How should candidates gauge their job search – based on activity or effectiveness? Most candidates that I speak to gauge their job search based on activity levels. When I ask a candidate to describe their job search to date, I almost always hear about how many resumes they’ve sent out. Sometimes I’ll also hear about [...]

Two days ago, I posted an article suggesting that job seekers take responsibility for their own search, rather than blame others, blame the economy, blame anyone but themselves (see: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2010/03/job-seekers-its-not-just-economy-its.html). Sadly, I got many responses that just contained more whining, more blaming others, with not very many taking responsibility for their own job search. I’m [...]

What happens when the going gets tough? In sports, when a team is about to face a tougher opponent, when they are expected to lose, do their coaches have them prepare in the same way? When you’re up against a tough business problem, up against a difficult challenge, do you go prepare the same way [...]

In job search, it’s better to be lucky than to be smart. Unfortunately, most candidates play by an outdated set of rules that makes them unlucky. Employers today use very similar procedures to pick which employees to interview and hire. These procedures are vastly different than the tactics that most candidates use (see: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/10/are-you-buying-mac-cheese-of-job-search.html). Read [...]

Especially when searching for a job, the New Year can be a time for introspection and evaluation of personal change. Many people resolve to get in shape, eat healthier, or improve relationships. Still others resolve to meet personal, financial or business goals. I suspect that many readers of this blog have New Years’ resolutions that [...]

Dear Santa, I’ve been a good candidate this year…but you would already know that, wouldn’t you? I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but I got kind of short changed last Christmas, with a variety of bad sweaters, regifts, and Aunt Martha’s ten ton fruitcake. Here’s what I’d like this year: 1. A killer “fishing resume”, [...]

Well, ‘ya know, this is a little disturbing… The category tonight, Top 10 Reasons Your Job Search Is Frustrating…’ya know, we talked about this a few times a little earlier this year, and recently a job seeker from Georgia, ‘ya know this is exactly what I was talkin’ about, he was telling me about how [...]

Candidates, like celebrities have no privacy. While few job seekers would be the subject of TMZ or E!, candidates have similar reputation issues as celebrities. Candidates generally aren’t as careful as celebrities about keeping a clean image, and most candidates don’t have millions in hush money to keep personal dirt private. Read more … Four [...]

Banks, Consulting firms, and Financial advisors top Finance hiring during October 2009, based on job advertisements open for 30 days from the top job boards. Led by banks that are repaying TARP funds, banks including Chase, Wachovia, PNC, Citi, HSBC, Fifth Third, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and National City are the top Finance hiring [...]

Who’s Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding. Total Job Openings:The Restaurant, Retail, [...]