Jason Buss of Talent Buzz recently spoke with some job seekers to get their perspective on what it is like to be looking for a job today. Some of their major pet peeves included: On-line applications on company sites and job boards that are cumbersome, time consuming, and seem to end up in th...
Resume Optimization Advice From the Experts
I recently attended the National Resume Writers' Association annual conference in San Diego and had the pleasure of hearing Paul Forster, Co-Founder and CEO of Indeed.com speak. Paul offered some excellent tips for resume optimization that can help job seekers increase the chances that they will...
Just Say No to Corporate Speak
Scot Herrick of Cube Rules recently commented on my blog about his distaste for "corporate speak" on resumes and that got me thinking about where much of this "corporate speak" originates...from job postings. So I took a quick tour of Simply Hired, a job aggregate board, to review the different ...
Job Search Strategies for Lions…Sheep Need Not Apply
Great words of wisdom from Nick Corcodilis over on the Ask the Headhunter blog...Nick reminds job seekers that the job boards put all sorts of limitations on the job seeker. You can't be an empowered candidate when you use job boards as your only source for job leads. The job boards put you at a dis...
Job Seekers Cannot Live By Job Boards Alone
Frequently I see job seekers spending too much time searching for leads online. They may spend a whole day searching online and pat themselves on the back at the end of the day and feel a strong sense of accomplishment for working so hard. They may be working hard, but they certainly aren't working ...