Secrets of the Job Hunt brought my attention to Manpower Staffing’s list of the 10 hardest jobs to fill, which, conveniently, can be found at Hardestjobstofill.com. And while anyone charged with hiring for these positions is well aware of how scarce the talent is, here is the list for those of us that aren’t burdened […]

Many are talking about the subprime “lending spiral” that’s going to ruin the residential mortgage lending business, cause home prices to plummet and, in general, destroy the world. OK, I’m exaggerating of course, but the mainstream media have taken this story and run with it, so chances are that you’re tuned into the issue even […]

Over at Career Hub, there is a post about How to Make Your Resume Turn Up in an Employer’s Search Results. There is no new ground broken here, just some reminders about using targeted keyword phrasing and then variations of the same keyword phrases so that you can account for slight differences in search styles. […]

Ever since my Honors “Philosophy of Science” class back in 1994, I’ve been a huge fan of the “paradigm shift”, if for no other reason than I love that word…paradigm. In that class we were studying the outdated theory of “phologiston” and the scientist - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier - who debunked it after fighting a long […]

I was fairly new to the recruiting blogosphere when I discovered Recruiting.com for the first time a few years back, and once when I re-visited the site after not checking in for a bit was shocked to see an entirely new format. That change, of course, came after Recruiting.com was purchased by Jobster and signaled […]

According to an article by Hanah Cho in the Baltimore Sun, job hopping is fine, for awhile. Even before reading Hanah’s article, I would have guessed that this is the case. It seems that young workers are more willing than ever to move from job to job in the hopes that they are going to […]

Carl Chapman at Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter (a great recruiting blog and source of industry information and commentary) has recently reminded us about his Restaurant Industry News page. The page has links to several feeds specific to information about the restaurant industry.
If you are in the restaurant business or aspire to manage or […]

A great post from The Itz Big Blog asks, “How important is passionate recruiting, really?” The post talks about a few aspects of passionate recruiting, but I think the one I like the best is the assertion that top talent is rarely out looking for jobs. A good recruiter must be able to identify the […]

I am stealing this idea directly from J.D. at Get Rich Slowly, specifically from his ‘Money Day’ post about setting aside a day to get all of your finances in order. I didn’t read the full chapter from the book, but I am guessing that the single day approach is not intended to solve your […]

A recent post from Money, Matter, and More Musings discusses the idea that Education is a Great Economic Leveler. Basically, the idea is that children from disparate economic backgrounds, if given the same educational opportunities, have similar future opportunities for financial and career success. My wife is a public school teacher in a nationally-recognized school […]