Who owns your name? If you haven’t claimed it, it might not be you. Learn why you need to claim your own name if you’re a job seeker, and what can happen if you don’t … It’s easy to say “this will never happen to me” … but unless you are the only person in [...]

Seth Godin, one of the marketing geniuses of our time, had a brilliant post, “We Specialize in Everything”. Seth recognizes that when we can easily find the best, we want the best. So what does this mean for job seekers? It means http://recareered.blogspot.com/2010/04/subject-matter-experts-rule-best-of.html . So why did this change? Remember, back in the day, when [...]

Linkedin has a number of tools that are less than apparent to users who aren’t yet power users. Since many Linkedin users don’t devote much time to the site until they start searching for a job, there are a lot of users who haven’t discovered all that Linkedin can do to help their search. Many [...]

This was a question sent to me in response to my daily articles. This week, a reader asked why she’s getting many interviews, yet always coming in 2nd or 3rd? There can be many answers to this broad of a question, perhaps having to do with the interview, follow up, resume, other materials, but it [...]

What does Google say about you? Why should a job seeker care? Candidates should care, because employers care, recruiters care, HR personnel care. Google can open opportunities for you … or knock you out of contention. Not having anything listed about you in the first few Google pages may work against you. Then again, having [...]