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Continue reading →: What Is A Good Candidate Interview Experience Worth?
This is an interesting question, and to be honest, my perspective may not necessarily be shared by all of my colleagues. Okay, enough with the disclaimers. Let’s start by allowing me to define what I am getting at: All too often, I find that employers (including hiring companies, agencies, hiring managers, freelance…
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Continue reading →: The War for “Great” Talent (with apologies to Steven Hankin and Ed Michaels)
I was in a conversation the other day with a colleague and we were discussing what our respective companies are going through right now, regarding the ever-decreasing pool of strong talent, and the difficulties in sourcing, presenting, and closing these hires to be productive members of our hiring pool.
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Continue reading →: Jobsite Profile: LinkUp.com
The gist: Here is a novel concept from the world of Boolean based job research and surfing: a careers site that provides content only derived from the career pages of hiring companies. Ideally, if the premise rings true, then this should minimize, if not eliminate any re-posting of ads from other general search sites,…
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Continue reading →: Relief in Sight – Please support Hurricane Irene Relief Efforts
A few times on my blog, I write a request or plea for readers to support the recovery efforts for those ravaged by some catastrophic event (whether caused by the hand of nature or man). In this instance, I ask for those reading this lend a hand to those affected…
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Continue reading →: From here to there…..
Hello again readers! Quite a bit of time has passed since I last wrote anything on this blog, so I wanted to write up a brief post on current happenings. As some of you have known, I have jumped ship again (moving from SVTC to another company – Solyndra). Honestly,…
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Continue reading →: The Eagle Has Landed!
More specifically, I have landed at a small, but growing company known as SVTC Technologies. Usually, I don’t blog so specifically about any one company that I have been hired into, but I have to admit, this has been an exciting ride that gets more interesting and rewarding each day.…
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Continue reading →: Know Your Niche
Hi folks, Thanks for reading up on my posts here. Things have been busy of late, what with a new job and much doings on the community involvement front. I thought I would try getting back to putting up some advice I can pass on to candidates. In this article,…
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Continue reading →: How Do You Manage?
Most of the time I blog about tips or advice for jobseekers in terms how to look for jobs, what hiring managers are thinking, and how to position yourself for success. This time, I want to touch on a topic that directly affects hiring managers, supervisors and other types of bosses. …
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Continue reading →: Sourcing is A) an Art; B) a Science; C) a Passion; D) All of the above
I’ve been out of touch on the blogging for a little while now, focusing on my latest gig: I have taken a sourcing gig at a local Silicon Valley networking company (not Cisco). While very exciting, it has had it’s share of challenges: learning a new company, it’s products, it’s norms, it’s…
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Continue reading →: Credibility – What is it? Why do I need it? How do I show it?
Much of the job search advice I have provided leads back to a discussion about credibility. I found it worthwhile to blog on what a candidate’s credibility means and how it impacts a job seeker’s search. What is Credibility, anyway? Let’s start with an overview. According to Dictionary.com, Credibility is defined as:…
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