How to Network to the Hidden Job Market
Tweet Here’s an interesting statistic that screams the message that the rules of job search are indeed changing: 80% of jobs available are never advertised, according to Cornell University Career Services. Job seekers, the first question to ask yourself: How much of my job search is focused on the 20% that are on everyone else’s radar? Then your next question: What is my strategy to pursue the hidden job market? Landing a job...
Read MoreIs Linkedin the New Google for Business Search?
Tweet Yesterday Linkedin announced their new search platform, which refines your ability to search for potential hiring managers, customers, business partners and colleagues. The new search platform offers many enhancements to search functionality by expanding the number of data fields available to query. While doing so, it also expands your opportunities to be searched and found. Key enhancements: Search people by keyword. Type in any...
Read MoreJob Seeker Tips for Launching a Blog
Tweet Job seekers are beginning to embrace the advice touted by the Wall Street Journal in April 2007 about the value and benefits of using a blog to land a new job. While many are motivated to expand their job search to include Web 2.0 strategies, taking those first steps to become transparent to the online world often stirs up a bit of insecurity; at least it did for me. Tips for moving beyond obstacles that often come with launching a...
Read MoreHow to Increase Your Odds of Getting Hired
Tweet Whether you are a job seeker or an entrepreneur selling your services, you increase the odds of getting hired by applying the practices used by traditional direct marketers. The most effective marketing campaigns involve multi-channel strategies that touch your prospects several times. People rarely respond to what you are offering them on the first effort. If you have ever subscribed to a magazine, you’ve experienced receiving...
Read More105 Major Corporate Blogs
Tweet Creating an employment campaign with a planned strategy that proactively moves your message of value and your expertise to targeted hiring managers, companies, and industry associations must first begin with research. The first step to researching your desired industry, company, job, hiring manager, or niche begins with identifying your targeted list of people and places that utilize Web 2.0 strategies and blogging in their own...
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