Your JobBlog = Getting a Job = Leaving Your Mark! Part 3 by Kay

This is part 3 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website.  Part 1 is located here.  Part 2 is located here. Smart BloggingBusinessWeek has information on how to blog safely and how to blog without getting fired.  The suggestions include blogging anonymously, making your blog not searchable, limiting who can read your blog, and, when employed, focusing your blog on limited topics which...
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Your JobBlog = Getting a Job = Leaving Your Mark! Part 2 by Kay

This is part 2 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website.  Part 1 is located here. Privacy Issues Should potential employers be reading your personal information? Probably not. However, if you put it on the Internet with it readily accessible, well then they can and they might. Some people list their personal web site or blog on their resume and most of us recruiters will look you up on any of...
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Your JobBlog = Getting a Job = Leaving Your Mark! Part 1 by Kay

This is part 1 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website. Getting Started Employees have been fired when their employer views their blog posts as sharing confidential information, making inappropriate comments about the company, or both. Posting company news, pictures, and even making positive comments about a company have cost bloggers their jobs.  When considering writing a blog, before writing ...
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Consider this....before you put it online by Kay

Here are some reminders about links on your resume to the web and links on the web that lead to your resume. Careful What You Put Online. If you have a online account, people you won’t want to be reading your profile may be able to access it, even if you think nobody will reads it. Make your accounts private, so only your friends can access them. Be extra careful, and don’t post anything that you don’t want a...
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The Gatekeeper (and 3 other roles that recruiters play) by Kay

Some job seekers don’t fully understand a recruiter’s role. They view recruiters as getting in the middle of their job search, preventing direct contact with the hiring manage(s) for available positions. Well this is actually true and these job seekers are going to have a long and frustrating search for their next job, because the vast majority of companies now use recruiters almost exclusively to facilitate the hiring process...
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3 Stages of Unfriending by Kay

The newly announced winner of the Oxford American Dictionary word of 2009 is “unfriend.”   I’ve been thinking about how many of us like to think that we’re highly organized and efficient. When it comes to our social networks there is a lot we can do to make our lives easier, faster, more organized, and more efficient.   I’ve adopted some radical measures to streamline and improve my...
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Why do we blog? By Kay

Are you curious about blogging? Have a concept or idea? Do you have an opinion and you want to express or share knowledge that can be helpful? Here are a few things to know about blogging. How many bloggers are there? The thing to remember is that a blog is just a tool or to some a portal. There’s really nothing special about it, no requirements for any particular capabilities for one to start a blog. A common feel is use it like a diary...
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Making Contact With a Staffing Professional by Kay

Recruiters will be a huge part of your job search. I know most of you wish you could join some kind of secret society allowing direct contact to hiring managers. Well, some believe LinkedIn is that answer, however even if you think you can reach out to them through this network, which I would still encourage you, just know that they will refer you to a recruiter to do the first contact. Of course it is possible to have unrealistic...
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A Recruiters’ Guide for Searching On Bing, Lesson #4 by Kay

Search didn’t return the correct results? There are many reasons a search may not return the results you’d like. You can simply walk back through a couple areas such as Advanced Search and Search Effectively while reviewing what you entered for your search to find and make the adjustments to re-run it (see parts #1, #2, and #3 of this series). It could be something as simple as you accidentally added a space or possible typed a word in...
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ATTENTION! ATTENTION! by Kay

Well now that I have your attention, I have tips to get a recruiter’s attention.   Given today’s high unemployment rate, recruiters are being inundated with a higher than normal volume of resumes by interested candidates.  The question is, as a highly qualified and interested candidate for an opening, how do you stand out in crowd?  How does your name rise to the top?  Darn it…how do you get that...
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