I was quoted this week in SmartMoney.com, giving some tips to help older candidates combat ageism. Ageism exists, it’s common, but there are ways to beat it – by focusing on the right companies, giving the perception of up-to-date skills, and getting the hiring manager to focus on your skills rather than your gray hair. [...]

Most people write their resumes in paragraphs – because most candidates write their resume as an autobiography, rather than from the reader’s point of view. It’s a big reason otherwise qualified candidates get passed over for positions they are qualified for. This article explains why paragraphs don’t work, why candidates still use them, and how [...]

Most candidates today make a target list as part of their planning. This article describes a number of ways to find more opportunities and leverage opportunities within your target list of companies. Most candidates who develop a target list use it to search job boards for those companies, and apply to those jobs. Most don’t [...]

Who’s Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 9/27/10. The business service, hospitality, telecommunications, health care, retail and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nation’s leading job boards. Not only is this valuable for job [...]

For the past week, technology, pharma, government, aerospace and banking employers announced the largest layoffs. This information is intended for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting. The information can be valuable to job seekers also, to understand companies that are probably [...]

I find that most people hate searching for a job, and especially hate writing their own resume. Even writers, marketers, and journalists who write for a living…hate writing a resume. I think it’s because the process is so foreign. All the rules have changed, so resume writing is a different skill with different strategies than [...]

A reader asked if he should send a pre-interview letter to each person he was scheduled to speak with. On the surface, this may seem like a great idea. While I applaud this candidate on his effort, it may be misguided. I see a more effective way to demonstrate how prepared he is and what [...]

Two readers commented last week about efforts to cut their resumes down to one page. “Why would you want to do that?” I replied. For most candidates, a single page resume doesn’t work as well as you may think … Many mid-level and senior candidates have been misled into believing that single page resumes are [...]

At the end of August 2010, the major job sites released hiring data and analysis for the month, indicating results that unemployment edged up slightly compared to July. Today’s article summarizes job reports from Indeed.com, SimplyHired.com and CareerBuilder.com. Not only is this data valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, [...]

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