ShareThere has been an enormous surge in spam targeting job seekers. The difficult economic conditions are definitely driving this. There have been numerous reports of people putting their resume up on Monster.com and hours later having an inbox full of spam.
My advice is Do NOT post your resume on any online job boards unless you [...]
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Spammers are targeting job seekers
Career Encouragement
ShareEvery day my inbox is filled with people asking for advice and suggestions about what they can do to find a job. Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed a lot of folks are starting to get discouraged. I wanted to write a post about hope….There are plenty of tips and a lot [...]
Are you on Linkedin? Are you using it for all it’s worth?
ShareLast week I touched on several strategies that you should do to increase your online network and thus increase your visibility and chance of getting hired. Linkedin, in my opinion, is the best business networking too for candidates and recruiters. When I was recruiting full time, I used Linkedin religiously and it gave me a [...]
Best healthcare job boards
ShareThis is my weekly installment where I highlight the top 2 or 3 job boards in a particular niche. The intenet is saturated with job boards and it is very easy to get “lost” out there on the internet. Hopefully this information will save you some time and frustration. Last week, I discussed the top [...]
Google announces layoffs- 100 recruiters layed off
ShareI was just reading Google’s blog (like I do everyday) and I came across the announcment that Google is downsizing over 100 recruiters. This is very frightening to me, if Google can’t thrive in this econony who can. When you get rid off 100 recruiters you are essentially saying, we do not plan [...]
What do you think about the new Monster?
ShareIf you are not in the career biz, the fact that Monster just completed a huge upgrade to their site may have passed you by. This weekend the new Monster was launched with much hype and much fanfare. I have spent the last couple of days digging through the changes and user experience to [...]
Job loss report _December 2008
ShareWell the numbers are in folks and as you may have surmised, it is not pretty. The Department of Labor reported that over 500,000 people lost their jobs in December. This means that every single month in December there has been in incease in job losses, for a total of 2.6 million [...]
Obama will add 3 million jobs, are you ready to get one of them?
ShareObama will take office in a little over a week, and he recently upped his job growth numbers from 2.5 million to 3 million (that’s a lot of jobs!) What are you doing today to take advantage of this. Here are some tips that could help move you in the right direction.
1. Build [...]
What to do when you are unemployed
ShareWe all know that unemployment is up and people are having a hard time getting a new job. Instead of just writing about the problem like every news outlet out there, I wanted to offer some advice on what you can do if you are out of work. Chances are if you are reading my [...]
Sample Resumes
ShareYesterday, I wrote about a resume writing service that caters to teenagers. Today, I wanted to share with you a great website that I found that caters to people who want to write their resume on their own. The website is bestsampleresume.com and as the name suggests they are the best place to go if [...]
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