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Seven Tips To Landing A Job

How NASA astronauts and others can find employment.READ»

Why HR?

Uh-uh, Bill Taylor. I just read "Why We (Shouldn't) Hate HR." I wish you hadn't questioned the intent and meaning of your 2005 article, "Why We Hate HR." If anything, it's more valid today than it was 5 years ago because today budgets are tighter and employers must hire and manage people with even more care.READ»

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Linkedin Company Follow Helps Job Seekers Find The "Hidden Job Market"

Linkedin unveiled an interesting new capability - Company Follow. This new feature can provide some valuable new help for job seekers. Let's look at what's included in the Company Follow feature and how job seekers can use it ... READ»

Outsourcing Your Marketing - Should You Hire Outside Marketing Help Now?

If you find yourself short on talent necessary to grow your business consider these benefits of augmenting your existing staff with temporary marketers... READ»

Online Project Evaluation Software Organizes Project Monitoring and Billing

People who provide administrative support in offices often have to rely on somewhat cryptic notes from professionals in the office in order to generate monthly project billing or staff-wide labor reports. Online project evaluation ...READ»

Finding Jobs Where the Headhunters Roam

There's more than one article in Fast Company that discusses how smart but newly-unemployed folks are solving their "no job" problem. They're starting businesses. Ah, but that it were that easy! Start a business! Become a ...READ»

Gen-Y, the Brazen Opportunist, and Curious Case of Penelope Trunk

In today's job market, brazen opportunists in the career space make money delivering questionable advice to desperate consumers.READ»

Improving Customer Experiences - Is It Still Important Or Is Price The Only Thing That Matters?

Many have questioned the importance of the overarching customer experience... Has the economic downturn minimized its importance?READ»

Ask the Headhunter Q&A: Should I Take a Cut in Pay?

Q: I've been unemployed for six weeks. Was earning around $120k. Have been offered a position at $85k and, quite frankly, I need the money. Even more important, I recognize that my self esteem is too bound up in my career: I need to ...READ»

Forget the Interview Pipeline, Find Job Candidates Before You Need Them

A business says it needs to hire great people. Yada, yada, yada. No problem, go for it, some might say. But an Ask The Headhunter reader insists on more specifics:Q: Hiring great people is a noble goal but it raises two challenges: ...READ»

Toss Your Resume in the Trash and Tell Employers Your Story

How do you craft a resume that tells a compelling story? Don't even try it. Throw away your resume and focus on creating a narrative.READ»

Set the Employment Blender to 'Liquify'

That sucking sound is your resume going into the vortex.READ»

Googling for Headhunters... and Finding Fakes

Who you gonna call to find headhunters when Google fakes it?READ»

5 Marketplace Implementation Lessons from a Corporate Strategy Execution Consultant with 25+ Years of Experience

Apply these Marketplace Implementation Lessons to your business and achieve higher revenue growth, profitability and customer satisfaction...READ»

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Five Tips on Finding a New Job

This U.S. News & World Report article (Five Tips on Finding a New Job) appeared February 26, 2008, and provides a great overview of how to be successful in today’s job search market. The article talks about the importance of ...READ»

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Opportunity of a Lifetime

I’m quoting this blog entry by Seth Godin, author of a dozen brilliant marketing books and Seth Godin’s Blog. Seth’s comments are simple, yet remarkable. Incredibly encouraging and powerful. Our greatest opportunities are borne ...READ»

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FaceBook Strategies (1)– The Power of FaceBook Groups

Want to communicate your subject matter expertise to a targeted audience, or would a scatter shot approach be more effective? If you want a tightly targeted audience, that will have a high likelihood of facing problems that you are ...READ»

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How to Take Control of the Interview

Ever get all excited for an interview, only to be frustrated that it didn’t go as well as planned? Maybe your experience wasn’t portrayed in its best light, or your many accomplishments weren’t valued. How can you avoid this ...READ»

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Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Job seekers

So what’s all the fuss over Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is the interactive web, where users provide the content. Why does that matter to a job seeker? Because Web 2.0 gives every job seeker the opportunity to promote subject matter ...READ»

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Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Job seekers

So what’s all the fuss over Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is the interactive web, where users provide the content. Why does that matter to a job seeker? Because Web 2.0 gives every job seeker the opportunity to promote subject matter ...READ»