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Guess Which Blog Is #17 in the “Career 100 Global Ranking of Top English-language Career Blogs”?
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] crawls the universe of job boards and corporate sites to find opportunities that match your [...]
IT Jobs Outlook, From Dept. of Labor
What IT jobs will remain stateside despite the offshoring of many?
What IT specialties will be the fastest growing in coming years?
Where in the US might an IT job search by a job seeker or a recruitment effort by an employer or recruiter be most fruitful?
Some answers are available from the mind-bogglingly massive website maintained [...]
Internships and the Job Search
Increasingly, college students, college graduates, and even high school students and older career-changers appreciate the value of internships.
A key benefit of internships is that they provide great opportunities for career exploration, for learning about and “trying out” different professions, industries, and positions.
Moreover, an internship may result, directly or indirectly, in a job offer with the [...]
Resume Writing for Teens
Today we have a guest post from myfirstpaycheck.com, a teen job search site founded by the brother-sister team of Austin and Celeste Lavin, pictured.
I wouldn’t have found the subject of teen jobs that pertinent now, in the middle of the school year, but Austin makes a good point: the holiday season opens up lots of [...]
Making Small Cos. Great Places to Work
Lessons From Some Prizewinners
I rarely refer to articles not available online, and I know that some of the Wall Street Journal material online is subscription-only. I was prepared to make an exception for today’s major WSJ story on the “Top Small Workplaces 2007,” because of its excellent content.
However, I was delighted to find that [...]
Background Checks and the Job Search
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 the extent to which employers now use various forms of background checks before hiring.
A 2004 [...]
Labor Dept. Training Disabled Vets in IT Work
Suitable employment opportunities are among the many needs of our disabled vets returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With a focus on the number of dead, it is easy to lose sight of the much larger number of wounded. Due to medical progress, many of them have survived severe injuries that would have [...]
Much Employee Creativity Unused on Job
The following is a guest post from The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, with a few of my thoughts appended thereafter. (Do I sound like a lawyer there, or what?)
At a time when many economists and futurists are pointing to creativity and innovation as one of the cornerstones of U.S. competitiveness in the years ahead, [...]
How to Write a Great Reference Letter
Being asked to write a reference letter for a former or departing employee may be a source of undue stress, time demand, and hassle, depending on how naturally writing comes to you — or not.
Today, while poking around a bit using StumbleUpon, I found an answer to this problem: a “Letter of Recommendation Guide” [...]
It Takes a Village - Career Development Coaching and Mentoring Programs on the Rise
This post about career development programs is courtesy of Kevin Oakes, CEO of i4cp.com.
Career development programs are on the rise, and many companies train
from within.
When it comes to career
development, many companies have an “it takes a village” mindset.
According to a just-released study conducted by the Institute for
Corporate Productivity (i4cp), 60% of the 382 polled companies [...]
Great Link Collection on 99 Business and Management Subjects, Including HR, Under “Leadership” Theme
The Internet and blogosphere have exploded around me like the Big Bang since I started blogging in May 2003.
As I’ve watched the exponential proliferation of information, my concern about one question has grown: Are we all helping improve access to information or are we just clogging the system’s arteries with redundant information of dubious quality?
With [...]
Poker, Anyone? Cultural Fit and The Hiring Process
This post about hiring employees, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, is written by Scott Beardsley, co-founder and Vice President of Recruitment Services. Beardsley also writes for the Recruitment Redefined blog.
As a Hiring Manager, don’t be labeled a “gambler” when it comes to hiring employees for your group.
THE FRIENDLY CARD GAME
Imagine that you and a [...]
9 Tips to Beat the Heat and Look Professional: Women
At many offices across the country, today is Casual Friday. If you’re wearing a company polo and a nice pair of khakis, or something even fancier, pat yourself on the back. If you’re wearing a halter top and other people can see your back, read this article twice–unless you’re working from your own [...]
9 Tips to Beat the Heat and Look Professional: Men
On the official first day of summer, we thought you’d like some tips to beat the heat while continuing to dress professionally for work. A late-’90s survey of 500 businesses showed that relaxed workplace dress leads to relaxed manners, relaxed morals, and relaxed productivity. Now less than 10% of Fortune 500 companies allow [...]
Two Ways to “Reverse” Your Job Search
This post, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, is written by Kevin Donlin of Guaranteed Resumes.
Sometimes you can achieve a breakthrough by thinking in the opposite direction. Take 7-Up, for example. It became hugely popular in the ’60s by branding itself as the Uncola, while other soft drink companies were competing fruitlessly for the cola market. [...]
