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Managing Experienced Employees / 12 Tips
1. Value the Gifts 2. Acknowledge Experience 3. Appreciate All Contributions 4. Stay Humble 5. Elicit Feedback 6. Be Honest 7. Listen 8. Leave Room for Surprises 9. Know What Motivates Them 10. Enable Them 11. Honor Experience 12. Debate With Them Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at via 12 Tips … Continue reading
10 jobs that didn’t exist 5 years ago (Infographic)
The workplace is constantly changing and how we define what we do is no exception. Since we just welcomed the new 2014, we thought it’d be fun to see how much our work has changed in the past few years. We examined the data of over 259 million members’ profiles to determine the top 10 … Continue reading
Humanities Major / What can you do with it ?
What may be surprising is the number of jobs available to humanities majors that are not typically associated with the field Continue reading
Job Search Resolutions
Here are a few resolutions to help refocus and recalibrate your job search in the new year: 1. Schedule your time 2. Track your activity and your contacts 3. Make time each day to do something job-search related 4. Attend at least two or three networking meetings a month 5. Expand your social networking skills … Continue reading
Apps for Your Job Search
A few more specialized apps that add some real firepower to your arsenal Continue reading
Long-Term Unemployment in US / A new team of five researchers at MIT
If there is a way out of America’s crisis of long-term unemployment, it\’s possible nobody has a better chance of finding it than a new team of five researchers based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their project, the Institute for Career Transitions, will take a data-driven approach to figuring out the best way to … Continue reading
Google+ / A Recruiter’s Advantage
Most likely you’re already using LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, but what many recruiters don’t know is that Google+ is starting to make an impact Continue reading
Are you in The Wrong Job ? / 6 Warning Signs
1. You get that horrible feeling in your stomach on Sunday evenings. 2. You are becoming a clock watcher. 3. You are jealous of every other person’s job. 4. You have classic signs of anxiety that keep coming back. 5. You cannot relate to your colleagues or members of your team. 6. Even if they doubled your salary, you would still … Continue reading
Job Search and Hiring / The Smartphone Revolution
Nearly one-third of google searches for “jobs” come from mobile devices, making the smartphone the engine of choice for job seekers and recruiters alike Continue reading
Job Search on Twitter / How to search for job listings
Did you know you could search Twitter for job listings just like you search job sites? Continue reading
Mobile for Job Search / Is it used widespread among Hispanics ?
Question: Is mobile’s use for job searches widespread among Hispanics? Is it a prevalent form among companies to seek employees through mobile? Luis Salazar: “In this segment, more than 60% of workers prefer to use their mobile devices for job search; however, only 15% of employment sites allow to complete applications from a smart … Continue reading
The Chris Russell’s list of mobile recruiting apps
The link will take you directly to the app store Continue reading
5 features of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar employment law
The UAE contains a number of free zones, which are subject to special rules in areas such as customs, taxation and foreign company ownership. Qatar has one free zone, which was set up primarily to attract foreign investment. In the UAE, employment relationships are generally governed by the UAE Federal Labour Law, while some free … Continue reading
US / The 10 worst occupations of 2013
According to the job-hunting site CareerCast.com, these 10 jobs are the worst in America Continue reading
Job Search in US / Washington, D.C. is the No. 1
Washington, D.C. is No. 1, the easiest city for finding a job. Listings for jobs paying $50,000 and up, per 1,000 residents, during the third quarter of 2013 gave 59 The Easiest And Hardest Cities To Find A Job Right Now If you’ve exhausted all other options, moving can be a smart way to improve your job … Continue reading
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