Tag Archives: Job search
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How Recruiters Use Social Media To Screen Candidates

This article appeared previously by Joshua Waldman on his Careerenlightenment.com site. Mashable recently released the latest in a series of infographics related to how social media is used in the employment game called, How Recruiters Use Social Media to Screen Candidates. This particular research was done by a Facebook monitoring company called Reppler. There aren’t [...]

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Spotlight on Career Resume Designer Dawn Rasmussen

Dawn Rasmussen, CMP, is the president of Portland, Oregon-based Pathfinder Writing and Career Services. Clients from across the United States and Canada and from all career levels have benefited from Dawn’s highly-focused and results-oriented résumé, cover letter, and job search coaching services. Many professional groups as well as colleges and universities have appreciated the insights [...]

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52% of US Companies Say Job Applicants are NOT Qualified?

52% of US Companies Say Job Applicants are NOT Qualified?

“Careers used to move themselves. Now we are solely responsible for moving our careers in the direction we want them to go”   This process is not what we have known and not something most of us have had much experience having to do, but it is the theme of our moment. If you want a [...]

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Raise Your Career Metabolism, Bring Your A+ Game and Develop More Magnetism

Today is Job Action Day 2011, sponsored by Quintessential Careers and this is my second year as one of the participating blogs that was chosen to participate. Here is the full list of participating blogs for 2011! Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 2.7 million jobs remained unfilled in the U.S. in August 2011, [...]

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Generation Y, Welcome to The Workforce!

This article was written by me for Tweet My Jobs and originally posted on their bog Eyeoftheintern.com! I’m a Baby Boomer who has ignored the glass ceiling, age bias and has become an active, current example that “Women are The New Power Demo”.  I am unfortunately not the majority of Boomer womenpreneurs. In fact, Millennial women, [...]

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LessTextingTalking More Face to Face

I wrote this article especially for Internships.com posted on 9/16. I am one of the biggest fans of and work regularly with Gen Y. I love your spunk, spirit, capabilities and point of view. You have taught me so much and are changing and impacting so many aspects of marketing, business and consumerism. You are [...]

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