The Job Search Strategist
Employment “Assistantace”
28 Mar
Posted by David B. Wright in Career Management, Internet, Internet Strategies, Job Search, Networking
I saw a post on a job search group in Yahoo! Groups and sent an email to the job seeker with several suggestions. I’m not including the original post here but am including the text of the email I sent her, in the hopes that someone else can also benefit from this. In case you’re wondering, the title of this blog [...]
What’s Your Score?
28 Mar
Posted by David B. Wright in Career Management, Internet, Job Market, Job Search
No, I’m not talking about your favorite team, or even a sport at all.
A company called Scorelogix has come up with a statistically valid way to predict the probability of an individual losing his or her job.
“Job Security Score™ is an innovative, proprietary score from Scorelogix which predicts the probability of an individual [...]
Having a bad day or week at work? You may have read this joke before as it has been widely circulated online, but I thought I’d post it in case you could use a good laugh…and a reminder that even if you are having a really bad day in your dry, room-temperature cubicle, it’s probably [...]
How to Read the Writing on the Wall When Layoffs May Happen…
28 Mar
Posted by David B. Wright in Career Management, Job Market, Job Search
…and steps you can take to identify if your job is at risk, and protect yourself if it is.
There is an excellent article called “Lay-Offs — Are You Next?” on George Lenard’s Employment Blawg.
“How can you tell if you are one of the predicted millions of employees who will be in danger of [...]
CollegeGrad.com Releases Top Hiring Criteria for College Grads
27 Mar
Posted by Jim Stroud in Job Market, Job Search
STATE COLLEGE, PA–(HR Marketer)–March 27, 2008–CollegeGrad.com, the #1 Entry Level Job Site, today released the results of its survey on what employers want most in hiring new college grads. What is most important to entry level employers – the college you graduated from? Your GPA? Or what you majored in? According to the survey results, [...]
Are Achievements All That Matter on a Resume?
27 Mar
Posted by David B. Wright in Job Search, Resume Writing
I found an interesting post on Monster Blog that generated some fascinating comments.
The writer was responding to a blog post by Penelope Trunk that focused on emphasizing achievements on a resume (a very good thing) but saying that achievements are “only things that should be on your resume” - which is the point [...]
I was on the Get That Job! blog and saw that Inc.com has put together a slide show called 7 Easy Ways to Get Fired….
Surprisingly, cussing out your boss didn’t even make the list.
Don’t let this happen to you!
To your success,
David B. Wright
Author, Get A Job! Your Guide to Making Successful Career [...]
Here’s something they don’t teach you in business school…
Add follow up time to your next meeting
How many times have you had a great meeting, then struggled to find the time later to follow up on your action items from it?
I believe that business life is filled with out-of-sight out-of-mind behavior, where meetings end up being [...]
Do you Squidoo?
26 Mar
Posted by David B. Wright in Career Management, Internet, Internet Strategies, Job Search, Networking
Some of you might be saying “huh?” to that question….
Well here’s a start on the very basics of Squidoo and why it can matter to you and your job search.
“Squidoo is the world’s most popular site for building free, single pages about your passions.
Highlight books, blogs, vids, online shops, or just spread the word about [...]
