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Public Survey of Job Search and Career Sites Completed By US Department of Labor

Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 6:00

The US Department of Labor (“DOL”) has just completed an important informational project sure to be very useful to the millions of Americans trying to find a job in these trying times. On Feburary 2, 2010, the DOL announced the... (Continue reading)

The Resume is Alive and Kickin’

Written on 28 May, 2008 at 22:39

This guest post from HireAbility, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, argues for a continuing role of the resume in a largely electronic job application process, using resume parsing technology to bring the resume into the 21st Century.... (Continue reading)

Insider Tips to Put Your Resume On Top

Written on 25 Apr, 2008 at 6:00

In this guest post, Cynthia Shapiro, career expert and author of the best seller Corporate Confidential:50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You To Know – And What To Do About Them, offers some insider tips for resumes.... (Continue reading)

He Really Needs a Job (Friday Humor)

Written on 28 Mar, 2008 at 17:42

I got an e-mail or blog comment from Larry -- this guy who got a job a few years ago by putting a cover letter on the back of his T-shirt (with the logo you see here on the front,... (Continue reading)

Recent Growth of CareerBuilder Impressive

Written on 13 Feb, 2008 at 16:05

CareerBuilder is taking the lead in terms of unique monthly users, drawing more advertisers and making it an essential tool for online job searches. But job seekers still maximize their chances by supplementing their use of the major sites... (Continue reading)

Two Ways to Network Smarter

Written on 22 Jan, 2008 at 21:50

Article by Kevin Donlin, courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry-level jobs and other career opportunities. Networking — everyone will... (Continue reading)

Guess Which Blog Is #17 in the “Career 100 Global Ranking of Top English-language Career Blogs”?

Written on 7 Dec, 2007 at 0:41

I just discovered a new inbound link to this blog from a site call RiseSmart, a job search site that says it “brings the human touch to online search.” The site explains that it uses a “proprietary search engine [that]... (Continue reading)

Background Checks and the Job Search

Written on 24 Sep, 2007 at 22:21

If you’re on a job search today and haven’t been on one in many years, particularly since before 9/11, you will likely encounter many important changes in the application and hiring process. Prevalence of Background Checks One such change is... (Continue reading)

Teens May Need to Look Hard for Summer Jobs

Written on 3 Jun, 2007 at 21:31

To all the parents who’ve been stopping by the blawg lately to read about family responsibilities discrimination: we’ve got some bad news for your teenage children. The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University has predicted historic low teen... (Continue reading)

Your computer can “testify” against you even when it’s in the landfill

Written on 18 Apr, 2007 at 21:27

I’ve written about electronic evidence before, in a post that will be featured in the upcoming 2007 edition of Blawgworld: Electronic Evidence: Who Benefits the Most, Employers or Employees? Now here’s a story that illustrates a major danger being exposed... (Continue reading)

George’s 15 minutes of fame — quoted in TIME Magazine on video resumes — with Friday video humor thrown in for good meaure

Written on 2 Mar, 2007 at 1:16

A few weeks ago, when I was in New York, I stayed at the Hudson Hotel, a cool place near the Time-Warner Building pictured at left (my photo). So did several other scintillating bloggers-blawgers. Shortly after my return, I got... (Continue reading)

Jobster to make Facebook tool for jobseekers

Written on 10 Feb, 2007 at 0:53

I’ve written much before about the potentially explosive combination of jobhunting and casual use of social network sites such as FaceBook and MySpace. See these prior posts: Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part I More on using facebook et... (Continue reading)

Vertical Job Search Engine Developments

Written on 18 Jul, 2006 at 0:38

Joel Cheesman, at his blog Cheezhead, is keeping a close eye on some interesting developments in vertical job search. This Blawg still has the top two hits in the google search “vertical job search,” proving again how much Google loves... (Continue reading)

