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The personnal unemployment cycle
Unemployment gets worse before getting better, then it gets worse again, finds U of M study Being unemployed is roughest early on and then again after you’ve been out of a work for months, the study finds. A new study co-authored by Connie Wanberg, associate dean at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, … Continue reading
Land a Job with 8 Social Media Strategies
Social Media Strategies from Linfield College Sign up for a Twitter account. Companies often tweet job openings, and find a sizeable pool of applicants within several hours. They also tweet valuable inside information that can help job seekers tailor cover letters and resumes. In addition, some career development offices at colleges tweet local job postings. … Continue reading
Indeed becomes No. 1 jobs site in the UK, after doing the same in the U.S. | VentureBeat
Job search site Indeed, already a long-standing powerhouse in the U.S., has overtaken TotalJobs to become the top job search site in the U.K. based on unique visitors, the company revealed today. Indeed overtook Monster in the U.S. in Nov. 2010, a sign that its formula of showing job listings from tons of job-related sites … Continue reading
Tips to grads
The industry watchers also offered five tips on how fresh graduates can distinguish themselves for the right reasons, and not stick out for the wrong ones. 1. Come with real-world work experience 2. Clean up your online image 3. Shine during interviews 4. Don’t sell yourself short, but watch the ego 5. Look the part … Continue reading
The psychological dynamics of job-seeking | Ability to focus on goal resides within individuals
With a number of economic indicators providing hopeful news, a new study that probes the psychological dynamics of job-seeking offers an additional reason for encouragement for the unemployed. The new research in the current issue of The Academy of Management Journal provides a rare look at the ebb and flow of emotions among 177 jobless people over the … Continue reading
Keep your friends close, but your prospective employees closer | Facebook, LinkedIn Used for Screening
: Social media circles can reveal a lot about a candidate. With the pervasive, worldwide adoption of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, job seekers know that the all-important first impression is potentially made well before the first interview. But just how many hiring managers browse social media profiles, and what types of … Continue reading
3 Tips for a Job in China
Here are three things you should know about landing a job in China: 1. You don’t have to be fluent in Chinese to get a great offer 2. You are no longer special just because you’re a foreigner 3. Bad job-hunting advice is everywhere Source: Read More @ 3 Tips for Landing a Resume-Building Job in … Continue reading
UK | Skilled Immigrants | A ‘challenge’ to grads jobseekers says Employment Minister Chris Grayling
Young British workers face a “huge challenge” from older and more experienced foreign rivals, Employment Minister Chris Grayling has warned. Chris Grayling said the “deep-rooted problem” meant prospective employees born in the UK were often at a disadvantage when applying for jobs. Business lobby groups have warned that young people were being failed by an … Continue reading
11 Tips to ace a job interview over Skype
If you will be interviewed for a job via Skype and a webcam, here are 11 tips: Prepare Rehearse Use top technology Ready your résumé Ready your workspace. Tape interviews Be friendly Engage interviewers Speak slowly It ain’t over until it’s over Request travel reimbursement. Source: via How to ace a job interview over Skype … Continue reading
Business School Grads | 6 Résumé Writing Tips
If you’re nearing your degree’s completion and beginning the job hunt, then it’s imperative to perfect the document that best sells and summarizes your professional qualifications. Career experts offer these six résumé-writing tips for you: 1. Use Situations, Tasks, Actions (STAR) as a formatting guide 2. Stick to one page 3. Ditch the objective 4. Place … Continue reading
The Best and Worse Jobs of 2012
The Best The world is going digital, and Software Engineers who can help with that transformation are reaping the benefits. Their pay is great, hiring demand for their skills is through the roof, and working conditions have never been better. And that’s why the job of Software Engineer ranks tops in our annual Jobs Rated … Continue reading
Don’t do that during an interview : the Seven Deadly Interview Sins
Here are seven deadly thing that you must not do during a job interview. Call them the Seven Deadly Interview Sins. Don’t Be Late To the Interview Don’t Show Up Unprepared Don’t Ask About Salary, Benefits, Perks Don’t Focus On Future Roles Instead Of The Job At Hand Don’t Turn The Weakness Question Into A … Continue reading
U.S. | Odds of finding a job decreases substantially with the length of time spent searching
“The length of time the jobless spent searching for work before finding a job increased from 5.2 to 10.4 weeks between 2007 and 2010, edging down to 10.0 in 2011; for the unemployed who eventually quit lookingand left the labor force, duration also increased sharply between 2007 and 2011, from 8.7 to 21.4 weeks” write Randy E. … Continue reading
What Employers Want from the Long-Term Unemployed – Brent Rasmussen – Harvard Business Review
We often hear from job seekers: “If I have the necessary skills and experience, why am I not hearing back from more companies?” It’s a fair question, especially for the more than five million workers who’ve been unemployed for six months or longer (more than 40 percent of all unemployed job seekers). Struggling to get … Continue reading
Jobs Search | Call Employers
Here are the tips for cold-calling that I got from my career counsellor: Go through the Yellow Pages and make a list of businesses you think you might enjoy working for. I found this pretty fun and encouraging, because it made me realize just how many businesses there are in Charlottetown that fit what I’m … Continue reading
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