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52% of US Companies Will Add Jobs in the Next Year

January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Now Hiring!

by Jessica Miller-Merrell, originally posted on 1/26/2012 in Blogging for Jobs   With research from Talent Technology (www.talenttech.com), Jessica Miller-Merrell summarized the finding of the State of Recruiting Survey for 2012.  In her summary, Jessica states that online recruiting and  Job Boards are the most effective means of hiring – but she (and Talent Technology) includes the professional networking site LinkedIn.com into this category…   Some of her findings: All signs are pointing towards an improving economy and yesterday’s release of Talent Technology’s State of Recruiting for 2012 supports what many in the industry are seeing. Business is happening. Hiring and adding new staff is in the … [Read more...]

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Job Search Advice: You at Your Best vs You at Your Average

December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You at Your Best

Originally published on Dec 28 2011 by Phil Rosenberg (Reposted with permission) Employers expect you will present your best …  so why do most job seekers present yourselves at your average? Of course, you don’t intentionally undersell yourself. However, there are many ingrained job search habits we’ve all been taught, that present us as average rather than as superior. We’ve been taught to sell ourselves at our average We learned most of our body of knowledge of job search from placement and career offices, starting with our College/Grad school placement office – even High School placement offices teach much of the same stuff. From the Great Depression up until the end of 2007, there was a valid assumption … [Read more...]

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Marketing Is a Profit Center

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thad Kubis

by Thaddeus B. Kubis, November 2011 (reprinted with permission) As a business owner today, you need a clear and concise perspective on offline and online media, interactive and interaction tools, and the latest communication trends and emerging technologies. Also, you must be able to support your choices with measurable results. Today, in addition to achieving results, prerequisites for any marketer include tracking, return on investment (ROI), accountability, and marketing automation. The media you select need to be media your customer will actually use. Placing ads, managing an e-mail effort, and running a blog will not guarantee a successful media or marketing effort.  What will turn your marketing effort into a profit … [Read more...]

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Career Ownership: The Time is Now

November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Janine Moon

By Janine Moon, reposted with permission As the economy has moved from Industrial-base to an information/conceptual/ service-base, the concept of “career” has not shifted to align with the realities of a very different business model. Although gold watches and retirement parties are almost non-existent, people still look to organizations for the security and the career model of the 20th century.  (As evidence, consider the numbers of people who see their downsizing from a victim mentality.) People still expect that their organization (manager) will define their deficiencies, pay for their training and education and put them on a career path that proves their worth. Few, if any, within an organization would ever claim … [Read more...]

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