Archive for the ‘Recruiting’ Category
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
When clients tell me they need to do a better job of networking, there are two things I want to know:
* How they define networking
* What’s stopping them
As it happens, how they define networking is often what’s stopping them. That may sound strange, so let me explain.
If your idea of networking is to find and attend a networking meeting, that probably doesn’t sound very inspiring. And it isn’t. The prospect of walking around in a roomful of strangers hoping to find someone who might be able to help isn’t a possibility that excites me, either. Although there are some terrific groups that get together to help each other, all groups are not created equal. Despite the exceptions, I’ve never been a big believer in this approach for one simple reason: Networking meetings tend to attract people who don’t consider themselves well-connected.
How helpful is that? (more…)
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
With unemployment soaring and the job market becoming saturated with quality candidates, it’s time for you to start getting creative in your quest to engage in your next professional opportunity. Give some thought to engaging the services of a recruiter or career coach.
In developing your brand and proper messaging, there are five valuable discussion points to consider when meeting with a recruiter or coach: (more…)
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
If you’re in the midst of a job search, you know that networks are important. Powerful. Essential. Most jobs are found through some kind of networking contact, so bolstering your relationships with all members of your network must be among your first priorities as you pursue your next role.
Effective networking is all about giving. And although the holiday giving season is far behind us, when it comes to your network, giving is a year-long activity.
One of the best gifts you can give to members of your network is help in building their personal brands. When we make others look good, we look good – to them! So consider these free or very low-cost, Web 2.0-focused personal-branding presents. It’s time to demonstrate your personal-brand attribute of generosity and your knowledge of social media.
Here are my Top 10 tips: (more…)
Posted in Job Search, Networking, Personal Branding, Recruiting, Social Media, Specialization | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Support groups for the unemployed are getting creative as the jobless rate stays stubbornly high, trying approaches from using Weight Watchers-style accountability to encouraging people to work for free.
Support networks have previously popped up after large-scale layoffs. But with nearly one in 10 Americans now out of work, they are becoming more widespread and accepted, said career consultant Alison Doyle.
“The stigma attached to being unemployed that was there in the past isn’t as prevalent now,” Doyle said. (more…)
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Best Job Search and Career Articles of 2009
Pretty soon we will be ready to say goodbye to 2009. This year has been nothing short of a perfect storm. Financial institutions came tumbling down, economy got worse as days went by and with that the job market took a hard hit. However, tough times call for tough measures and that means some awesome content came our way through different blogs and sites.
These post highlights some of the best career and job search articles of 2009. These aren’t the most linked to articles or anything of that sort, however, they are some of the most notable articles that contain some of the best and practical advice for job seekers and the career minded. We’ve also included a brief excerpt from each article to give you an idea. If you are unemployed, take a day off searching for jobs and go through these links. If you are busy, save it and go through them before 2009 ends, after all these are the best links of 2009 
. Enjoy! (more…)
Posted in Career, Education, Interview, Job Search, Personal Branding, Recruiting, Resumes | 6 Comments »
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Jobseeker Mistake in Social Media, Tweeting: “hopefully these mofos…..”
Candidates make mistakes all the time - being too aggressive, unprofessional email addresses, ring tone rings, funky voice mails, bad mouthing previous employers, and the list goes on, right?
Well, I did a search for GEICO hiring on twitter to see what tweets have been posted this morning. I did the search not because I’m searching for a job, but because I do some work with GEICO with video SEO and social media.
As I scanned the tweets I come across this status update: (more…)
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Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Business, Branding and Locomotives [Learn from the way recruiters think]
Put two trains on separate tracks equal distance from a concrete barrier. One train has just a locomotive, but with a much larger and more powerful engine capable of producing a higher speed. The smaller locomotive has many rail-cars and a caboose (a complete train). It’s weight is much greater than the other train, but it’s engine is not as strong. My question to you is which train ends up going further down the track after impact against that concrete barrier? The locomotive with just a strong engine, or the complete train with four times the weight?
I’ve been a producer of revenue throughout my entire career. Come to think of it there has not been a month in the last 75 months that I have not been judged on how much revenue I have been able to produce for the company I was working for. I have seen many people come and go in my industry and some of those people were so good at sales that I would go to their desk to borrow a pencil and they would end up selling me an eraser and a stack of post it notes before I could say no. (more…)
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
What is Your Stage of Identity Development? The increasing Globalization of the Workplace
Who are you?
What is your Cultural Identity?
What is your stage of Identity Development and how can this impact your career?
How adept are you at working with diverse people and/or for a Global Employer?
The workplace is increasingly global and diverse. Each of our job titles and roles increasingly is intertwined with both national and multinational interests, technologies, operations, suppliers etc. We all have multiple roles within our division, company, sector and industry and interact with a widening assortment of colleagues, vendors, suppliers and customers. Thus, it is imperative to understand our own identity issues, whether we are part of minority group or part of the majority sub-culture. Ideally, we would all strive to better understand our own cultural identity and achieve higher levels of identity integration. (more…)
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
King Louis XVII of France once said, ‘Punctuality is the courtesy of kings.’ Nearly 200 years later, some businesspeople still haven’t perfected this courtesy. If you have an appointment to meet someone, and that person is late, how long should you wait?
No matter where you are on the food chain, there is a basic level of interpersonal courtesy, which is reciprocal. It applies to all people all the time regardless of anyone’s given role, i.e., potential employer or employee, and regardless of the economic climate.
We’ve put together a few scenarios to instruct and inform when enough is enough when waiting for a meeting to start. (more…)
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
I played football at the University of Tennessee and had the privilege of getting a ‘whiff’ (no pun intended being a kicker) of what was cooking in the professional ranks until banging my silverware on the table begging for food only resulted in me receiving a main course of reality; I was not going to play professional football in the NFL so it was time to move on.
I tell you this to liken the similarities between football, the current career marketplace, and what job seekers are not getting quickly enough. (more…)
Posted in Job Search, Networking, Online Career Space, Recruiting, Resumes, Social Media, Specialization | 1 Comment »
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