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The Job Interview as an Audition
Yet More Ways That Employers Control the Interview When we read this in the April 2006 issue of Business 2.0 magazine, we knew you would find an excerpt interesting: "You don't just get interviewed when you apply for a job at Southwest Airlines. You get...
Why I don’t write functional resumes anymore…
Functional resumes were all the rage in the early 1990s thanks to resume pioneer Yana Parker. These skills-based resumes helped job seekers transition into new careers, or hide flaws in their background such as a scattered work history, or gaps. I used the functional...
Why it Takes so Darn Long to Get Hired!
Back in the old days, it took no time at all to get hired. You sent in your resume, had an interview in the next few days and were offered the job shortly after that. Now it seems that companies are taking much longer to hire new employees. Much of it has to do with...
Big Brother is Watching
I can't seem to get it through the heads of my friends and colleagues who surf the net at work, with the idea that "my employer doesn't care." Wanna bet? I was flipping through the pages of PC World this week and came across an ad for the following website. Their...
My rant continues…..
This week it seems that the media is copying one another, not that I mind. I'm glad to see they are finally getting the word out about blogs. Business Week printed an article titled "You Are What You Post" This one is the best yet. Susan Geary/1st Rate Resumes
What You Say Online Can Haunt You
I can't stress this enough when I go out to visit colleges and high schools about maintaining a site on Facebook or one of the other sites where you can share your personal feelings and intimate photos. The USA Today on Thursday ran an excellent article on how job...
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