Happy Spring! It's time to spring into action and add some news strategies to your job search campaign. Here are a few things to try. 1. Go around the gatekeeper. If you find an open position through a job board or company website, don’t only submit your resume to human resources—they're often ...
How to Spot a Job Scam
Some people have managed to leverage the challenges of the most recent recession into a lucrative business for themselves to earn a legitimate living. Unfortunately, others are preying on uninformed and sometimes desperate job seekers to illegitimately turn a buck and ruin people's credit or drain t...
Finding Your Place in the Green Economy
I bet many of you out there are wearing green today in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I decided to do something different this year and blog green instead. I've been a big fan of Carol McClelland's Green Career Central site for over a year and I was thrilled to hear that she recently published a book o...
How to Prove You Are an “A” Performer to an Employer
Careerbuilder recently surveyed close to 3,000 hiring managers to see what the hiring trends for 2010 will be. The most interesting finding from my perspective is this one: Replacing Lower-Performing Employees Employers are taking advantage of the large number of top talent in the current labor po...
LinkedIn Connections: Maybe I’m Just Not That Kind of a Girl
Lately I've been getting several invitations on LinkedIn either from people I don't know or from people who get past some of the LinkedIn screening features by claiming they know me from working together someplace I have never worked. In both scenarios, I am rarely given an explanation of why they w...
Hiring is on the Rise in Ten Major Industries
According to Indeed's February Industry Employment Trends Report, ten of the 12 major industries tracked had more openings this February than in February 2009. Hospitality experienced a 44% increase in open jobs over last year. Retail improved by 35% and real estate had a 33% jump. Other sectors tre...
JFK Airport Employee Gives New Meaning to Take Your Child to Work Day
An air traffic controller at Kennedy Airport was suspended for bringing his two elementary school-aged children to work and letting them give instructions to pilots. Bringing your child to work is a great idea, but obviously common sense needs to prevail. I don't want to see my doctor's kid in the ...
Is it Fair to Check a Job Applicant’s Credit Rating?
Sixteen states are proposing legislation to ban credit checks on job applicants. Hawaii and Washington already ban credit checks on most job applicants. Yet according to a 2010 study by the Society of Human Resources Management, 47 percent of companies currently conduct pre-employment credit check...