Many of us have been brought up to believe that texting is for kids. That email and cell phones are far better ways to communicate. But if you work in an environment where you can’t take calls (others are close by, you work on a trading floor, to name two reasons) and people need to...Continue Reading

A few weeks ago, I got a call from a client telling me that they wanted me to keep an eye out for three senior technology managers with particular skills. “Expansion,” I asked. “Nah, ” we spotted their resumes on Monster. Look up these three people and you’ll have the job description.” True story. If...Continue Reading

  On this show, Jeff discusses the benefits and draw backs of having big networks and small networks on LinkedIn. This is a simulcast of No B. S. Job Search Advice Radio   Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years. Follow him at the Big Game Hunter,...Continue Reading

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, and his views on the job market. “I have been blogging about the job market in the US and around the world since August 2001.” What I write is not designed to be political or critical; they are my observations and sense of where we are and where we...Continue Reading

Early in the week, I was on Facebook and noticed an old friend online who I had not spoken with in more than a year so I thought I would contact him through Messenger and get caught up. I heard a terrible story from him that I think should be shared with you. It seems...Continue Reading

The two teams that played in the Word Series this year, Texas and St. Louis played more than 170 baseball games this year, not including exhibition/pre-season games. That’s a lot of work! There were a lot of teams that played almost as many but only one champion. Here are a few things I noticed about...Continue Reading

A basic LinkedIn account provides you with the ability to send InMails to three people per month free. If you are looking for a job and trying to connect with new people, three messages does not go very far. You can pay $49.95 per month to increase that to 2 InMails or $99.95 for $100....Continue Reading

Every day, people use job boards to apply for jobs. Job boards are a semi efficient ways for companies to communicate with people outside their organization about opportunities. I describe it as semi-efficient because companies think they are spammed with resumes that in no way fit what they are looking for. So people screening resumes...Continue Reading

Although LinkedIn gets all the attention in job hunting, Twitter can be very useful, too. It can help by giving you a relatively noise free way to build connections with business leaders, HR professionals, recruiters and others that help you “cut the line” and give you an advantage in your job search. Here’s how to...Continue Reading

  As more and more companies and individuals consider the importance of social networking, there is a movement to measure social influence as a measure of a candidate’s power. Klout is the leading website for measuring social influence. What it does is link to your social networking sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, your WordPress blog,...Continue Reading