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March 2008 Blog Posts (43)

B-Schools Greenlight Classes Teaching Soft Skills

By Miriam Salpeter Keppie Careers - A Head Above the Rest www.keppiecareers.com www.keppiecareers.wordpress.com The April 7 issue of BusinessWeek reminds job seekers that “soft skills“ are important and valued in the workplace. (Note: my search for a link to this story reveals that an expanded version appeared… Continue

Added by Miriam Salpeter on March 31, 2008 at 9:48pm — 2 Comments

Summer Jobs

This is my first post on the Secrets of the Job Hunt. I'm not sure what my audience is here, but I wanted to talk about summer jobs. We've all had them, but over the last few years we've been hearing that less and less teens are going into the workplace. Why do you think this happens? There are probably a lot of reasons, but one big reasons is that employers aren't making the effort to sell themselves to teenagers. How'd you find your first job? Through a friend? a parent? randomly? It's basi… Continue

Added by Austin Lavin on March 31, 2008 at 10:11am — 2 Comments

March Job Search Roundup (podcast)

Career news you can use. 8 minutes.

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Added by Chris Russell on March 31, 2008 at 8:45am — No Comments

Video Video Video Questions Questions Questions

I would love to gain your professional experiences regarding the use of video content....all responses will be very helpful and by you all being actively engaged in the employment arena, I know your experiences will be contemporary and real. Here's a few questions and all responses are truly appreciated: If you're a recruiter, how many video resumes have you received in the last 3 months? If you're a candidate, do you think a video resume would work for you? How and why? If you're a recruiter… Continue

Added by Vicki Herrod on March 30, 2008 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

Tales from the Resume Reef: The Format, Part II: Resume Length

Your resume needs to be CONCISE. SHORT, To the… Continue

Added by Greg Lachs on March 29, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Shameless Marketing

Shameless Marketing was a term I learned many years ago in San Francisco, California when I attended a marketing workshop for professional speakers called The Odd Couple with Steve Weiss and Patricia Fripp. The entire workshop Patricia Fripp talked about herself. She spoke about how good she was as a speaker, coach, and anything else she could think of to keep our attention on her. I remember thinking how stuck on herself she was. And then it hit me, she was demonstrating what she was tea… Continue

Added by Darlene McDaniel on March 29, 2008 at 2:23pm — 1 Comment

Survey: How People are Getting Hired

WEDDLE's 2008 Source of Employment Survey ran from March 2007 to March 2008 and generated responses from over 15,600 individuals. The respondents were 65% male, 35% female; they had a median age of 40-45, and they described their workplace experience level as follows: # 19.0% were managers, # 16.7% were mid-level professionals, # 15.5% were executives, # 15.1% were senior-level professionals, # 12.3% were entry-level professionals, # 11.0% were skilled tradespersons, and # 10.4% were admi… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on March 28, 2008 at 9:56am — 1 Comment

Phone Tuning, Part 2 - Messages from Work

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Added by Greg Lachs on March 26, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

How to Search Optimize your Resume - Pt 1

Are you getting a 25% response rate to your resume? If you are, stop reading, this article isn’t for you. If you’re getting less than a 25% response rate to your resume, then your resume is working against you and blocking you from interviews for top positions. Unfortunately, most of the population falls into the under 25% category.… Continue

Added by Phil Rosenberg on March 25, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Should You Have a Personal Board of Advisors?

By Miriam Salpeter Keppie Careers - A Head Above the Rest www.keppiecareers.com www.keppiecareers.wordpress.com Recently, Marci Alboher’s Shifting Career’s article in the New York Times hosted a guest author on the topic of a personal board of advisors… Continue

Added by Miriam Salpeter on March 25, 2008 at 2:42pm — No Comments

Facebook Recruitment Advertising

While going about my daily search for great entry-level jobs to write about, I came across a Facebook Flyer ad for YardBarker's entry-level jobs. I was impressed that they were using Facebook as a recruitment medium (employers really aren't taking advantage of this yet), but I think that YardBarker swung and missed on this one. With a few alterations to their ad, they could have come a… Continue

Added by Willy Franzen on March 25, 2008 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Tales from the Resume Reef: The Format, Part I - Overview

Simple facts about what your resume needs to be: •… Continue

Added by Greg Lachs on March 24, 2008 at 9:09pm — No Comments

Career advice on your iPod

Looking to add some cool career advice audio to your iPod? Then subscribe to Secrets of the Job Hunt. Click here. (Must have iTunes for link to work) Continue

Added by Chris Russell on March 24, 2008 at 12:42pm — 6 Comments

From the Job Search Dolphin: Avoid "Revolving Door" Opportunities

In Tampa, there was a call center who advertised each week for employees both in the loc… Continue

Added by Greg Lachs on March 23, 2008 at 9:41pm — No Comments

The Inside Track on Recruiters – Top 10 Tips

It's so simple, and so few candidates do this. And the higher up the management chain the candidate is, the more effective they can be using this strategy. Interestingly, the higher up the management chain the candidate is, the LESS LIKELY they are to actually do this! It's such an easy way to stand out, such an easy way to get priority and additional help from recruiters.

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Added by Phil Rosenberg on March 23, 2008 at 8:22pm — No Comments

FaceBook 101 for Job Seekers

You’re a manager. Why would you want to be on FaceBook with a bunch of college kids?

Simple…There’s 60 Million people on Facebook now, up from 25 Million 9 months ago. There’s only 15 million college students. Who do you think everyone else is?

The highest growing segment of FaceBook is the over 25 crowd…the hiring managers you want to network with and meet.

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Added by Phil Rosenberg on March 23, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Career Advice from 'The Office'

Check out this video from US News and World Report about your job/career.

Then check out their latest issue which is all about jobs. Continue

Added by Chris Russell on March 22, 2008 at 3:35pm — 2 Comments

10 Ways to Stay Motivated During your Job Search

How do you stay motivated while in career transition? A reader asked me to cover this topic.

It’s winter…if you live in the Northern part of the US, it’s cold, snowy, and one of the toughest winters we’ve had in a long time. If you’re out of work, this time of year can be depressing.

Staying motivated and keeping a

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Added by Phil Rosenberg on March 22, 2008 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Which Subject Matter am I an Expert at?

An early challenge job changers face is determining who they are professionally. If you've been in the workforce 5 years or more, you've had LOTS of areas where you could demonstrate expertise. Depending on your career, this could be even less than 5 years. Maybe you're an expert at Post merger integration, Turnarounds, FAS 133, Ruby programming, Project Management for windows infrastructure, Human Resource wellness programs, Selling technology… Continue

Added by Phil Rosenberg on March 22, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Unfair Advantage

In today's job search, the name of the game today is to get noticed…and 97% of the resumes out there don't do a very good job at getting noticed. Guess what happens if you are one of the 97%? That's right, no interview, no callback, no chance at the job you applied for. Online resume submission, and HR Databases have made it so easy, yet at the same time, more difficult to get interviews. Easy as a click of a mouse, yet why is it all of a sudden so difficult to stand out? It's more difficult b… Continue

Added by Phil Rosenberg on March 21, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments