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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 hurt you?" (yes, if it's really
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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 and potential, on the other side I'm facing
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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 article and I reiterated over here, is that recruiting
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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 it's just my own observations. But I want to hear
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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 only one channel - and yes, even if that one channel
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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 WIIFM (what's-in-it-for-me?) to sell great candidates.
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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 difference today is that job candidates are more
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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 from some of my favs: Finally, I have to say
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Over on ERE today, recruiting guru Kevin Wheeler discusses online recruiting and marketing for college students: Web Hell and the Black Hole Make your college recruiting website most effective . You are a 20-year-old first-time job seeker just about to graduate with an engineering degree. And you have
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I'm attending a networking event tonight (which I'll cover in more detail tomorrow over on the Employer HotSpot blog ), and I always have to remind myself to practice that 10 second pitch beforehand. You know, the "where do you work, what do you do, why does it matter?" line. Back when
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