So you want your resume to look pretty. Naturally. But is your pretty format preventing your resume from functioning as well as it should? Did you know that many corporate and staffing agency ATS’s (Applicant Tracking Systems) strip your resume of formatting when the information is imported into your profile? Or that when you forwardRead more
How many times have you heard people say, recently, that they are doing this? “…waiting for the economy to pick up.” “…hoping things get better.” “…just praying for this thing to turn around.” Maybe you have said it yourself. Well, I’m not waiting. I don’t think the economy is going to pick up any timeRead more
Story from Craig Fisher Posted by Miriam Salpeter on Keppie CareersRecruiters don’t ease up during the holidays – neither should you – Original post on KeppieCareers.com Originally Published on December 2nd, 2009 If you are a regular reader, I hope you are already convinced that it’s important to job hunt during the holidays. Do youRead more
Over the summer I did some Twitter and Social Media recruiting/branding training for the Dallas office of Matrix Resources. I worked at Matrix from 1996 to 2000 and was a top performer on the contract IT staffing side. That training led to a webinar I did recently for Matrix job candidates to help them promoteRead more
In September, as a follow up to a previous post of mine, Top 10 Things to Leave OFF of Your Resume, I posted this question on LinkedIn: What should a job candidate NOT wear to an interview?. The responses from 61 users were both instructive and hilarious. The first five were the top suggestions overall. Read more
A colleague in the recruiting industry told me this week that he made a social media faux pas. He asked an admin to post a job opening to Twitter. But she accidentally posted it to Facebook. I was quick to tell him that I didn’t think it was a faux pas at all to postRead more
"Wow, I shouldn’t have said all that!…" you’re thinking to yourself, "Especially that part about the unicorns!" Somewhere in the 20 minutes it took you to respond to the question "Can you tell me a little about yourself?", you realized that your inner monologue had been awkwardly introduced to the hiring manager sitting across fromRead more
Colin Alsheimer (@levelten_colin on Twitter) of LevelTen Interactive recently invited me and Chris Hoyt, the Associate Director of Talent Attraction for AT&T (aka TheRecruiterGuy) into their offices to record a session for their weekly podcast, The Ten Spot. During the podcast, we share our top tips for job seekers in today’s economy, and share some recent trends inRead more
A friend of mine recently moved to the Houston area and is trying to find a job as a Revenue Accountant in the Oil and Gas industry. Easy, right? Not necessarily. There are quite a few job seekers with the same skills applying to any openings that come available in that area right now. MyRead more
There are now many great resources now to help job seekers better utilize Twitter in their job search. I have put together a few of my old favorites and a couple of new ones to help job seekers either get started or take it to the next level. The first thing to do after youRead more
