By: Mick, March 27th, 2007
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 […]
Tags: career change, job hopping, job search, job surfing
Posted in Job Seeker Tips, Recruiting, Job Search |
By: Mick, March 25th, 2007
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 […]
Tags: candidate sourcing, human resources, job search, networking, recruiting
Posted in Recruiting, Networking |
By: Mick, March 12th, 2007
No, that’s not exactly the line from Wall Street and that really doesn’t matter too much in this instance. Although Gordon Gecko is generally described as a cinema villain, there is no denying that he has a firm grasp of the capitalist system of the United States and how best to exploit it. But amidst […]
Tags: advice for job seekers, career advancement, job search, time management
Posted in Job Seeker Tips, Job Search |
By: Matt, February 9th, 2007
I was on Jobster yesterday and noticed “free job postings” and, sure enough, read today on Techcrunch what exactly is going on over there. The move is being hailed (by Techcrunch at least) as a move to target Monster.com, the job board behemoth on the block. With $50 Million in funding and a CEO who […]
Tags: free jobs, job boards, job search, job tags, jobster, monster.com, techcrunch
Posted in Job Boards |
By: Mick, January 22nd, 2007
At various points in our lives and during various individual activities, we look for things to measure how much (or how little) we’ve accomplished toward a specific goal. Seth Godin has a great blog post entitled High Resolution Mistakes that really sheds some light on the all-too-common human practice of measuring the wrong things.
It is […]
Tags: job search, measuring success, Seth Godin
Posted in Job Seeker Tips, Job Search |
By: Mick, January 13th, 2007
If you are an active job seeker or someone who is interested in exploring opportunities to advance your existing career – and we all usually fall into one of those two groups – Jibber Jobber can help you take control of your career path. Jibber Jobber is a job seeking and career management tool that […]
Tags: career management, Jason Alba, Jibber Jobber, job search, job seeker, networking
Posted in Job Seeker Tips, Web 2.0 |
By: Mick, December 18th, 2006
In today’s AP article, Colleges Zero in on Students’ Majors, James Hannah discusses the initiatives that many colleges and universities are undertaking to help undecided students pick a major. The rationale behind the new programs is two-fold. A high percentage of students that do not declare majors end up dropping out of school. And the […]
Tags: academic programs, college graduates, job search, job seekers
Posted in Job Search, New College Grads |