Ehren Seim | February 26, 2010
Kevin Donlin is co-author of Guerrilla Resumes. Since 1996, he has provided job-search help to more than 20,000 people. Author of 3 books, Kevin has been interviewed by The New York Times, USA Today, Fox News, CBS Radio and others.
In his 1973 article, “The Strength of Weak Ties,” sociologist Mark Granovetter, after interviewing dozens [...]
Category: Economy/Job Market, Job Search, Social media/networking |
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Tags: Job Search, job search tips
Ehren Seim | January 7, 2010
Tis’ the season for predictions into 2010. After researching data from various sources, and talking with many colleagues over the past year and into 2010, I’ve put my finger on a handful of things that popped out at me. None of these predictions are groundbreaking, they’re fairly common sense. But, I think [...]
Category: Economy/Job Market, Job Search, Social media/networking, Technology, consulting |
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Tags: contingent workforce, employment predictions, older workforce, outsourcing, turnover, unemployment
Ehren Seim | November 23, 2009
Author Byline: Nicole Bodem, Career Site Optimization Strategist
Author Website: http://www.hrsearchmarketing.com
A few days back I saw the first ever job posting on Indeed advertising for a “Talent Community Manager”. (Kudos to Deluxe for taking a huge step forward in recruiting and leveraging this opportunity). Using social media for recruitment takes time, technology and people and [...]
Category: Job Search, Recruiting, Social media/networking |
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Tags: Recruiting, social media
Ehren Seim | November 8, 2009
Author Byline: Jessica Holbrook is an expert resume writer, career and personal branding strategist, author, and presenter.
Author Website: http://www.greatresumesfast.com
Lately I have noticed a flurry of LinkedIn invitation activity. What bothers me is not the amount of invitations being sent or received but how users are going about the invitation process. So I’ve put together [...]
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Ehren Seim | August 4, 2009
I have to tell you, I’m overwhelmed. I’m doing all I can to keep up with Twitter, Facebook, my blog, my daily tasks at work, my friends and family, exercizing, my golf game (which sucks right now), etc. It really is getting difficult to find time for everything. I’m balancing on the [...]
Category: HR, Recruiting, Social media/networking, Technology |
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Tags: digsby, facebook, hootsuite, linkedin, Recruiting, social media, twitter
Ehren Seim | April 8, 2009
I’ve been following Paul DeBettignies and a few others on Twitter recently, and have seen a few of their blog posts about running into people giving bad advice. There’s one person in particular that’s creating some buzz in the blogosphere recently. I don’t want to drive traffic to her site, but I think [...]
Category: Economy/Job Market, HR, Job Search, Recruiting, Social media/networking |
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Tags: career advice, resume advice
Ehren Seim | April 7, 2009
I love this topic, I think it’s extremely important, especially in a down economy. If you’re not familiar with personal branding, I suggest you get familiar. What is personal branding you ask? Simply put, you (and your career) are a product, and you need to learn how to define, market/sell, and ultimately [...]
Category: Economy/Job Market, HR, Job Search, Social media/networking |
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Tags: blogging, linkedin, personal branding, social media, twitter
Ehren Seim | March 31, 2009
Ahh yes, the age old question….how can we do better and be more productive? Well, that’s a toughy and probably a topic we could talk about for days. But, I think I have a few ideas I can at least throw out to get the ball rolling. Keep in mind, my background [...]
Category: Recruiting, Social media/networking, Technology |
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Tags: consulting, honesty, Recruiting, relationships, sales, social networking, Technology
Ehren Seim | September 10, 2008
So, I’ve finally gave in…..I have a blog. So what’s the benefit? I’m really not sure yet, I’ll blog about it when I figure it out! So, at the time I’m writing this, there are an estimated 200+ million blogs on the internet, ranging from academics to politics to music. There [...]
Category: Social media/networking |
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Tags: blogs, Recruiting