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A better way to job-search
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These funnies landed on the desk of the Human Resources Director I have a graduate degree in unclear physics. We recently put a poll out on LinkedIn asking people about their greatest challenges in job search and we are now able to publish the results. If you haven’t participated in the poll yet please go and do it now, more data equals more knowledge. We asked 5 questions based on feed back we have [...] I recently met a new client who has been out of work for some time and has decided to re-energize his search after a period of failure sitting behind his computer. With this in mind I ask you the question “Have you ever wondered why your job search isn’t working?” Every day you get up, [...] The internet is really great for porn, online gambling and pirated software “finding a job”. Which is the absolute truth, except for the ‘finding a job’ part. Job-search sucks, the economy sucks and we are at record unemployment. But it doesn’t have to cause depression. There are specific reasons people get ‘stuck’ in the job-search and get depressed. It happens to most job-seekers but why? The answer is simple but most people choose to ignore it. It is easier to avoid ‘work’ [...] “I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESSFUL SITUATIONS:” “I SEEK A JOB THAT WILL DRAW UPON MY STRONG COMMUNICATION & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:” “I’M EXTREMELY ADEPT AT ALL MANNER OF OFFICE ORGANIZATION:” I was surprised, and in some ways a little nervous to see that the Jigsaw website has been acquired by Salesforce.com. It has been my experience over the years that as an interesting and innovative business is acquired by a larger entity the entrepreneurial spirit can be seen to fade away. I hope this is [...] We are hearing anecdotal references to job seekers being offered lower salaries and weekly wage earners being offered substantially lower wages. It is difficult to substantiate these claims although at the end of 2009 USA Today published an article suggesting that Wages could hit steepest plunge in 18 years. Some time ago I put out a blog post called “A Resume is like a first date” (http://virtualjobcoach.com/blog/?p=1375) and after thinking some more on the subject there is an additional parallel that comes to mind. To summarize the previous post, “tell enough to make yourself interesting but not your whole life story”. Or so 15 people informed us at an informal gathering the other day, talking through the pros and cons we came up with the following list: |
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