s Time to Move On
The concept of career entrepreneurship is that each of us is responsible for our own careers. Midlife career transition is the time to become an entrepreneur, to “own” your career, creating it with vision and imagination and managing it by using your talents and skills to their greatest advantage. That might mean taking on a
Common Mistakes Made by Job Seekers
After 10 years as a state unemployment counselor, it’s clear to me that job seekers are wont to follow their same old routine every day, yet they expect it to yield different results. In doing so, they set themselves up for rejection. Most of us are allergic to rejection. The adverse reaction causes our thinking
The Unemployment Cure For Migraine Headaches
I received an offer for free nylons in the mail today. I threw it on the edge of the dining-room table along with the daily assault of credit-card offers. I had to chuckle to myself a bit. It’s been five months since I lost my job. I was rolled over by a rudderless, Internet-bound rocket
How To Get Your Career Change In Motion
Changing careers can be like taking a train trip. You plan it, start at one location and go to your ultimate destination, with stops in between. (Sorry, there are no non-stop career trains.) The basics for getting started are scheduling your departure time and showing up at the station. Here’s how to get yourself moving.
Career Transition Touchstones
Transitions are not comfortable. Wouldn’t it be nice if career changes were mapped out for us in neat little how-to packages with “start here and go to there” instructions (complete with arrows and signposts to keep us on track)? Sorry, it’s not that easy.
Pass the Telephone Screen
Not all interviews are face to face. If you’re conducting a long-distance career search or need to talk to a manager who’s not in town, you may undergo a phone interview. By conducting preliminary phone interviews, employers save money and shorten the hiring cycle. An HR professional may call a candidate with a stellar resume
Interviewing Don’ts
Just as important as what to do, what to say, and how to act in an interview is what not to do, what not to say, etc. Here are some tips to help you avoid that fumble.
Can you make the move from high street to niche?
Most consultants who start their career in one of the more visible high street sectors do not carry out sufficient research into the varied opportunities recruitment can offer. Subsequently, many leave the industry or stay within a high street agency for the duration of their careers.
How to get a brand and get ahead
Brand development seems to be the current in-phrase, but do you really understand how to maximise the power of your brand identity to improve the performance of your business? It’s often all too easy to concentrate on the daily management of recruitment, but can you afford to do this in such an overcrowded, competitive marketplace?
5 Online Networking Tips To Make Recruiters Notice You
We’ve all heard the saying “It’s all about who you know”. In today’s competitive job market, that holds true more than ever. Even if you’re a great candidate, there’s a chance that your resume will get overlooked in the overflow of candidates applying through traditional means – so it’s time to try something different. Instead
Video Resumes: Everything You Need To Know
Video resumes can help job candidates stand out in highly competitive job markets, demonstrate professionalism, creativity, initiative, and help job seekers land interviews. It’s important to avoid mistakes, however, because a poor video resume can cause prospective employers to cross you off their lists and can harm your reputation in the industry you want to
Career Change Ideas: 4 Steps To Finding Your Perfect Job
If you’re not feeling happy or fulfilled with your current career, you may be longing for a change without knowing exactly what you want. If you’re more than ready to change your career but there’s a big question mark as to what you should be doing instead, don’t panic. Just use some of these career
5 Tips To Help You Avoid Getting Stuck In A Dead End Job
As a recruiter, I’ve met with thousands of people from different backgrounds, all with problems and challenges with their work life. Talking to a recruiter is therapeutic. It’s also time consuming. So most people don’t go through the effort unless they’re stuck in a dead end job or their current circumstances have become untenable. When