At last count, there were at least 500 job advice givers on the world wide web. Some like Nick Corcodilos on Ask the Headhunter, Alison Doyle, JT O’Donnell, Tim Tyrell-Smith, Paul DeBettignies, Susan Joyce, Alexandra Levit, Julie Walraven, Harry Urschel, Dawn Bugni, Rosalind Joffe, Donna Svei, Marianna Paulson (Auntie Stress), Mark Richards of the CandidatesChair, [...]
How To Get a Job, Step by Step
Posted in November 10th, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
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Finally: New Job Help for the Recent Graduate (and others)
Posted in November 10th, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
Like a lot of baby boomers in the workforce, we have noticed that recent college graduates seem to be lacking in some basic job skills. College placement officers try their best, I am sure, but more college graduates leave college clueless about what it takes to fit in, much less succeed in today’s job market. [...]
5 Questions You Should Not Ask at the Job Interview
Posted in October 25th, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
Ed. note: The following are actual questions asked by candidates at job interviews. I was going to write some smartass responses, but I think you get the message. 1. Can you tell me a little more about your company? What you do, what you make, etc? 2. What is the pay and how soon can [...]
4 Tricks To Find Superlative Sales Reps
Posted in October 13th, 2010
From time to time, I get asked for the top three or five questions to ask a potential sales rep. Evidently, people think that are a few magic bullet questions out there…IF ONLY YOU WOULD TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE!!! (I do know what those questions are, but I am going to keep that secret, [...]
Viral Marketing and Double Rainbows
Posted in September 22nd, 2010
I am not terr-i-ble at popular culture. I know that LinLo is going back to jail soon, that the campy Situation appeals to some people for whatever reason and I even TIVO Dancing With The Lingerie Models Stars, you know, so I can see who gets eliminated. Still, it is hard to keep up when [...]
How LinkUp Works, ReDux
Posted in July 15th, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
Today, I posted over at Laurie Ruettimann’s PunkRockHr with a semi-serious post on jobs. Some questions have come up from her readers, mostly HR folks. 1. You can get your company’s jobs into our sponsored listings by contacting us. We are basically like Google and are leading the transformation from the pay to post model [...]
Late Summer Blues for the New College Grad Job Seeker
Posted in July 12th, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
At first, you wanted to be a vet. But that one class turned you off, actually, that one teacher. So, you switched to “communications.” The classes were easier it seemed and everything made sense. It was all pretty much common sense and you did well. You studied Facebook (“New Technology and Communications 101″) and you [...]
Open Jobs, State by State, as of 10 am, CST, 7-1-2010
Posted in July 1st, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
Thousands of companies have job openings that are never advertised on Monster, Yahoo et al. Estimates are that as many as 70% of the available jobs are NEVER advertised BUT on the company’s own website. State by state, I have created a special list of the open jobs that are right now available. Click on [...]
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Networking Tool For Everyone (free)
Posted in June 22nd, 2010
They say the best method for finding a job is via “networking.” (The second best is to find a job on a company’s own website, made simpler by LinkUp.) But since few of us “network” for a living, we are awfully bad at it. I am trying to help here with a new tool you [...]
6 Attributes That May Help You Get Hired
Posted in June 9th, 2010
by admin in Job Seeker Advice
There are unspoken and un-advertised intangibles that hiring managers look for in applicants. Here are a few intangibles that will make you stand out. 1. ”See work.” We all know what this means. Are you the type of person who must be told every little thing? Or are you able to see the work before [...]
