This was an interesting job search question: “I asked (Linkedin customer support) how to add a recommendation from someone who chooses not to be on LinkedIn. I was told to use mybox.net.” While that answer was incorrect (there’s no site called mybox.net), I’ve listed 4 more effective ways to list recommendations who aren’t on Linkedin

Think your social networking profiles don’t matter? Guess again – see how employers are using social media to decide who to hire, who to interview, and who to avoid …

Recruiters find many qualified candidates and they are expected by their clients to produce qualified candidates fast. Learn why it pays for you to include your number and email in your social media profiles …

Facebook has a number of pages that provide job seekers with some great resources. Some feature articles, others video, discussions, polls, or job search answers. Here are 16 of the best …

You’ve heard the headlines that Google+ hit 20M subscribers in it’s first two weeks. But what is Google+ and how can it help your job search? Is Google+ helpful to your job search? Or is it just another new shiny toy? I signed up for Google+ a few weeks ago, to see what it could [...]

Linkedin is planning to launch a job application tool. The idea is that employers could plug a button into their websites allowing job seekers to “apply with Linkedin”, using your Linkedin profile. This is good for some people, but not you if you’re a job seeker …

When I advise job search clients about their profiles, I see many who make the same mistakes. The mistakes listed in this article are the very basics. So many people put up a minimalist profile that says little about what makes them unique as a potential employee, link to the 30 random people who invited [...]

Call me crazy – Why not ask your network for help they can actually give? It makes sense, right? But do you know the #1 reason most of you are unsuccessful in getting your network to give you real job search help? … because you ask your network the wrong question. Instead, most of you [...]

Today’s career advice is about gaining introductions without being a pest. Today job seeking pests are even more rampant among candidates, especially ones who are between jobs. Learn how to avoid glomming and increase your chances of gaining introductions …

A couple of times per week, I’ll get a candidate Linkedin introduction request that’s self-destructive. What’s strange to me is that the candidate doesn’t even realize that if I did what they requested, they would look terrible in the reader’s eyes.