May 15th, 2008 by Steve
I’ve been told, many times, that the four biggest life changing events are the death of a family member, buying a house, birthing a child, and changing jobs. Do you hire somebody to help? Yes. Well…most of the time…
You hire the mortuary to help with the death of a family member
You hire a real estate agent, movers and [...]
Tags: Great Resumes, How to write a resume, Resume writers
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May 12th, 2008 by Steve
There are two ways for Employers and Recruiting Firms screen resumes. One method is done manually and the other is automated with technology.
Manual Screening process and the challenges for you:
The manual screening process requires somebody to look at a resume. The resume is either received from a job advertisement or found by searching a job board database. Regardless this is [...]
Tags: Great Resumes, How to write a resume, Resume writers
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May 8th, 2008 by Steve
It’s time to give yourself an honest answer to the question, ”Why spend money to hire a professional resume writer to create my resume when I can do it myself?”
Don’t answer that question yet. Read on…
Resume Spider has a large community of companies that have joined our network to be part of our resume distribution service. A recent poll, which we [...]
Tags: Great Resumes, How to write a resume, Resume writers
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April 30th, 2008 by Jmcfarland
In the current buzz about candidate recruiting, the question arises, “How does recruiting passive candidates help build competitive advantage?”
Amitai Givertz, Principal, AMG Management Advisors, states “The real challenge for HR is twofold:
* define the differences between active and passive candidates, understanding how to develop winning strategies for recruiting the best candidates, and
* develop recruiting strategies [...]
Tags: candidate, employment, passive, recruit
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April 15th, 2008 by Steve
It is great to be punctual, have fresh breath, and a list of questions. However, that effort could be in vain if your appearance is less than satisfactory.
Don’t let this happen to you!
Have fun…MyTalkingStain.com
Tags: Funny, Interviewing, Videos
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April 8th, 2008 by Jmcfarland
My job requires that I review recruiting websites daily, and therefore have seen some that are very effective at explaining the value of using their firm. I also spend a lot of time talking directly to executives about incorporating Resume Spider with their job search strategy. I find that career seekers draw different conclusions about executive search firms that sometimes are not [...]
Tags: Coach, Executive, Recruiting, search
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March 25th, 2008 by gapgar
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Twin Cities online labor market is running strong despite economic setbacks from 2005 hurricanes and surging fuel prices, according to figures released recently from the Monster Local Employment Index. Recruitment increased 3 points – from 111 to 114 – between February and March, mainly from demand in community and social services, [...]
Tags: growth, Job search, labor market, online
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March 18th, 2008 by Steve
The purpose for the ResumeSpider blog is to give Career Professionals (Recruiters, Resume Writers, and Career Coaches) a destination to collaborate on their real experiences. In short, we want the conversations and ideas to come from the people in the trenches.
Here are some examples of the stuff that will add value…
Tools and training that work and don’t [...]
Tags: Career Coach, New Blog, podcasts, Recruiter, Resume writers, tools, training, Videos
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