Guest post and study by Dr. Larry Chiagouris, author of “The Secret to Getting a Job After College“:
Believe it or not, more than 75% of college students may be using Facebook in a way that will damage their opportunities for a job after they graduate, based on a recent study of 400 students attending a sample of 100 colleges and universities in the United States.
The research revealed that several key features of Facebook were found to display information — text or photos — that if not carefully thought through, could convey an image or character traits that most employers do not want in a prospective employee.
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I had a great interview with Michael Gruen of
Huntsy.com. Huntsy offers job seekers a way to organize their job search through scheduling tasks as well as some very interesting social media integrations. For instance, if you are applying to a job and import that into the system, you’ll be able to see who in your social network works there. These aren’t new tools for the job seeker, but it’s the first time they’ve been brought together into a single website. I’m excited to see how this works for you.
Oh yea, did I forget to mention that it’s free?
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This guest letter was written by Mark Hannan:
The article does point out certain aspects that employers are wanting; however, it just continues underlining the impossibility of compliance for job seekers with employers’ terribly unreal expectations.
Employers are conveniently forgetting that the job seeker has already been put through a long-term, grueling mill of on-going deceit; unkept promises; verbal abuse during interviews; and shown little, if any, respect for the job applicant during this time-consuming and time-wasting job application and interviewing process.
I don’t really see how most people can obtain employment at this time. The bar is being placed unrealistically high and is already cutting off a sizeable majority of American workers. We need Unions and protection, now; instead of 1-2 years’ worth of being unemployed.
What employers want, are simply robots or computers. I’m not sold on the article and all the others like it.
And in Response…You Need to Read this...
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Posted on Apr 05, 2012 under
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I recently flew to NYC for a filming with a hot new online learning company called
Grovo.com. Their main area of focus is training people on cloud-based apps. Ok, sounds nebulous. But it’s not. Their platform helps you with Google Docs, LinkedIn, Gmail, online etiquette, blogging, wordpress even ebay. Pretty much, they’ll help you learn about anything internet related. And their videos are super high quality.
(i.e. it’s not like finding some Youtube video of questionable authority as a source.)
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Bold statement? If you look at your options for managing your online reputation, you wouldn’t think so.
Brandyourself.com is the only free solution available to systematically reclaiming your Google search.
When co-founder Peter Kistler was looking for an internship as an undergrad at Syracuse University, he watched all of his friends get hired, while he lagged behind.
So he decided to Google himself and found another Peter Kistler showing up in search results with a criminal record.
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Originally published on Job-Hunt.org:
A very successful executive career placement specialist was telling me how hard it is for her Baby Boomer clients to adopt social media in their job search. But, in my experience, I’ve found that all generations experience very little reprieve when it comes to feeling comfortable with social media at first and then successfully using it for their job searching.
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Originally posted on ERE:
Is Monster becoming a Mini-ster?
That’s the kind of question that’s really meant to be a statement. No matter how you answer it, the predicate already tells us it’s going to be bad for the subject. No surprise, then, that Jason Buss posed it last week in the midst of offering “
7 Warning Signs For Monster.com.”
It’s a sad litany of the ills that have befallen the once-mighty job board. The company that is synonymous with digital recruiting, is up for sale, or in the Wall Street speak used by CEO Sal Iannuzzi, it’s exploring “strategic alternatives.”
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 under
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A few weeks ago I interviewed a designer named Hal Thomas who got a job using Twitter. To see the replay, you can visit it here:
http://guide2socialmedia.net.
I had MANY questions about the use of Twitter in the job search that we simply didn’t have time to answer. So I’m going to answer them here.
If you’re just getting started on Twitter what’s the best way to find people that will target the people you’re looking for to build your relationships?
There are essentially 2 ways to find people; either through their
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Guest post by Steve Dalton, Senior Career Consultant at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business:
Technology Killed the Resume Star
MTV debuted on August 1, 1981, airing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” a song about a singer’s celebrated career cut short by the advent of television, as its first-ever video. In the process, it ushered in a new era for music—bands could no longer afford to have “faces for radio.” They had to look the part of rock stars as well.
Similarly, the Internet has fundamentally changed the job search. Resumes no longer speak for themselves, and the invention of the online job posting has largely turned job seekers into commodities.
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Posted on Mar 08, 2012 under
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Re-blogged from TheLadders.com by William Arruda:
I’ve been in the business of helping people build their brands for a decade and each year, I publish my personal branding trends for job seekers. Take a look at this year’s trends and decide which will help give you an edge and attract the attention of recruiters and hiring managers.
1. Headshots Everywhere
Do you have a professional headshot?
People want to connect a face with a name...
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