Insight into the HR World
From the monthly archives:
I am going to play Devil’s advocate here for a second.
What if we considered job hopping to be not a negative thing (generally) but a positive thing and an indicator of the type of economy we are going to be seeing for the next decade? The world around us is changing and companies are starting [...]
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This post by Beth Carvin on my blog as part of the blogswap has generated quite a few comments. Most of them seem to be from disgruntled employees or those who feel less optimistic about corporate America in general.
Just a few comments regarding some of the responses:
Wow. I wasn’t aware that HR types had it [...]
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Ragan at recruiting.com gets a really surprising reaction from some of the commenters to a post about networking and the rude responses received. To be honest, I can’t in a million years think of a better way to connect with other professionals in my area than by networking.
Networking as a job or candidate searching tool [...]
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This post is part of the BlogSwap.
Hi all, my name is Beth N. Carvin. I am the CEO and President for Nobscot Corporation, the developers of WebExit exit interview management software. I’ve worked in the recruiting and/or human resources field for more than 15 years. When I was involved in recruiting, I didn’t [...]
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You go through sending your resume, following up and being a good overall job seeker. And then you get to the part where the hiring manager or the recruiter gives you feedback regarding why you weren’t considered for a job. As Dano writes:
“can you tell me what does the phrase “you are over [...]
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A list of the worst jobs ever in the UK.
Some of the more entertaining jobs:
- Guillemot-egg collector
- Leech collector
- Bath attendant
- Steeple jack
Read the rest at the website.
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CJ writes:
“I’m interested in the subject of thank you letters. Didn’t see anything posted regarding them. Any thoughts?”
Thanks for the question CJ. Thank you letters are still under-used and are incredibly easy to send now with e-mail. Anybody who uses it still differentiates themselves from the norm (my experience has been 1 [...]
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Todays blogswap post is brought to you Alise Cortez, co-writer of the Improved Experience blog. She writes much more intelligently in regards to why “all things being equal” is bad, bad, bad! This is a take off of my post on the same subject. Thanks Alise.
Yes, indeed, our tendency to rely on colloquial phrases like [...]
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Two great things that caught my eye this morning.
Secrets of the Job Hunt reveals that SimplyHired just launched a free resume distribution service. This will distribute your resume to all of the major job boards so that recruiters can search for you instead of the other way around. There are some cautionary tales to [...]
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I write a bit about body language over at Dennis Smith’s Career Builders blog as part of the blogswap. Hopefully you’ll all check it out!
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