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Reinvent Your Career By Knowing You
If you've been thinking about starting a new career, you may be feeling confused as to where to start. You know you don't want to continue on your current path, but you don't exactly know what new path to take.
Date: 2009-06-30
Social Networking And The Job Search For Baby Boomers
In the new world of technology, it's very common for job seekers to work via the Internet to find their employment. This is mainly because many employers have moved their application processes to the Internet - as well as their headhunters. In other words, if you want to find employment, your best bet is to do it online.
Date: 2009-06-19
Pimp Your Resume: 5 Cool Resume Tips
You've probably heard of the show "Pimp My Ride," where a lucky person has a chance to turn an otherwise crappy vehicle into the beautiful car of their dreams. Well, as beautiful as a 1978 Ford Pinto can get, that is.
Date: 2009-06-09
Past Employers Have Equal Power Over Credibility As Your Resume
Louis Gray wrote an article about how Skill or Luck can influence how people perceive your ability to do work. Sometimes a bad organization can haunt you forever, and this goes for just about any place you choose to work.
Date: 2009-05-26
Making Electronic Resumes Work For You
We're living in an electronic world, which means it's pretty important that when it comes to resumes you learn to be an electronic girl or boy. There are a high percentage of companies that prefer that job candidates submit applications and resumes online. So if you don't know how to do so, you may find yourself left behind your technologically advanced competition.
Date: 2009-05-11
Finding A Job Through Social Media Avenues
As you may know, Ignite Social Media is a close knit group who has grown rather quickly in the last year. Since I started, the agency has doubled and we're still growing. In that time, we have chosen carefully to ensure we're getting people that are the perfect fit for each opening and it hasn't been easy.
Date: 2009-04-28
Doing Well In An Interview Environment
In a previous role, I used to interview at least one person per week to handle overload and grow our team at a large ad agency in Sydney. Though I don't do much hiring personally in my role now, many of the lessons have stayed with me.
Date: 2009-04-14
Job Seeking In The Social Media Era
When it comes to looking for a new job, the rules are different to what they once were. Of course we all realize the power of technology to bring us job listings from sites like Monster or CareerBuilder, but when it comes to finding your new role - if you're still relying on a resume to get you in the door then you're stuck in the old way of doing things. To help progress, here are some tips on job seeking in the social media era.
Date: 2009-03-30
In A Tough Economy Hold The Job You Have
In an economy like this one, your best career survival tip may be to hold on to the job you've got. If you're working at a company that isn't necessarily shutting its doors, but may need to let some people go ... your challenge is to prove yourself too valuable to let go. Social media (blogs, social networks, forums, online video, etc.) can help with this.
Date: 2009-03-16
Five Steps To Survive A Layoff
Every day it seems a new company has layoffs and friends around me in my social network that were previously in totally secure jobs are now finding themselves looking for new work and even rethinking their careers. I've been in this situation before, living through two dotcom booms and busts - one in the US and one in Australia.
Date: 2009-03-02
Expanding And Enhancing Your Career Search
Your new job search needs to incorporate much of the new technology as possible. While Dice and Monster might be good, to find real viable jobs, it is time to expand your search and how you search for your next gig.
Date: 2009-02-09
Avoid Warning Flags In Your Resume
There are just some resumes that set off every warning sign when it comes to the potential hire. These are people that just will never make it through the hiring process, and here is what you can do to avoid being a "red flag resume".
Date: 2009-01-21
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