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Job Search with LinkedIn / How to use it
The first, and most important thing to do is to make sure that your profile is up to date and as informative as possible – LinkedIn can only suggest jobs for you if it has a good idea of what you’ve done already. Equally, you want potential employers that look you up to see a … Continue reading
US / Top 10 Auto Repair Jobs In 2013
AutoMD.com today released its list of the Top Ten Auto Repair Jobs for 2013. Standard wear and tear jobs dominated, with Brake Pad replacement coming in at number one, and other cyclical repair jobs, such as Alternator, Water Pump, Timing Belt and Spark Plug replacement rounding out the list. The company also looked at the … Continue reading
LinkedIn / To acquire search startup Bright.com
LinkedIn announced its intentions to acquire data-savvy job search startup, Bright.com, for $120 million. The deal, which was 70 percent stock and 30 percent cash the company said, will be completed during the first quarter of this year. In a statement today, LinkedIn said that “several members of Bright’s team,” which now numbers over 50 … Continue reading
Discouraged Job Seekers / They tend to blame themselves
America’s jobless tend to blame themselves rather than ‘the system,’ leading them to stop looking. The author interviewed more than 170 white-collar job seekers in the U.S. and Israel between 2004-2006 and between 2011-2012 for my new book, Flawed System/Flawed Self: Job Searching and Unemployment Experiences, and the author was surprised by how many of the … Continue reading
Freelancers / Landing more jobs
New research suggests freelancers who demonstrate work commitment through an incremental career path, by moving between similar—but not identical—types of jobs, are the most likely to be hired. The findings also conclude that competitors who work on only one type of job or on too many disparate types of jobs are disadvantaged when it comes … Continue reading
Job Search / Unconventional Resumes
To combat that, many job seekers with coding and design experience go to extreme creative lengths to stand out and demonstrate their skills in a tangible way. From designing a personal Amazon page complete with reviews to making a candy bar wrapper to showcase job skills, here are some of the most creative resumes we’ve … Continue reading
Giving meaning to a job
Here’s a taste of the evidence on the link between helping others and meaningful work: A comprehensive analysis of data from more than 11,000 employees across industries: the single strongest predictor of meaningfulness was the belief that the job had a positive impact on others. Interviews with a representative sample of Americans: more than half … Continue reading
Online Job Search / Common Mistakes
Avoid these 12 common online job search mistakes, which I call the “Dirty Dozen”: Posting Your Resume Without Worrying About Privacy Using Only the Big name Web Job Sites Using the “Fire-Ready-Aim” Method of Distributing Your Resume Limiting Your Job Search Efforts to the Internet Only Applying for Jobs Without Meeting the Minimum Qualifications Depending on E-mail … Continue reading
President Obama 2014 State of the Union (Video) / Vice President Joe Biden would oversee a job-training-reform program
President Obama devoted a substantial portion of his 2014 State of the Union speech last night to explaining how he plans to improve the nation’s economy by connecting unemployed workers with skills-starved employers and strengthening the manufacturing sector. “That means more on-the-job training, and more apprenticeships that set a young worker on an upward trajectory … Continue reading
Job Search and Network / Connect with “weak ties” and your “dormant ties”
Sociologist Mark Granovetter found in a classic study that you’re 58% more likely to find a job by cultivating your weak ties rather than your strong ones Continue reading
Job Search / YouTern’s Top 50 Twitter Accounts
In alphabetical order and with abundant respect, here are YouTern’s top 50 (well, 55… but who’s counting!) Twitter accounts for 2014… @Absolutely_Abby Abby is consistently positive… and a terrific resource for job seekers. @AfterCollege Excellent blog (and site) for college students and recent grads. @alevit An author and speaker, Alexandra delivers great career advice. @AlisonDoyle Simply the best; you’ll … Continue reading
Working in the US / Top 10 most dangerous jobs (infographic)
Check out America’s most dangerous jobs in this infographic based on the 2012 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. via Top 10 most dangerous jobs in the US | Finances Online™. Related articles 10 jobs that didn’t exist 5 years ago (Infographic) 10 Jobs for tomorrow that barely exist today (Infographic) At least five types … Continue reading
US / Occupational Outlook Handbook released
The 2014–15 Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) was released Wednesday, January 8, 2014 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The OOH reflects BLS employment projections for the 2012–22 decade. The OOH is one of the nation’s most widely used sources of career information. It provides details on hundreds of occupations and is used by career counselors, students, parents, teachers, … Continue reading
An App for those who quit
Adding a splash of humor to the otherwise serious job search, job-matching giant TheLadders teamed up with BreakupText creators Lauren Leto and Jake Levine to bring disgruntled employees a tongue-in-cheek way to terminate their employment. With a few taps, the comical Quit Your Job iPhone app generates personalized resignation messages that employees can text to … Continue reading
Google / The Objectives and Key Results Ranking System (OKR)
When Google was less than a year old, John Doerr, one of its investors, made a presentation pitching the company on using a organizational system called Objectives and Key Results, or OKRs. The OKR system came from Intel. Google took to OKRs pretty much immediately and has been using it ever since.OKRs are a simple … Continue reading
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