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I made that up. Maybe it’s 70%. Maybe it’s 99%.
Whatever the number is, I think it’s fair to say that communication is the #1 thing you are doing in a job search.
Lindsey Pollak wrote a post titled One Simple Tip to Immediately Improve Your Professional Communication.
I had to read it.
I like lists of one. Simple. [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Fun With a Purpose, Interviews, LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
August 4th, 2011
Another insightful Recruiting Blogs post from a recruiter, Julie Pentis, titled: Job Seekers: Stop Working So Hard!
You’ve heard the job search is a numbers game, right? It used to be, for sure.
Julie writes:
I had someone apply for 15 of our job openings the other day. Fifteen! And all the job openings called for completely different [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Cover Letters, Interviews, Networking, Recruiters, Required Reading, Resumes, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
July 29th, 2011
Recruiters. Whether you love them or hate them (if you hate them, you might not understand what their role is in your job search), you have to admit, they know a ton about job search interviews.
Crystal T wrote a post on Recruiting Blogs called Top Ten Interview Blunders. You must read it.
As I look at [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Links to Related Articles, Recruiters, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
July 28th, 2011
I get a daily email from RecruitingBlogs so I can keep up with what recruiters think/say/hear/talk about.
Today, tomorrow and Friday are links to three really relevant blog posts for you in your job search. Today’s topic is awesome. From Chris Brablc’s blog: What makes a Candidate Qualified?
Remember, he’s writing to other recruiters, not the job [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
July 27th, 2011
Another excellent article by a recruiter at Recruiting Blogs, titled 10 warning signals to drop a candidate.
FYI, a recruiter talks about a client and a candidate. Which are you?
A CLIENT is the company that has an opening, and hires the recruiter to find someone to fill it, and PAYS the recruiter.
A CANDIDATE is the job [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Links to Related Articles, Recruiters, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
June 3rd, 2011
This morning I was reading the March issue of Inc magazine (one of my favorite magazines) and was intrigued by the section they had profiling three companies, with regard to their customer service. (read the article here)
The third company, Drybar, has an interesting business: I would call them a hair salon that does nothing but [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
May 4th, 2011
When I wrote about recruiters a few days ago and talked about Steve Levy I clicked over to read some of his posts. I always like reading Steve’s stuff – he tells it like it is, is brutally honest, and has a great perspective. Steve is an awesome person.
This post, though, made me sick. For [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Networking, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
April 25th, 2011
This is the third, and final of the Readers Digest thoughts. This time it’s on their post What HR People Won’t Tell You About The Job Interview.
Here are some of their snippets (read post for the entire story):
“It’s amazing when people come in for an interview and say, ‘Can you tell me about your business?’ [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Links to Related Articles, Salary & the Market, Work/Life Balance, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
April 11th, 2011
I am frequently asked how to create a LinkedIn Profile if you don’t want your boss to know you are looking for another job.
It’s a common problem people face… how to look for a job when you are busy with a full-time day job.
One aspect of the problem is time: by the time you get [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Interviews, Required Reading, Work/Life Balance, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
March 8th, 2011
Here’s another JobMob post, written by Nettie Feldman of the Afternoon Schmooze talk show. This one is titled 6 Standout Job Interview Tips from a Professional Interviewer. Nettie says:
Look memorable. She says to stand out subtly… not too flashy, but something that will stand out. I’m fashion-challenged, so this would be hard for me [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
February 24th, 2011
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