Can You Safely Job Search at Work?

View at Work

  Last month, jobmob.com reposted an article by Dave Thomas with 5 tips for Safe Job Searching at Work. Among his suggestions were; your stock is higher presently employed; utilize former employers as references; keep your routine the same; and don’t send out resumes when you do not know the source This is all great advice, and there is a very good bonus tip for job seekers in this article too, that is well worth the read.  Dave’s post can be seen in its entirety here… But extreme caution is necessary when gambling with your current job stability.  As Dave puts it, “The last thing you want is to really need to search for a job because you just lost your current job due to wasting the employer’s time.” I … [Read more...]

Grit, Guts and Obsession: The new requirements for Success

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A lot of really smart people are writing about the "New Normal" in America when it comes to managing one’s own career.  And what they are saying is that the only way to succeed is through grit, guts and obsession. This weekend I was reading through several articles and noticed this common theme. For example, Dan Waldschmidt wrote about it this morning in his article titled “It’s not about what you do,” in which he speaks of success not being a series of actions, “but rather an obsession.” He writes: Business experts will tell you that if you think hard enough and plan long enough that you can generate ideas and strategies that avoid obstacles and end up leading to your success.  But that’s just not reality. And … [Read more...]

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

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...]

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

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...]