Job Seekers Heed Robert Scoble’s “If You Are Laid Off, Here’s How to Socially Network”
Tweet Robert Scoble is one of the most successful bloggers with his Scobleizer blog, technology evangelists, and well respected resources in Silicon Valley. His article “If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network” is a call to arms and a blue print for EVERY job seeker. Please heed his warning and take the steps Robert outlines. And by the way, many of these steps are steps we have already identified, written...
Read MoreJob Search 25 Years Ago: Is This You Now?
Tweet I landed my first corporate, aka “real”, job out of college in early 1985. The company, Moore Business Forms the largest printing-forms provider in the world, was just finishing a hiring push for sales and business development talent. Please read this article; I have a question I would like you to ask yourself at the end of the piece. Here are some facts about my job search. State of Technology In 1985 there was no...
Read MoreCNN and Careerbuilder.com: “13 Companies Hiring This Year”
Tweet Good news does still happen. A very good article by CNN’s new partner CareerBuilder.com just came to my attention through my social media “broadcasting and research” tool Twitter.com. The CNN article is titled “13 companies hiring this year” by Careerbuilder.com’s Rachel Zupek. I am going to provide the highlights of what each company is looking for in human capital along with the list of the 13...
Read More10 New Year’s Career Resolutions For Job Seekers
Tweet The Web 2.0 Revolution, blogging, and social media tools like Linkedin and Twitter allow all of us to become our own marketing machine, brand identity, and valuable resource. The following are 10 New Year’s Resolutions and steps any job seeker can take to begin to differentiate themselves and stand apart from the rest of their competition. 10 New Year’s Career Resolutions for Job Seekers 1. Direction: You can not begin a...
Read MoreWhere the Jobs are and How to be There
Tweet The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their Employment Situation Summary for the month of November 2008 a few days ago. Unfortunately, It’s no surprise that employment declined in nearly all major industries, although health care continued to add jobs to the tune of 34,000 in November. This healthy industry has added 369,000 jobs in the last twelve months. I wanted to get an idea of who these jobs are going to, so for kicks I...
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