In honor of Job Action Day, The Career Collective is offering advice and strategies on how job seekers can secure their future in a changed economy. Here are my thought on the topic... Frequently when I work with job seekers, many think about their skill sets as they relate to a particular function...
LinkUp: A Great Place to Hook Up With Employers
Recently I talked to G.L. Hoffman, Chairman of LinkUp.com, a site that aggregates and publishes only jobs listed on corporate web sites from thousands of companies around the U.S. LinkUp came about because of a team of developers and marketers who understood what the market, i.e. the job seeker...
Best Companies to Work for In New York
Best Companies to Work for in New York is a competition that recognizes New York State employers who have created a culture where employees love to come to work. Identifying and recognizing these employers is a joint effort of the New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM) and B...
LinkedIn Recommendations: Get ’em While You Can
Yesterday I sat in on a fascinating presentation called "The Risks and Rewards of Online Social Networking in the Workplace" hosted by the Human Resources Association of New York. The presentation was geared towards HR professionals and focused on creating social media policies in the workplace to...
Where the Jobs Are: Exploring the Federal Landscape
I just returned from the Career Directors International conference in Orlando and I got an earful about jobs in the federal government from Barbara Adams, President of CareerPro Global Inc. If you've never considered applying for positions in the government, here are some interesting stats that ma...
Career Solvers Wins 3 TORI Awards
Each year Career Directors International (CDI) hosts a resume writing competition called the TORI Awards (Toast of the Resume Industry) where resume writers from around the world compete for first, second, and third place standing and a chance to prove their ability to write strategic, well-written,...
Why Most Job Postings are Useless
I know there is a lot of career advice out there that suggests creating a cover letter that matches the job posting you are applying to as closely as possible. And while I agree with this in theory, the reality is that most job postings are useless and give very limited information about the positio...
Careers and Relationships: Are You Really That Different From David Letterman?
As a former HR manager and a current career professional, you'd think I'd be weighing in on the David Letterman story and reminding people why having a personal relationship with a co-worker is career suicide. And while yes, that seems like the logical thing to say, it's just not that cut and dry....
Cookie-Cutter Resumes Can Leave a Bad Taste in the Hiring Manager’s Mouth
As a member of a new community of resume writers and career coaches called the Career Collective, this post is one of many responses to the question, "Are you a cookie cutter job seeker?" I encourage you to visit other members' responses, linked at the end of my reply! Please ...
The Skinny on Employee Compensation: It’s Getting Skinnier and What Does That Mean for Job Seekers?
Over the past few weeks I've been culling information from various compensation surveys, HR Magazine, and presentations by Mercer Consulting and ORC Worldwide to investigate compensation benchmarks for 2009 and trends for 2010. Here’s what I have learned and what I believe to be the implications...