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Job Search Guide / 9 Free pdf Online Guides
1.Job Search Guide Guide Connecticut Department of Labor What’s inside: work search & career planning advice, interviewing tips, résumés & cover letters, state & online resources .* .. . 2.The New Graduate Job Search Guide – Essential tips for landing a job after college Finding your first job doesn’t have to be a long, complicated process. We’ve compiled … Continue reading
Job Search Tool / Gradspring is for recent college graduates
College graduates have come to understand the stress and competitiveness of the job market all too well, and bridging the gap between college grads and companies has become a job in itself. Gradspring, an online job board and career resource for new graduates, might be the solution for students seeking post-graduation employment. More than 3,000 … Continue reading
Job Search / Help (and a friend) wanted
Chances are, you’ll never see a job listing like this: Help (and friend) wanted — Must share common interests and be fun to spend time with. But a research paper released Thursday finds that when it comes to choosing job candidates, employers place a heavy emphasis on finding people who are similar to them, and whose company they … Continue reading
Job Search / Do references matter ?
When a company requests references with a job application, you might be tempted to skip it, thinking, “Doesn’t my work history speak for itself? Won’t my references all just say good things about me? Do employers even call references?” However, according to a new study from CareerBuilder, employers definitely pay attention to what your references say. … Continue reading
Job Search Tip / Spreading the good word about your search
It is up to you to spread the good word about your search for a new job. And it is common to want to truthfully confess your situation, however, when you do this, it often exposes your emotional baggage and other less-attractive qualities. These are four examples of how to spin your situation from truthful … Continue reading
Job Search on Craigslist / 5 Red flags
If ever there were a go-to place for, well, everything, Craigslist might just be it. Founded in 1995 as an email list of events happening in the San Francisco area, Craigslist has grown to be one of the most well-known websites for free classified listings and community forums. From housing to garage sales to personal ads to, … Continue reading
Flexible retirement
Mickie Ashman has what she regards as the ideal arrangement at work as she nears retirement. The 66-year-old Calgary human-resources co-ordinator has the security of a permanent job at AltaGas Ltd., an energy infrastructure firm, but she has been able to reduce her work hours from full-time to a more comfortable three days a week. … Continue reading
Bullying in Workplace / Robyn Durling Interview
The B-C Government brought in new legislation this year around bullying in the workplace. The province is the fifth in Canada to tackle workplace bullying. There’s nothing similar in the Yukon. Robyn Durling is with Bully Free BC and follows developments south of the border and beyond. via CBC.ca | A New Day | Bullying … Continue reading
(UPDATE) Facebook Jobs Tool / Not A LinkedIn Killer writes Forbes, A Lame New App writes Business Insider
Facebook Social Jobs App – Not A LinkedIn Killer – Forbes Well if you try the app (click here to try it out), you find it to be a fairly poorly implemented search system which doesn’t even come close to the services offered by LinkedIn or Indeed.com (Indeed is one of the most successful job … Continue reading
Bullied At Work
Most workers, even those who love their jobs, would probably say their job has caused them stress at some point writes Debra Auerbach in Workplace bullying on the rise, according to new study (Adapted choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) Throw in job insecurity, an increased workload and intensified pressure to perform, and stress levels can hit … Continue reading
Online Resources for Boomer Job Seekers
Here are some online resources for retirees looking for part-time or full-time work, many of which target anyone 50 or over: — RetirementJobs.com (http://www.retirementjobs.com) has more than 30,000 listings nationwide from companies specifically seeking candidates older than 50. A combination job board, adviser and coach for boomers and seniors looking for work. RetirementJobs also partners … Continue reading
Facebook / Users who have recently lost a job feel greater stress
Among those who have recently lost a job, social networksin general and online ones in particular may be useful to cope with stress and find new employment write Moira Burke and Robert Kraut in Using Facebook after Losing a Job: Differential Benefits of Strong and Weak Ties on thoughtcrumbs.com. (Adapted choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) The study focuses on … Continue reading
HR / Personality Assessments / Best Performed by Outsiders
Human resource departments often have people complete a self-administered personality profile as a method to match a person to job tasks or to assess job performance. A new study finds that businesses will get more accurate assessments of potential and current employees if they do away with these self-rated tests and find an outside observer … Continue reading
Cover Letters / Tools, Tips and Free Cover Letter Templates for Microsoft Office
Next time you’re preparing to fire off a resume and your cover letter template… don’t. Instead, take 15 minutes to find out who’s on the receiving end of your inquiry.
So, how do you create cover letter that is not tossed? Continue reading
Facebook Jobs Tool / A Lame New App writes Business Insider
Facebook has launched a so-called “social jobs app.” In theory that sounds like something that should threaten LinkedIn, which does a big business off of recruiting. In reality, LinkedIn has absolutely nothing to worry about it, and any investor thinking about selling LinkedIn based on this news should take a second to examine the product … Continue reading
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