Job Search Question Of The Week: How Did I Do?

Often candidates feel they performed better than they actually did. How can you tell what the interviewer really thought?

Managing Your Job References

Most job seekers leave their recommendations up to chance - when careful planning can help you tell the most important parts of your story to a potential employer.

Who’s Hiring - Top employers week of 6-28-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 6/28/10.

The hospitality, business service, retail, telecommunications, health care and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ leading job boards.

Who’s Firing - Layoffs week ended 6-25-10

Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 6-25-10.

For the past week government, telecommunications, technology, energy, and manufacturing employers announced the largest layoffs.

Do You Recognize These Early Warning Signs of an Egocentric Resume? Best of reCareered

Do you have an egocentric resume? What’s an egocentric resume, you ask?

Power Your Job Search With Email On Overdrive

I had the opportunity to speak with T.A. McCann, CEO of Gist.com, to discuss how Gist’s free service can help job seekers.

Gist.com is a plug-in for major email applications and web based email, that mashes-up your contact list with information from Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and Google to give job seekers better information about the people they communicate with.

How Do You Eat An Elephant?

This was a question posed by my running coach, and it’s so applicable to job search as well.

10 Reasons You Didn’t Get The Job

You just got the call (or email) - the company chose another candidate. Why didn’t you get the job? Here’s 10 reasons ...

Who’s Hiring - Top employers week of 6-21-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 6/21/10.

The hospitality, business service, retail, telecommunications, health care and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ leading job boards.

Who’s Firing - Layoffs week ended 6-18-10

Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 6-18-10.

For the past week government, colleges, health care, business services, and hospitality employers announced the largest layoffs.

See How Easily You can Master Non-Verbal Interviewing: Best of reCareered

In Interview in a Snap (http://recareered.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-in-snap.html), I discussed research that found hiring decisions are made within the first 30 seconds of an interview … perhaps as short as just 2 seconds. The rest of the interview just served to justify the hiring manager’s initial impression.

Is that shocking to you?

Resume vs Profile: Which should job seekers send?

I see many candidates who send a link to their Linkedin profile, instead of their resume. Do you realize each one has a different and separate purpose?

A profile and resume are not equal. There are times when sending a link to your profile is more effective, and others when sending your resume will work better.

Job Seekers - Who’s Your Competition?

Job seekers - Would you like to see how you stack up against the competition? While there is much information about employers, there was little information available to candidates about their competitors ... until last week.

Last week, CareerBuilder released its hireINSIDER tool, to help candidates see how they compare to others applying for the same job.

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3 Ways To Tell If Your Resume Sucks

You've finished your resume, had friends and even recruiters look it over and hear a resounding "Good Resume". How can you tell if your resume sucks?

Since your friends and even recruiters aren't the primary audience for your resume, their opinion won't matter much - it's the hiring manager's opinion that matters most (and the other 3 audiences for your resume).

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Who's Hiring - Top employers week of 6-14-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 6/14/10.

The hospitality, business service, retail, telecommunications, health care and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ leading job boards.

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Who's Firing - Layoffs week ended 6-11-10

Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 6-11-10.

For the past week government, manufacturing, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and media employers announced the largest layoffs.

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The Definition Of Job Search Insanity: Best of reCareered

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”… attributed to Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain and others

Is this a description of your job search?

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What Salary Should You Expect For Your Next Job?

Salary expectations present a difficult question for job seekers. Gone are the days that you could expect a 10%-20% increase just for changing jobs.

In today's job market that features an over supply of labor, job seekers (especially unemployed candidates) may have to face accepting a lower salary. Other job seekers who want to change careers may find that their current experience & skill level is discounted to lower salary expectations within a new industry or job function.

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How Job Seekers Can Use Opportunity Channels To Find More Interviews

There are a number of potential opportunity channels that job seekers can use to find more interviews, but most candidates only use just two or three.

How many of these channels do you use in your job search campaign?

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May 2010 Hiring Trends Show Continued Slow Improvement

At the end of May 2010, the major job sites released hiring data and analysis for May 2010, indicating continued slow but positive growth. Today's article summarizes job reports from Indeed.com, SimplyHired.com and CareerBuilder.com.

The slow job growth demonstrated continuing signs of a recovery. However, job growth remained inconsistent, effecting some cities, industries and job functions more than others. Some job markets remain in the dumper - Miami, Detroit, and Las Vegas job markets all improved but are still in deep trouble with up to a 1:8 ratio of unemployed workers to job advertisements.

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Who's Hiring - Top employers week of 6-7-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 6/7/10.

The hospitality, retail, business service, telecommunications, health care and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ leading job boards.

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Who's Firing - Layoffs weeks ended 5-28-10 and 6-4-10

Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the weeks ended 5-28-10 and 6-4-10.

For the past 2 weeks technology, hospitality, government, manufacturing and retail announced the largest layoffs.

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Do What You Love, Love What You Do: Best of reCareered

People in career transition often pause to take stock. One of the really valuable parts of job changing is taking the time to decide “What do I want to do?”

Too many of us stay locked into jobs or careers that we hate because we’re afraid of change, afraid of risk, or simply don’t believe we can get paid for doing what we love.

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Facebook Becomes Job Search Engine

SimplyHired, a job search aggregation site, announced that it's just released new features allowing integration with user Facebook friends. How does this help job seekers?

This integration marks the first time Facebook has entered mainstream job search. Facebook has long been a way that a candidate can be found by recruiters and hiring managers who are searching for an employee. Now SimplyHired makes it easier to find companies where they have Facebook friends to contact about the hidden job market.

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Is Your Recruiter Any Closer To The Job Than You?

You're excited because you just got a call from a recruiter who sought you out. Should you really be excited? While some recruiters can help you, others may hurt your chances to land a specific opportunity - still others may just waste your time.

Not all recruiters are equal. How can you tell if a recruiter is any closer to the job opportunity than you are?

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Who's Hiring - Top employers week of 6-1-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 6/1/10.

The business service, hospitality, telecommunications, retail, health care and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ leading job boards.

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