Nov 20
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It can be a nerve-wrecking prospect to think about your impending job interview. What will you say? How will you dress? What if the interviewer asks questions for which you don’t know the answers? These are all questions you may run through your mind before ever meeting the prospective employer.
But while interviews can be intimidating, they don’t have to be feared - especially if you come equipped with the right knowledge. So let’s look at three tips that can help you place the job you want in the palm of your hands. Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct 18
By Roberta Matuson
Companies spend thousands of dollars developing their websites. Although, in some situations, you wouldn’t know they spent a dime. The problem is that most sites are designed from a marketing perspective. That’s fine if your employee base closely resembles your market, but what if this isn’t the case?
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Aug 29
Christina Archer
You’re the hiring manager with a major company, and you’ve just been given the task of hiring 5 new professionals within a 30 day time frame. Perhaps a nearly impossible task, you choose to distribute your positions to several contingency recruiting firms, in hopes that someone can find a “needle in a haystack.”
The problem is, if the recruiter finds your new hire, you’ll be in the hole between 25 - 30% of the new employee’s first year’s salary. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 29
This is a subject that I have been dying to write about with the coming of the Facebooks, MySpace, YouTube etc. I am going to coin this as E-Spying. I have been doing recruiting for well over 12 years and I guess I wish this option was available then BUT is it really fair?
Let’s consider a few things on both sides of the table: Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 26
By Grant Kretzer
You may have gone through every step of preparing to land a good job with confidence by gaining experience, honing your education, and writing a good, solid resume. Once those efforts start to pay off and you get a call for an interview with a potential employer, you may find yourself struck with a bad case of nervousness.
This problem is common and, fortunately, it’s one that’s all in your head - there’s nothing about a job interview you should be nervous about if you’re confident and secure. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 26
By Antonio Moschetta
It’s hard today to land a good job!! Really is, everything is done over the internet,where it’s cold,informal,your submitting your application to some server in some company along with thousand of other people,hoping that someone will see it and call!!! Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 24
Jason Cartwright
More than 40% of the 1,072 interim executives who responded said their most recent client company was feeling the impact of the crunch.
The downturn was also manifesting itself through job losses, a sharp decline in sales and the curtailing of expansion plans.
The survey also revealed: Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 26
#1 From the fat into the fire. Do you even know what you are getting yourself into? Do you just want that promotion just for the heck of it? Before you even think about going for that promotion, research on the position and the skills needed for it. You may want that VP position but you could be woefully inadequate for it. Getting a promotion means more responsibility and it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll get any added perks. If you feel that you are indeed qualified for the position and you are up to the challenges of added responsibilities then start your campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 26
By Cybercv
Sometimes circumstances totally out of your control force you out of your job for a length of time. Or you could have simply walked out of the office one day and decided to tour the world. For whatever reason gaps in your work history don’t bode well for your long term career. Employees are extremely fishy of finding a semblance of a job hopper in potential employees or a even heaven forbid a stint in prison. The trick is to gain your employer’s trust and to adequately explain those employment gaps. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 26
After you submit your CV to potential employers, even though it’s masterfully crafted, you will never have a 100% hit ratio all the time. Sometimes, you’ll even be asked to just fill in a temporary job instead of a permanent one. However, there are some temp jobs that might have a possible permanent future in store for you and then there are those temp jobs that are exactly like that-just a transitory stage until you find an employer who will risk their neck to hire you. Read the rest of this entry »
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