Study Reveals the Best Corporate Career Sites

Written on 2 Jul, 2006 at 12:42

Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler of CareerXroads examined the corporate career sites of the Fortune 500 and found the 25 companies that seem to do the best job, in what is soon to become part of a larger paper. Included... (Continue reading)

Niche Job Boards and Craigslist.com: Sneakin’ Up On All of Us

Written on 20 Jun, 2006 at 17:17

As you probably know, there are lots and lots of job boards, niche job boards, and all kinds of tools for Internet recruitment/job search. One of the more interesting niche job boards is called craigslist.com. Related Reading: Surgical Technology: Principles... (Continue reading)

Job Hunting in the 21st Century: A lot More Complicated Than It Used to Be (Part 1)

Written on 4 Jun, 2006 at 19:30

Well, by comparison, job hunting seemed much simpler twenty and thirty years ago. Before the advent of the Internet, the choices seemed fewer and the main advice was to have a good resume, a decent cover letter, and a good... (Continue reading)

Spotlight on Legal Issues in Recruitment: OFCCP and EEOC Making Life More Complex For Recruiters and Companies

Written on 30 May, 2006 at 8:55

There is no doubt that OFCCP and EEOC are going to make life more interesting and challenging for recruiters and employers. In this posting, I recap and highlight comments from three different articles in ERexchange.com on the topic of recruitment... (Continue reading)

Diversity Recruitment: A Lot More Than Just Some Words On Paper

Written on 23 May, 2006 at 15:36

An article from Forbes.com reports some interesting findings in terms of diversity recruitment, with regard to which companies are viewed most highly by minority students, the importance of executive involvement, and the kinds of recruitment sources preferred. What are some... (Continue reading)

Successful Recruitment Programs NOT a bag of tricks and fads

Written on 18 May, 2006 at 8:04

In what I call a “meat and potatoes” article in erexchange.com, Kevin Wheeler criticizes the overreliance on fads and tricks in recruitment and argues for a focus on the “basics.” His article does a nice job of articulating the three... (Continue reading)

EEOC Starts Focusing On Recruitment and Hiring Discrimination

Written on 16 May, 2006 at 8:59

In our recent posting regarding EEOC’s new compliance manual on race and color discrimination, I didn’t mention that recruitment discrimination seems to get quite a bit of attention. This seems to indicate a renewed emphasis at EEOC. Curious to see... (Continue reading)

Determining What the Popular Job Sites Are For Recruiting

Written on 24 Apr, 2006 at 7:56

Wondering what the most popular job sites are in terms of traffic from job hunters? I can’t promise they have the best candidates, but there is a website that provides information as to which job sites are the most popular.... (Continue reading)

It Just Doesn’t Stop: More Q & A’s on the OFCCP’s Internet Applicant Definition

Written on 11 Apr, 2006 at 10:16

And you thought that perhaps we were done with this OFCCP Internet Job Applicant definition stuff. As my oldest son used to say: “Make It Stop!” I just did a google search using the term “OFCCP Internet Applicant” and over... (Continue reading)

For the More Serious Minded: Free Download of Webinar on OFCCP Internet Applicant!

Written on 7 Apr, 2006 at 11:46

If you would rather look at some really serious material, you can listen to a brand new, just-delivered webinar on the OFCCP’s Internet Applicant definition, courtesy of airsdirectory.com. I must admit that I find it quite amusing that the webinar... (Continue reading)

Latest Update on OFCCP’s Internet Applicant Definition and the Implications for Companies

Written on 3 Apr, 2006 at 17:39

Well, the deadline for compliance by covered companies for compliance with the new definition of an Internet Applicant is almost one month old now, and some companies are feverishly trying to get into compliance. At George’s Blawg, we have tried... (Continue reading)

Googling Your Way to a Job

Written on 23 Mar, 2006 at 11:19

According to the Cheezhead (aka Joel Cheesman), Google is getting into the job search business in a very big way. He put “London banking jobs” into a google search, and came up with a nice window, where you are asked... (Continue reading)