Vault Post Round Up

July 24, 2007 · Filed Under For the love of HR 

Here is a round up of a few of the posts I’ve made over on Vault.com this past week:

Need a job? Just get a t-shirt and a website! — I swear, if I ever look for another job, I am going to figure out the weirdest way to get a job and make a website. Look soon for Lance and the bicycle helmet cam job adventure videocast coming to an internet near you.

Don’t give your SSN out — Just don’t, at least not on the internet and not unless absolutely necessary.

Physician recruiter? Welcome to job security — And prepare to be frustrated :-)

Minimum wage is going up today — Were you prepared? Got to love mid week/mid month pay changes.

Can you work with music? — I love working to music. I listened to John Legend and The Who today.

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  1. Robin on July 25th, 2007 11:01 am

    How about just starting an internet tv show about your job search like Sean? Check out http://www.oneweekjob.com/show

    From his website:

    What is One Week Job?
    Launched in Feb 2007, The One Week Job project chronicles Sean’s journey as he travels around Canada working a different job a week. Jobs are willingly offered by individuals or companies that hear about Sean through the media or his website.

    What types of jobs will Sean accept? Absolutely anything, anywhere (legal of course). All the wages Sean earns from his employment are donated to the Make Poverty History campaign, who are dedicated to ending child poverty in Canada.

    Sean’s following has been growing as he searches for his passion and gives back along the way. How many of us would love to be doing that? Probably most…

    Robin Ogden
    http://www.firedupcareers.com

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