Posts Tagged ‘job seekers’
The Good and Sometimes Surprising Benefits of Community Involvement
No surprise here. Community involvement offers numerous benefits, both for employers and employees. What’s surprising is what some of those benefits are. More and more studies conducted over the past years indicate that volunteering is healthy for you.—yes, you read that correctly. When you are focusing on someone other than yourself, you reduce stress. And…
Read MoreWorld Champions again!
We are basking in the glow of the Kansas City Royals World Series win and finally looked at the calendar — egads! It’s dangerously close to Thanksgiving. And you know what that means … Christmas will undoubtedly follow, and quickly. But back to that win — I mean, really! Better writers than I (Joe Posnanski,…
Read MoreSoon-to-be-graduates: How To Email Professionals 101
Ahhh, spring and a young person’s thoughts turn to A JOB … it’s our annual advice to graduates blog. Let’s start with a recent story. One of our friends in the business was frustrated by an email request, having met this student at a career day event: Hello (famous, sole-operator photographer), I’m out of town…
Read MorePost-Traumatic Job Disorder
We got a call from one of our favorite people a few weeks ago (used to be a hiring client, then became a jobseeker/candidate) and she was flummoxed over getting to work one morning to her new job. She had experienced some car trouble late the night before and had concerns that she would have…
Read MoreIs the resume dead?
Type that question into your Google search bar, and you’re going to see a mixed response. With the ever-changing digital landscape that now includes job interviews being offered on Twitter, it might seem easy to answer ‘yes’. As recruiters, we would have to disagree and say ‘no’. The resume is not dead, but it is…
Read MoreThe Art of the Follow-up
I was doing some reading about new technologies today, as you do, and discovered that there is a new start-up app called Rebump that sends repeated follow-up emails if your initial email was not responded to, until you get a response (more information here). Now, if your inbox looks anything like mine does, the very…
Read MoreHow Do You Know Who You Know?
The old adage is true: it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Don’t be mistaken. Of course it’s what you know once you get the interview and get your name added to payroll. But getting that first step through the door will most often come from a personal connection from your network. Now,…
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