Category Archives: big job boards

One Really Good Tip to End Your Job Search: Have a Plan and Work Your Plan

Today is Monday, the start of a new week.  Do you have your job search goals clearly defined?  If not, now would be a perfect time to set your goals for the week. Many job searchers go about their job search in a take it as it comes.  They spend hours on the job board […]

Are you using the latest job search strategy?

Do you remember what job searching was like a while ago?  Create on resume and have several copies made.  Then you would read the help wanted ads in the newspaper; circle the ones that interested you, and sent one of your resumes to the company with a cover letter.  Today’s job search is different.  Instead […]

How to Avoid Annoying Company Recruiters

  The other day while reading an article, I came across the term “Homers”.  “Homers” is a term used by some recruiters to describe the unemployedoyed equating them to the fictional character Homer Simpson.  He is the overweight, lazy, rude and incompetent father in a cartoon series.  There are some company recruiters who falsely view […]

How To Get Your Resume To The Top Of The Pile

Recently I read an article in the New York Times about how people are getting their resumes to the top of the pile. I knew what the procedure was, but what surprised me was how companies are encouraging the practice and why. The method I am talking about is networking to find an acquaintance who […]