Years ago, you could send a resume and cover letter in the mail with a reasonable expectation that you’d eventually hear …
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10 Ways You Should Never Describe Yourself To A Potential Client or Employer
When other people use these words to describe your talents, it’s OK. When you do it, you just sound like a pompous jerk.
New Way to Get a Job: Stalk-Worship the Company
During the recession-scarred past several years, job candidates have gone to extraordinary lengths to try to get hired. Some have offered cash rewards—as much as $25,000!—to anyone who helps land them a job, while others have …
How to Get Your Dream Job in a Bad Economy
Job Help: Get Your Resume Read, Avoid Job Scams, Switch Careers
When will the job market pick up again? Economists shrug their shoulders. Maybe by next summer—maybe. Until then, most workers have little choice but to stick with their current jobs, even though chances are they’re overworked, underpaid, and all in all unhappy. If you’re one of the unfortunate millions currently unemployed, the task …
Never Staple Your Resume, and Other Sins of the Job Hunt
I recently attended a job fair. Not because I was looking for work; I am, as of 4:19 p.m. on March 20, 2007, still, to my knowledge, employed. I went on assignment to talk to a particular set of jobseekers. I can’t tell you who just yet–not until my story meets its usual fate, bludgeoned to a mangy pulp and left for dead in the morgue …
Why Interactive Resumes Are the Future
1. It’s so much cooler than ink on paper.
2. It’s multimedia.
3. The format engenders creativity.
4. Young people don’t write; they text. And design. And code. And video.
5. More jobs in this creativity-driven economy will call for the kinds of skills best showcased interactively.
6. Wha?
7. Just shut up and watch this YouTube …
Why Recruiters Hate the Video Resume
…or vidumé, as my pal Gerry would coin it. (I would have thought of that, if I were good with words.) During my research for this article on the rise of vidumés (okay, Ger, it’s mine now), I came across some fiery blog postings on the subject. Mostly they argued against ‘em. Here’s one on MagicPotofJobs, a blog written by Tiffany …
