At the end of July 2010, the major job sites released hiring data and analysis for the month, indicating flat results as compared to June. 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, investment analysts, financial [...]

One of the limiting factors of Facebook is that you only get one degree of separation, while Linkedin gives you 3 degrees of Kevin Bacon. Here’s why that matters….I have almost 20K first level connections on Linkedin, which gives me access to 22M+ members. On Facebook, I have over 3K first level connections, but that‘s [...]

Who’s Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 8/9/10. The business service, telecommunications, hospitality, banking, retail and health care 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 [...]

Who’s Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 8-6-10. For the past week printing, defense, government, business service, transportation, and hospitality 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 [...]

As part of the design of reCareered, we are designing a new logo and tagline. The tagline is “Let’s talk about jobs … “, to emphasize the new discussion features that will differentiate reCareered. Thanks to a reader who developed the winning design above, from the logo design contest reCareered announced in March. Is the [...]

A recent comment on my Linkedin group revealed confusion in the difference between outplacement and career coaching. They aren’t the same thing, they serve different goals, and completely different sets of clients. Which one is right for you? It’s interesting how many candidates I speak with don’t think they need coaching help because they are [...]

Who’s Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 8/2/10. The business service, telecommunications, hospitality, banking, health care and retail 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 [...]

Who’s Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 7-30-10. For the past week government, manufacturing, automotive, business service and transportation 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 [...]

The good life is about to change for my dog, because I’ve found how to put her to work. That’s right, your dog can earn his/her keep and help bring home the dog food. My dog Tuanis (Costa Rican for “The Good Life”) is the sweetest, smartest dog I’ve ever owned. She lives to have [...]

I was interviewed in this article by Sindhu Sundar from Fins.com, seeking Twitter tips from career coaches.A single tweet — or a few each day — could change your career path. This is the emphatic advice of several finance career coaches. ( Continued … What Are The Benefits And Pitfalls Of Tweeting For A Job? [...]