Posted on 18 January 2012
Ask a job seeker, and they’ll tell you it doesn’t take long before they get lost or frustrated online during their job search. For starters the amount of duplicate job content has, at a minimum, doubled in the past year alone. From the tens of thousands of job boards, aggregator sites, and social recruiting approaches,... Continue Reading
Posted on 16 December 2011
The story lines were.. The latest and greatest way for you to find a job (if you are a job seeker) or to source and hire a job seeker (if you are a recruiter). Here are the top 5 recruiting #fails of 2011: #5 – Twesume: While twesume was just announced, it’s still 2011. This... Continue Reading
Posted on 26 January 2012
Executive resume services need to continually update and match the technological developments the business world is embracing, otherwise executives may find themselves left in the dust by executives who are staying ahead of the technology curve.
An executive resume services firm should do more than just list your experiences and accomplishments on paper. Today,... Continue Reading
Posted on 25 January 2012
Regardless of your educational background, degrees, work experience or accomplishments, your future employment depends on one thing: how well you can sell. I’m not talking about selling a specific product or service. I mean selling yourself and your ideas. Your ability to do this will determine whether or not you get the job. Selling is... Continue Reading
Posted on 27 January 2012
Readiness in the Face of a Talent Crisis
America’s higher learning institutions educate and develop society’s future thinkers and leaders. It’s ironic, then, that it seems many don’t develop their own administrative staff or leadership... Continue Reading
Posted on 27 January 2012
San Francisco and Toronto (PRWEB) January 27, 2011 — – Achievers, the leader in employee rewards and recognition solutions, was named today as a finalist in the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. “To be deemed a finalist in all seven categories we applied to this year is incredibly exciting; this honor... Continue Reading
Posted on 27 January 2012
Many of our ancestors came to America with a dream, a promise, and a name that was hard to pronounce or sounded too “insert nationality/religion here”. Names were altered to ease the way into society and increase employment opportunities. Today, in a world of self-marketing and personal branding, name changes happen for all kinds of... Continue Reading
Posted on 27 January 2012
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and Gen-Y, Twitter, presentations and lack of focus. Taylor B., @thbrogan, twittered: can my personal brand involve not taking twitter too seriously? because i enjoy this option. Jacob Share, @jacobshare: “Taking Twitter seriously” should mean carefully using Twitter to achieve your personal branding goals (in this... Continue Reading
Posted on 27 January 2012
I recently served as a panelist on a webinar which discussed the 2012 HCM budgets. The survey was done by IHRIM (International Association for Human Resource Information Management), and some interesting results appeared on the survey which caused me to do additional research on how the past few years of a difficult economy has impacted... Continue Reading
Posted on 27 January 2012
I recently served as a panelist on a webinar which discussed the 2012 HCM budgets. The survey was done by IHRIM (International Association for Human Resource Information Management), and some interesting results appeared on the survey which caused me to do additional research on how the past few years of a difficult economy has impacted... Continue Reading
Posted on 26 January 2012
Because we always make mistakes and always will, Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham, authors of Street Smarts say that the most important quality for business success is resilience—the ability to bounce back from failure, to turn around a bad situation, to profit from your... Continue Reading
Posted on 24 January 2012
The Compound Effect is a reminder of the law of cause and effect. Darren Hardy shares the impact it has had on his life and how you can make yourself accountable for your choices.Posted on 22 January 2012
One of the keys to my ability to work 40 hours a week and homeschool two kids is that I have great time management. Which is to say, I say no to just about everything. But learning when to say no is still a work in progress. Here's what I know about saying no to phone... Continue Reading
Posted on 20 January 2012
In therapy lately I am learning to identify my feelings. Maybe you’re thinking this is elementary, but did you know that envy is about wanting something you don’t have, but jealousy is the fear of losing something you already have? I am thinking about those two things. I am almost never envious, but I am often... Continue Reading
Posted on 15 December 2011
Editor’s Note: This guest post was provided by Erin Palmer on behalf of Villanova University’s online certificate programs, such as PMP certification prep courses and Business Intelligence training. Enjoy -LH “When I have the time…” These words are often spoken wistfully by employees attempting … Continue reading
Posted on 18 August 2011
I’ve been thinking more about this post. The one where I wrote about how competencies in specific tools are already starting to go by the wayside (and will only get worse). Then I think about the short term (and terrifying) … Continue reading