Job Search

Executives / 73% of Senior Executives Considering New Career Opportunities, But Not Expecting a Promotion

Senior executives are open to new career opportunities, and expect to make lateral moves as competition for executive job opportunities increases. This survey of senior executive members of BlueSteps was conducted from March 1st – April 1st 2011, and received 1,348 responses, including 48% from the Americas, 32% from EMEA and 20% from Asia Pacific. … Continue reading →

Job Search / What I have Learned by Helping Others Find Jobs

Last fall I relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota after living and working in Kampala, Uganda for a year and a half. I was a librarian at a small college and, as a solo librarian, spent my time doing a little bit of everything: cataloging, reference, networking, instruction. I gained lots of great library experience and a … Continue reading →

Canada / Tech Job Search / What resources do you use?

New Graduate Resource http://www.talentegg.ca Job Boards and Aggregators http://www.monster.ca http://www.indeed.ca http://www.dice.com http://www.wowjobs.ca http://www.techjobscanada.com http://www.knighthunter.com http://www.waterlootechjobs.com Start-Up Accelerators/Communities http://www.communitech.ca http://www.techalliance.ca http://www.softwarehamilton.com http://www.startupnorth.ca Recruiters http://www.peopletogo.com Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor What Canadian resources do you use for your Tech Job Search? : canada.

Job Search / 75% Of Fortune 500 Companies Recruit Solely Online

When looking at the top companies in the world, 75% of the Fortune 500 companies do all of their recruitment online, according to the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (U.S.). Speaking at the FT-Telefonica Millenials Summit, Julius Genachowski spoke about the impact of the digital divide and noted that it needed to be addressed … Continue reading →

Job Search / Take care of your Credit Score: Nearly half of employers use credit checks

Most people tend to believe that it is only banks and lenders who mainly use credit reports but over the last decade credit card companies have been selling their services to a variety of interested buyers. Experian, one of the big three credit reporting Companies stated in its marketing materials that “Credit information provides insight … 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)

China / Liuzhou city to help graduates find jobs

Liuzhou city in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region pledged to work to help college graduates find jobs in the so-called toughest job market this year. It is estimated that the number of new college graduates who are expected to leave campus this summer will reach 6.99 million, the highest record in China. As many … 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 →

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 →

When Job Search Goes Wrong

Sometimes, despite your best efforts to do the right thing, job searching can go really wrong.  It should be clear that it’s not smart to say: “My last employer made me a scapegoat, just as my three previous employers did.” in your cover letter, but one job seeker did. I feel bad for the job seeker who wrote that … Continue reading →