Can you survive a social media background check? Skeletons in the closet, a scary thought. And with our world, so dominated by social media, these skeletons often come in the form of a politically charged status update or an ignored LinkedIn profile, littered with unprofessional comments. In a perfect world, the only thing you have to ...
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#1 Mistake Online Job Hunters Make
Yahoo Finance had an interesting article today and it was about the 5 mistakes online job hunters make. In my opinion, # 1 is the most important. Here's the whole article http://bit.ly/ceyYkp A synopsis of this article is the following: "A December 2009 study by Microsoft Corp. found that 79% of hiring managers and job recruiters ...
Ensure twice, delete once. PLEASE.
This week I had a LinkedIn scare! Yesterday morning I had just put the finishing touches on a branded LinkedIn profile for a client and made the profile 'live' for all his connections to see the great reveal. He added his new profile pic and all was right with the world. At about 2pm that ...
Trends in Resume Writing
Every day, educate my clients and prospects in some pretty basic areas of current resume etiquette. Basic to me, maybe, but not basic to them. After all, it's my job to keep up on this info! To really get noticed, I work with my clients on personal branding to establish distinguishing factors ...
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