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Computer World: Web anonymity can sink your job search: Your Web presence can make or break a job application The whole debate about "do recruiters and hiring managers look candidates up on the web?" (yes, many do) - and "can negative information
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Heather Hamilton of Microsoft has written an interesting post about hiring managers' laziness that resonates with me because I'm on the other side. Although I'm trying hard to find a job description that somewhat matches my interests and skills
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A few weeks ago, I talked about and linked to a ERE article on video resumes. Last week, Raghav Singh, the author of the original article, was back on ERE revisiting his first remarks on the subject . One point he raises, which he touched on in the first
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mostly crossposted to the campfire blog I've been writing job search and recruiting blogs for a few years now, and at some point, I've probably blogged about every topic out there. Sometimes I focus on advice; sometimes it's interesting chatter
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I've been writing job search and recruiting blogs for a few years now, and at some point, I've probably blogged about every topic out there. Sometimes I focus on advice; sometimes it's interesting chatter out in the blogosphere; sometimes
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Over on the CareerHub blog today, Louise Fletcher (whom I consider to be the queen of the job search) gives some great advice for how to go about choosing a career professional . This is excellent advice you if you are thinking about seeking help on your
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Hey, the industry is abuzz. Even in Germany, I now get about two cold calls a month. It's so ridiculous. They don't know squat about you. Just name, phone or email and "works at a tech company". The usual experience may go like this:
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Golly. Everyone is all in a tizzy today over HotJobs posting one of their openings on Craigslist . As Dave Manaster says, from a recruiting perspective, this is a non-story . It's ridiculous to think that a company could successfully recruit from
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Golly. Everyone is all in a tizzy today over HotJobs posting one of their openings on Craigslist . As Dave Manaster says, from a recruiting perspective, this is a non-story . It's ridiculous to think that a company could successfully recruit from
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I asked jobseekers the same question about job descriptions over on the CampFire Blog , so I figured turnabout is only fair. What just really annoys you about resumes and makes you want to scream "WHY??!" at the screen? You know the feeling.
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Been thinking a lot about resume and job descriptions lately (what's new?) :) - and I wanted to throw this out: What's your biggest pet peeve with job descriptions? I'll start: Careless typos. Poor grammar. Internal acronyms. Absolutely no
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I frequently talk to recruiters who want to start their own blogs but don't know what to write about or whether they even have anything interesting to say. Blogging is definitely one of those things that either clicks or it doesn't. It can be
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An article in yesterday's Boston Globe discusses the rebounding tech job market . The article mentions conventional compensation and new wooing techniques - something I definitely think makes this "tech boom" stand apart from the past: One
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Ok, kiddies, it's Friday so time for some job silliness. Today, resignation letters . Hey, if you are looking for a new job, chances are a resignation letter is in your future ... but maybe you don't want to use these as your template. :) Excerpts
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Seth Godin on Marketing your job , one of my favorite subjects. :) I love how Seth can say so much with so few words. Couple key points here that I totally agree with: 1) Getting the word out versus getting the word out to the right people. Seth uses
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