Chicken Little — The Job Boards Are Failing
Will Social Recruiting Kill Job Opportunities and Job Openings on Website Boards? The Job Boards Are Failing. Have you heard? And more importantly, how could you have not heard? There’s been a lot of banter, discussion, and revelation about job boards and their impending failure and doom as an effective source for employers to hire […]
Crowdsourcing the Job Search with Social Media
While playing around on Google+ today I saw a post by Chris Brogan. Because of the sheer volume of followers I have in my own tweet stream, I’m sad to admit that I miss out on some of Chris’s insights. But thankfully for Google+ and Chris’s post, I saw this great video and blog post […]
Social Media Helps Job Seekers Find Work
So when I say “Social Media can help you get a job” The replies are usually, only if you happen to be chatting to the right person, I didn’t think of Facebook like that or Yes I heard something about Twitter and jobs. Social Media Helps Job Seekers Find Work Social Media is powerful and […]
The Unsolicited Resume to Executive Recruiters: What to Expect
When I began my career in retained executive recruiting we had not yet entered the Information Age. The firm I worked for was a regional boutique with a solid reputation in its market. There were 12 people on staff. About a fourth of the office space was set aside for files, primarily files for resumes, […]
Say It With a Resume & Resume Template
Your resume is the single most important marketing document a job seeker uses in the job search. I also find that the resume is the one document that job seekers also struggle with most. While I agree that resumes are becoming a thing of the past and online profiles and proposal style documents are the […]
Your Candidate Anti-Engagement Strategy
Job Candidates, Employment Offers, Retention Strategies and Letters of Rejection An excellent friend of mine had an interview earlier this week for a multi-location long-term care company’s HR Director position. Tammy was having her second interview for a job when I spoke with her, and she seemed optimistic about getting hired. She even asked with […]
