If you are currently employed, you may be concerned about using LinkedIn for your job search, since your activity could tip off certain people about your search who you would prefer to keep in the dark. But with a few minor adjustments, you can leverage LinkedIn's robust network and data to create a...
Creative Resumes That Boldly Go Where No Resume Has Gone Before
A great resume is a marketing tool and not a laundry list of everything you have done over your career. A strong presentation engages the reader, is on brand, and is different from any of the other resumes in the pile. I've been impressed with some of the creative resumes I have seen emerge over the...
Average Pay Increase for 2014 Projected at 2.9 Percent
According to a recent compensation study by Mercer, the average projected merit increase for 2014 will be 2.9 percent, which is slightly higher than last year. As organizations look for enhanced ways to pay for performance, they are segmenting their workforce by high-performing as well as high-po...
Kmart’s Joe Boxer Xmas Commercial: A Lesson in Personal Branding
The recently released Joe Boxer "Show Us Your Joe" commercial has been called out as both controversial and brilliant over the past few days. The ad promotes the brand's holiday line of men's underwear and features men dancing in...you guessed it...their underwear. The ad is totally on-brand and Joe...
Is the Stack Ranking Performance System Good for Yahoo?
Marissa Mayer of Yahoo has been taking some heat recently after implementing a stack ranking system to measure employee performance. In this system, managers must rank employee performance along a bell curve and a certain percentage of employees must be ranked as the lowest performers which could le...
VetJobs: A Job Board Just for Veterans and Their Families
There are many specialty job boards available based on professional and industry niche. But did you know that there is a job board dedicated solely to former members of the military, and their spouses and children? I spoke to Ted Daywalt, founder of VetJobs, to learn more about this unique job boar...