My daughter did an experiment for me two summers ago. She applied to job openings she’d found on a couple of big online job boards. She was a recent college graduate and her resume looked similar to those that cross your desk. It was well done–no typos–and the cover letter was nice too, specifically addressed [...]
Ahead of the Bell: LinkUp Called the Jobs Number (and will continue to do so)
Posted in January 8th, 2010
Yesterday in his blog, @TobyDayton, using data provided by LINKUP, our job search engine that grabs only jobs off company website, ‘called’ the unemployment numbers issued today by the Department of Labor. Even though everyone else was predicting sunshine and roses, Toby said…wait, not so fast, the numbers from LinkUp tell a different story. The [...]
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Have Job Boards Jumped the Shark and See How Nick Corcodilos Helps Gen X/Y By Exposing One of Their Advisors
Posted in December 16th, 2009
Ed. Note. My colleague Toby Dayton, CEO of LinkUp, wrote a groundbreaking and analytical piece on the current state of recruitment advertising. I am running the article in its entirety here but you should really jump over to Toby’s blog at Diggings, and sign up for his RSS feed and updates. There’s no better place. [...]
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ShitForBrainsJobBoards. Just Stop.
Posted in November 5th, 2009
I’m pissed. Seriously. What does it take? What DOES it take? I mean, we know how to help job seekers. Yet, ShitForBrainsJobBoards continue to “help” jobseekers by showing old jobs, out of date jobs, scam jobs, postal jobs which are jobs you have to buy application forms yeah right, duplicate jobs and the list of [...]
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Brett Favre, Nick Corcodilos and Seth Godin: Connect the Dots
Posted in September 29th, 2009
You most likely saw the last minute or so of the Minnesota Vikings-San Francisco 49′ers game. You know, the one where Brett Favre threw a touchdown pass with two seconds left. Two seconds. It. Was. Amazing. I used this game, and mostly the heroics of Brett Favre to write a blog post for US NEWS [...]
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Kristin Davie–Still Looking, But Expanding Her Job Search
Posted in September 10th, 2009
by Kristin Davie, exclusive for WWDS. Kristin is a 2009 college graduate who is still looking for her first job. She writes about her search for all of us. In the popular 1989 movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner is commanded by an unknown force to build a baseball field in his Iowa corn field [...]
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The Backstory: How One New Author Got His Book Published, by McGraw-Hill.
Posted in August 15th, 2009
by admin in Culture, Daily Wisdom, HR, Interviews with People Who Have Interesting Jobs, Job Seeker Advice, On The Job..., People, Quotes, Work-related
Ed. Note: Gary Cohen is a friend of mine here in Minnesota. He is a proven entrepreneur, one of the companies he started went from two employees to over 2,000. Seriously. He is a thoughtful, interesting guy to say the least. As he was developing his business, he discovered how important being a leader was [...]
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New Facebook App Allows Companies to Post “Current Jobs at Our Company”
Posted in August 5th, 2009
Our development team just released the LINKUP Facebook App which will allow companies on Facebook to have a section on their wall called “Current Jobs at Our Company.” It works great for companies who have career sections or career portals that are now being indexed via LINKUP.com. Corporate use of FACEBOOK is on the rise, [...]
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