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Here’s a brilliant read that you must digest. As a job seeker it’s easy to get frustrated at recruiters (and hiring managers, HR, etc.) because they aren’t giving us the respect we are used to (the respect we had when we had a job, with a title and a salary).
As a recruiter, Amy has [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Recruiters, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
February 1st, 2012
Last year I spoke to thousands of people. Probably somewhere around 10,000 people (I should keep track, but I don’t).
One of the most common issues that comes up is discrimination – specifically, age discrimination.
Chris Russell, at Secrets of the Job Hunt, wrote a post titled How to fight age discrimination. It is a collection of [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Networking, Recruiters, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
January 3rd, 2012
There is a lot of talk about whether someone who has been self employed can successfully enter the workforce again.
Because of my raw blog posts over the years, I’ve said I was “unemployable.” That is, if a potential employer saw stuff I have written, they might think I wasn’t going to be a good team [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 12th, 2011
I got a business degree and an MBA. I’ve taken a few marketing classes, and read a few marketing books. If you have spent 20 minutes in marketing, you’ve heard about the Four Ps of Marketing:
Place
Position
Price
Product
Every marketer can define those four Ps, and they play a significant role in their marketing strategy.
Chris Russell, of Secrets [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 7th, 2011
Is it your role, or your duty, to help a recruiter remember who you are?
If they are good, shouldn’t they remember who you are?? Isn’t that THEIR JOB?
It might be a part of their job, but if they aren’t doing that part of their job well, is it their FAULT?
Some recruiters will be really good [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Fun With a Purpose, Interviews, Networking, Recruiters, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 16th, 2011
A timely and important post from Brazen Careerist on email mistakes that people make. I’ve developed an entire video series on this subject. I’ve been emailing in a professional capacity for almost 15 years, and was an email administrator for a couple of years.
Email is a powerful tool. Just like a knife, it can be [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Education, Job Search Tools, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 9th, 2011
What’s the worst that could happen if you lie to a recruiter?
If you are a job seeker, you could essentially become blacklisted by the recruiter, his firm, and their contacts.
Recruiters are networkers.
They talk.
If you lie, they can find out. If they find out, they will question everything else you’ve told them.
Check out this Recruiting Blogs [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Recruiters, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 2nd, 2011
I’m going to keep this post really short because you need to spend time reading a long post from Chris Brabic titled What I learned in Vegas: #HRTechConf Wrap-Up
This is from the HR Technology Conference, so it’s not totally about job search, but there was a lot of talent management talk, for sure.
Chris talks about [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Networking, Recruiters, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
October 31st, 2011
Gavin Redelman posted this on Recruiting Blogs: Five Myths About Job Searching
His myths are:
The smartest person always gets the job
Direct experience is most important
Dating a co-worker will lead to career doom
Applying for jobs online is the only way to find a new job
Writing a cover letter is a waste of time
I’d like to include:
It is [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
October 27th, 2011
Alison Doyle wrote a great post on the Job Search . About site about a topic that everyone talks about… but the flip side of the coin.
Networking is supposedly how you are going to land your next gig.
What if it just doesn’t work for you??
Read her post here.
Her points include:
Walk in (to companies).
Have someone call [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
October 24th, 2011
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