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

Once a resume has been sent and the next thing that should happen is that you receive a call to test communication skills and your basic skills match for the job. Resumes should present an candidate and how their skills fit the role clearly (75% of employers say that applicants with resumes passing the preliminary...Continue Reading

I previously wrote an article called “Respecting Recruiters.” It began with me saying that I strive for excellence, not perfection. No matter what I do, there will be people who will criticize and complain that I am incompetent because I have failed to find work for them, even though they are not paying me to...Continue Reading

I strive for excellence, not perfection. No matter what I do, there will be people who will criticize and complain that I am incompetent because I have failed to find work for them, even though they are not paying me to find work for them (employers are paying me to find new employees for them)...Continue Reading

In case you haven’t noticed, good recruiters are busy people. They don’t have a lot of time for chit chat. Corporate clients want their help; job hunters need their help finding work and want their attention. How can you get noticed by the busy recruiter? 1. Send them a resume that fits a role they...Continue Reading