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What Job Seekers Really Want

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This is the article that shouldn’t be written. At least the timing is absolutely wrong for so many reasons, but the frustration of “paying it forward” when nobody cares eventually grinds the true caring person inside of me to a halt. I spent last weekend reading Harvey Mackay’s book Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty because it is one of those classic networking books that I have quoted without having read the book from cover… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want

The Grapevine Knows

Millions of dollars are spent each year by companies trying to find out information about their competitors. Business intelligence is big business. Reversing that concept puts the whole idea of knowledge management in a different light, “What do my competitors know about me?” More important than the aggregate numbers are what individual people think and say. Walls, firewalls and fences can’t stop people from talking with each other. In-house perceptions are probably more critical to… Read More »The Grapevine Knows

That Other Black Hole – Job Seeker Amnesia

You have been praying for that phone to ring. You have graduated from a post-and-pray job search methodology after you realized that sitting at your computer pushing buttons to apply online is only one aspect of your search. And the phone has not been ringing. You have expanded your social networking contacts, arranged for real life meetings with influential people and have a powerful sense that you are finally on the right track. What could… Read More »That Other Black Hole – Job Seeker Amnesia

A Job Search Is Reality, Not Reality TV

Well, the truth is out now. I absolutely loathe reality TV. One part of me is in deep admiration of the producers who epitomize capitalism by capturing something that is marketable, selling the concept and raking in tons of cash. God bless America! On the other hand, most of them appeal to the most frivolous of all animal instincts and with shock and awe attempt to pass off abnormal behavior as reality. These should all… Read More »A Job Search Is Reality, Not Reality TV

From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Sang the Resume Blues

Everybody places way too much emphasis on the resume. Everybody! Job seekers think that it is the ultimate ticket to a new job when it is really only a tool to get a foot in the door. On the receiving end, overly picky hiring managers have been known to disqualify candidates for perceived errors and overlook the fact that it is not a complete job history. How do these two opposing viewpoints get together other… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Sang the Resume Blues