Monday, April 2, 2012

Management Tip of the Day: Network intensely to find a job

Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massive, highly deliberate outreach is the only reliable path to victory when it comes to networking as part of a job search and to find new opportunities, says Harvard Business Review. The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, ...
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Social media a key tool for people entering today's job market

CU Boulder News & Events
With many employers using social media and conducting Google searches as part of their employee screening process, creating a positive and professional online presence can go a long way in helping students land a job out of school, according to Severy.

Tips on Finding Eco-Friendly Work

AARP News
Also search the words “green” and “nonprofit” in the jobs section of the big online job boards. Network. Join a discussion group for environment and green careers or green business on LinkedIn. Troll green conferences. There's a cornucopia of green ...

Thursday, March 15, 2012

How Facebook Can Help You Win the Job-Search War

U.S. News & World Report (blog)
This is the season of social media, when prevailing winds swoop up and distribute Facebook postings for global scrutiny. Despite the availability of privacy settings—which only sometimes work—job-seekers should put every post through the mom/dad/boss ...

6 Tips to Finding the Right Career Coach

SecondAct
If you're switching careers, a coach also can help repackage your experience and skills in a way that makes you attractive to recruiters or hiring managers in a different industry. For example, job search and social media coach Miriam Salpeter once ...

How to find a CSR job in a big company

Forbes
There are plenty of resources online that offer tips on each of these, but it's impossible to overstate how important it is to master the basics during any job search. Companies are bombarded with applications these days and they're looking for reasons ...

You are what you tweet

Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
The seed for my dream was planted by Wil Reynolds, the founder of a search engine optimization company in Philadelphia, who said, essentially that he wants applicants to optimize their way into a job. "Screw the resume and show me what you've done," ...