The following tips are taken from an article written for executives who are 50 or older and have lost their jobs. Most recruiters and companies admit privately that they are significantly less interested in hiring executives over 50. The most important reasons for this bias are: inflexible management style, difficulty reporting to a younger boss, more…
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Attending a job fair can seem a little like speed dating. You’re one of many in a line of candidates who meet with participating employers so quickly there is barely time to shake hands and say hello before being rushed along.
With a little effort, however, you can use this more…
You don’t understand. You updated your résumé, you’re applying to jobs every day, you’ve cleaned up your digital dirt and you network every day. Yet here you still are on the unemployment list. What is wrong with employers?
Unfortunately, many job seekers don’t stop to consider more…
CARLSBAD, CA, USA/AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Most job seekers assume the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is a dead zone for hiring, but it’s not true, says a new CareerCast.com report. Jobs are filled year-round and companies are non-denominational when trying to fill open positions at year-end. more…
We have compiled the Best of the Best sites that accept Job classifieds. Here you’ll find the list of Top US Classifieds websites. These websites provide free classified advertisements for jobs.
Classified ads is probably the most common source where unemployed people go to, to look for new jobs and to earn income. So here, I have gathered Top 15 active job classifieds where you can post your ad completely free. more…
Craigslist, a network of online communities that offers free classified advertisements, is a portal into the misery of people who are struggling to find jobs. Posts from people who are desperate for work read like Haiku poems that detail hard times and fear. more…
In a tight economic market, online recruitment ads seems to offer a quick way to earn money but we believe that the jobs section in classifieds has one of the highest percentages of scams, averaging around 70%.
There are two main types of scams, job hunting and employment scams, which may sound like the same thing but they each have a different modus operandi. more…
Jobs may still be hard to come by, but career networker Beyond.com has just released a list of hot new job titles.
The Beyond.com Career Trend Analysis Report, which gathers information from across thousands of top-tier industry and local career sites, found that five job titles have shown a noticeable and steady uptick in job postings, spanning primarily across two industries: more…
Keeping one’s cool when an interview chair turns into a hot seat can be difficult. Here are some examples of zingers thrown at candidates, and how some of them responded:
“My friends and I have been asked several times what we would do if we got pregnant. Our answer: ‘I can’t have children. I’m infertile.’ It always sets the interviewer on his (never asked this by a woman) heels. We decided that in the event that we did get the job and more…
Q: I work for a large corporation and like the people I work with; however, I get stressed out because everyone is “heads-down” and there’s not a lot of interaction. While I’m doing well and know that my work is important to the company, I’m not that happy. I’m a people person and would like to change the culture — but not leave for a different company. Where should I start? more…
How can one land a job at a PR firm is an oft-asked question. In a tiny industry where perhaps 100 US Public Relations agencies have more than 20 employees its one which deserves more attention. Considering statistics which show that annual spending on public relations services in the U.S. will increase 55 percent between 2008 and 2013, to $8 billion there should be many PR jobs available in the years to come. more…
A Meetup happens every 13 seconds, and there are over 90,000 Meetup Groups for more than 9 million members. As Meetups become more popular and widespread, the Meetup team continues to grow.
Meetup staff are known as “MEME-teamers,” MEME being an acronym for “Meetups Everywhere about more…