Archive for the ‘Job search’ Category
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Are you wondering what skills are desired by employers or what it takes to stand-out amongst your colleagues? Are you an ‘A’ Player?
How would you rate yourself in the following skills? Better yet, how would your employer rate you?
Competence or Technical Ability
Reliability
Communication
Flexibility or Adaptation
Team Dynamics
Initiative or Attitude
Professionalism
Productivity
The skill areas listed above are used by employers to rate employees during reviews [...]
Tags: Career Advancement, Desired Skills, Interviewing, Resume, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
Posted in Interviewing, Job growth, Job search, Personal Branding, Resume Tips | No Comments »
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Amid fierce competition for every single job, where do you draw the line between embellishing and lying on your resume?
John O’Connor, Career Pro of NC, Inc.
A November 2008 review by the Wall Street Journal examined the careers and resumes of 358 senior-level executives and directors at 53 publicly traded companies. The result: At least seven [...]
Tags: Job search, Resume Fraud, Resume Spider, resumes, ResumeSpider
Posted in Job growth, Job search, Personal Branding, Resume Tips, Resume writers, Sourcing candidates, Working with recruiters | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Contrary to the what the media will make you believe, companies are still hiring people. Naturally that means job seekers are interviewing. You simply need to understand that the job hunt will require more effort, patience, and creativity.
One job seeker told me she produced a white paper that simplified a business process in her industry. She attached it to her VisualCV profile. [...]
Tags: Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
Posted in Job search, Personal Branding, Plan and Organize | 4 Comments »
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Nothing has changed. Job Seekers still feel the only strategy to get noticed is to send their resume to all the job postings that narrowly match their industry experience and discipline.What happens next? You wait and never get any response.I’m not surprised. It went to “The Resume Black Hole!” Hiring managers and human resource reps receive [...]
Tags: Black Hole, Job search, Resume, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Your Job Should Be Your Calling
In May of 2008 I attended a career conference sponsored by The Ladders and Kennedy Information as well as Career Directors International. A lot of well-known folks inside Career Management Alliance and around the globe attended. As the conference blogger and photographer I also represented one of my key vendors. [...]
Tags: Calling, Job search, Jobs, Mission, Purpose, Recession
Posted in Job search, Personal Branding, Plan and Organize | No Comments »
Monday, December 1st, 2008
ResumeSpider offers Career Seekers an alternative approach to getting noticed which leads to more activity; like phone calls, emails and interviews.
We are not claiming this is the silver bullet or some great new idea. However, ResumeSpider is a common-sense approach to networking and targeted list building. Both activities are crucial to a well rounded job search [...]
Tags: Job search, Resume Distribution, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
Posted in Job search, Plan and Organize, ResumeSpider | 7 Comments »
