I've been writing about employers who Google candidates prior to interviewing them or hiring them for some time, but the stakes on using information found online to make a hiring decision just got higher. AOL recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission recently granted background check comp...
How Many Americans Are Happy at Work?
According to a recent survey of close to 2,400 US employees conducted by Mercer, half of US employees are not happy in their jobs. Here are some other interesting stats from the survey: Thirty-two percent of US workers are currently considering leaving their organization, up from 23% in 2005. T...
Do You Have Interview-Ready Hair?
I've known a lot of men who were sensitive about their hair. Guys who didn't want to part with their long locks for the sake of an office job, men who were concerned they didn't have enough hair, and others who checked out the gray around the temples and thought about coloring it. But men rarely tal...
Should LinkedIn Be Afraid of BeKnown?
Monster.com just launched a new Facebook application called BeKnown that lets users create a separate professional identity profile while on the Facebook platform. You may be thinking, "I already have a LinkedIn profile for professional networking. Why do I need another one?" While it's true that m...
Would You Marry Someone Who Was Unemployed?
According to a recent survey conducted by YourTango and ForbesWomen, 75 percent of women surveyed said they would not marry someone without a job and 65 percent said they wouldn't get married if they were the one who was unemployed. But 91 percent of single women said they would marry for love over ...
Another Job Lost Due to Inappropriate Tweeting
I try to follow social media trends and the impact it has on the world of work as best I can but lately I'm finding it hard to keep up with all the career-killing mistakes people are making due to inappropriate tweets. The latest Twitter "whoops" I just heard about belongs to Scott Bartosiewicz, ...
Are Men Better Networkers Than Women?
According to a recent LinkedIn networking survey, globally and in the U.S. men are savvier online professional networkers than women. LinkedIn defines online professional networking savviness as the ratio of connections that men have to connections that women have and the ratio of male members on Li...
Dress Your Resume and Your Body for Success
I often tell my clients that rewriting a resume is like cleaning out a closet. It's hard to clean out our closet because we can become emotionally attached to some of the items in it. Perhaps it's a dress you bought a decade ago that is no longer in style or a pair of pants that no longer flatters y...
LinkedIn and Random Hooking Up
I received a LinkedIn invitation today that read: John Doe (not his real name) has indicated you are a colleague from Pfizer Corporation (not his real company). Here's the problem. I don't know John Doe and I never worked for Pfizer. John Doe is gaming the system to send an invite. But how is this...
Four Interview Tips for Sarah Palin
You could say that Sarah Palin had a bad interview experience last week when she visited Boston and was asked about Paul Revere's famous ride. Here are four interview tips for Palin and anyone else trying to perform better during an interview. Research the company you are meeting with before the i...