Social Networking Opens Job Doors The face of the employee recruiting process has changed considerably when compared to a mere five years ago. The days of pouring over resumes to learn of an individual’s work history and level of education are quickly disappearing. Since I handle recruiting for an online marketing company, I am frequently
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How Many Pages Should Your Resume Be? Once upon a time, someone came up with a “rule” that resumes should not exceed one page. No one really knows who came up with the rule, but a great many job-seekers still seem to live in fear of this supposed edict. The fact is that very few
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How to Stand Out In a Job Interview — Tips on Getting the Job You Want With the busy hiring season just ahead, now is the time to think about preparing for the interview that can land you the job you want in 2006. To get that coveted offer, the interview must be considered one
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Traditional Resumes Don’t Work Non-Guerrillas do the following when they are looking for a job: -write a resume that details their responsibilities, -ask their friends and neighbors if they know of any job openings, -respond to newspaper ads, and -a few of the tech savvy ones will reply to job board postings. That’s it. That’s
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Workforce pro gives her top 50 job seeking tips 1. You have a job. Finding a job is a job. So treat it like one. Devise a plan of action and carry it out. Don’t just spend an hour or two a day and then give up. No business could continue to operate if it
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Job search could benefit from middleman There’s just one thing between you and that great new job: a middleman, also known as a search firm or recruiting agency. You could find yourself working closely with a recruiter before you ever land an interview with the company you want to work for. It’s the job of
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Harmful job myths abound People believe some weird things. Like telepathy or astrology. That it takes seven years for your body to digest chewing gum. Or that the devil can steal your soul when you sneeze. They also believe some strange things about job hunting. Here are some of the most common — and most
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Top 10 Tips for Salary Negotiations Negotiating a better salary package has put more than a few stomachs in knots over the years. Remember, we all go through it sooner or later. Try to keep these 10 basic tips in mind when it’s your turn to ask for a sweeter deal. 1. Be Persuasive It’s
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How Do I Write the Killer Resume? It seems that on a weekly basis someone is asking me for help with their resume. I don’t mind helping but the truth is that I simply run out of hours every day to do so. I’ll continue to suggest that there is no perfect way to write
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Online Resume Not Generating any Calls? Want to get your online resumé noticed and have employers picking up the phone and calling you? Then forget how pretty your resumé is. What really matters is how your resumé scores on a search. Most resumés today go straight to a computer tracking system that saves online resumés
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Job Search in a Difficult Market I don’t think I am breaking any big news story when I say that finding a good job in the Maine job market can be difficult. Many of you have already reminded me of that fact and my daily work with USM students confirms it. But I also know
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When it comes to resumes, remember less is more Want to impress a potential boss with your resume? If you’re contemplating a creative, quirky, unique way to grab a hiring manager’s attention, take a hint from Aleksey Vayner and skip the personal video. Vayner, a Yale University student and aspiring investment banker, submitted a seven-minute
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Ten Job Hunting Myths The job market is improving. A recent study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that employers plan to hire 13% more new college grads this year than last year — with business, engineering and computer fields taking top priority. That’s good news if you or someone you know
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The Dos and Don’ts of Looking for Work Q. You’re applying for a high-powered job and you want to impress the hiring manager. What can you do to make your application stand out from the stack? Skip to next paragraph Illustration by Chris Reed A. Be succinct and, above all, truthful. As tempting as it
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Focus your job search, then make contact In last week’s column, I discussed the common but somewhat unhelpful tendency of job seekers to rely on print and electronic postings as their primary source of job leads. The problem isn’t that these sources don’t provide good leads — they do. They just don’t provide all, or
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