Tools & Tips

HR / 56% of employers are using social media for internal communications – askGrapevine HR

Employers are increasingly using social media to communicate and build communities with their employees, according to new research. However the survey by global professional services company Towers Watson also found there is little consensus over which tools are most effective. Nicola Cull, director, communication and change management consulting at Towers Watson said: . “By its … Continue reading →

Job Search / Resume and LinkedIn Profile

Your resume, on the other hand, is both an active and a passive job search tool. A passive job search tool: Upload your resume into resume databases, and it operates like a social media profile, making you visible to people who are actively looking for professionals like you in that particular database. An active job … Continue reading →

Take care of your Facebooking: 1 in 10 young people losing out jobs

A survey of young people aged 16 to 34 shows the impact their use of social media can have on their careers – but this won’t stop them from using it. On Device Research questioned more than 17,000 young people in six countries – the UK, the US, Nigeria, India, Brazil and China – on … Continue reading →

Job Search for Gen Y / Getting a job (Infographic)

Do It Right or Don’t Waste Your Time on LinkedIn

If you’re not going to do it right, there is no point wasting your time (and everyone else’s) on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is “the” site for professional networking. Everyone, in my opinion, should have a (complete) LinkedIn profile, should connect with everyone they know, should join LinkedIn Groups, and should use LinkedIn for job searching when … Continue reading →

The Job Market is broken on both sides – Which skills do count ?

“The market is broken on both sides,” explained Sharef,  27, co-founder of HireArt (www.hireart.com) and a veteran of McKinsey. “Many applicants don’t have the skills that employers are seeking, and don’t know how to get them. But employers also … have unrealistic expectations.” They’re all “looking for purple unicorns: the perfect match. They don’t want to train … Continue reading →

Job Boards / The preferred method for recruiting

jobs.ac.uk, one of the leading international job boards for careers in academic, research, science and related professions, announces the results of its survey of recruitment trends across the academic, research and science sectors. The survey of over 170 organisations revealed that the use of job boards has become an essential HR practice, with 64% of … Continue reading →

Oklahoma / Unemployment Benefits and Disaster Assistance

Disaster Assistance In order to qualify for disaster unemployment benefits your employment or self-employment must have been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster, and you must have been determined not to be eligible for regular state unemployment insurance. Major disasters have been declared in some counties in Oklahoma, and information on … Continue reading →

LinkedIn / Finding recruiters

Let’s look at LinkedIn it from a candidate perspective first. How do you find recruiters that are posting jobs that may well be of interest to you? Don’t use the main search bar at the top of the LinkedIn page, click on the advanced search to the side. Now you can use the extra field … Continue reading →

Group job interview: a testimony

I was interviewed with seven other people who were friendly and had a very diverse spectrum of experience. It wasn’t a heavy or even competitive ambiance, it felt more like an amicable round table, and I tried to speak just as much as everyone else. How did I prepare for it? I did some research … Continue reading →

Psychology / Job Layoffs

Redundancy — losing your job in a layoff — is difficult for most people. I’ve worked with many people who have been made redundant and struggled with the aftermath. On the whole, these individuals have been hard workers, intelligent, and loyal to their companies; when the hammer finally fell, they often went into an emotional … Continue reading →

Job Interview / 5 Items You Should Bring

Following are five value-add items to bring to your next job interview, and every job interview, to help enhance your personal marketing message: 1. Tweaked Resume Even if you recently updated your resume, assess if a tweaked headline or modified achievement would more perfectly align your message with this specific interview. 2. Toot-Your-Own-Horn Book If … Continue reading →

Is the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator reliable?

I have some bad news for you: even the most sophisticated tests have considerable flaws. Take the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the world’s most popular psychometric test, which is based on Jung’s theory of personality types. Over two million are administered every year. The MBTI places you in one of 16 personality types, based on … Continue reading →

Job Search Tool for Grads / LaunchPad connects job seekers with professional advisors

As graduation looms closer and closer, many soon-to-be college alumni have only one thing on their minds: the impending job search. Sometimes it feels like all we hear about are the dismal prospects for graduating seniors, or how competitive the job market is — but six Harvard Business School students have set out to help … Continue reading →

Job Boards / Will they Be Still Relevant in the Future ?

Everyone seems to agree that generalist large scale job boards are in trouble, and others are profiting. The decline of the Monster share price to below five dollars, parallel to the success story of LinkedIn stock, and the recent valuation of Indeed.com nicely illustrates these shifting dynamics. Generalist job board revenue per posting is declining, … Continue reading →