Archive for November, 2008

Should I settle at my job that I think might be making me miserable?

Posted in November 14th, 2008

Hat Tip: Lyss. If there ever was a unifying question in today’s workforce, it is this one. Here is my take on it. First, everyone is different. If you have six months’ of cash saved up, you have more options available to you than someone who is living paycheck to paycheck, with ramen being the [...]

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Our LinkUp Report Was Incorrect But It’s Still the Best Site

Posted in November 14th, 2008

by admin in Work-related

Note: A few days ago, I wrote how we had over a million jobs on our LINKUP.COM site, which at the time was true, or so we thought. Since then, we dug into how this could be, given the lousy job numbers being reported. This number was calculated incorrectly, as Toby’s post below explains. Sorry [...]

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LINKUP.COM on ABCNEWS.COM Today.

Posted in November 13th, 2008

by admin in Work-related

In a front page, above-the-fold, highlighted story on the news site ABCNEWS.COM, LinkUp.Com is featured. Finally, a positive jobs oriented story in the national media. It is about time, isn’t it? There are two companies featured in the third paragraph of today’s key story, written by Michelle Goodman, Mon&^$ and LinkUp. Their headline: Finally Found [...]

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Gotcha Questions At the Interview: How Not to Handle Them

Posted in November 11th, 2008

by admin in Work-related

Most of us don’t have much experience in interviewing for jobs. We just don’t do it very often. Contrast that with the hiring managers who interview dozens of candidates. No wonder it’s a tense situation at best, and leads to some ‘gotcha’ type questions that can torpedo any chances by the candidate to get the [...]

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Sales Literature, Exposed

Posted in November 8th, 2008

by admin in Work-related

Graphic artists and printers can stop reading now, this post is not for you. Most sales literature sucks. Ask any good sales person and they understand that the sales rep who spouts off features to prospects seldom wins the business. It’s called feature dumping and most sales managers recognize it immediately, and move to correct [...]

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LinkUp, the One Job Board That Showcases Jobs From Company Websites, Shows Job Openings

Posted in November 6th, 2008

by admin in Work-related

From Toby Dayton’s Diggings, November 6, 2008– The October jobs report is scheduled to be released sometime this morning, but if the data generated from LinkUp.com is any indicator, the numbers may not be as bad as economists predict. LinkUp aggregates and publishes job listings directly from company web sites themselves. The September and October [...]

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My Candidate Lost. No, Not THAT One.

Posted in November 6th, 2008

by admin in Work-related

My high school buddy and sometime WWDS contributor Conrad Hake lost in his hard fought campaign for the school board in the Hayward Unfied School District of Hayward, California. He’s perfectly qualified, understood all the issues, works well with all different kinds of people and offered solutions for this local school district which is facing [...]

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