If you’ve been job hunting at any point in the last few years, you’ve undoubtedly run across a site called TheLadders. Without question, they’ve been one of the most aggressive players within the Internet employment space, advertising their wares nearly everywhere (including a 2009 Super Bowl commercial) and trying to lure people with the premise […]
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Indeed & SimplyHired: Further Tricks & Tweaks
January 21, 2013 
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Many thanks to those folks who read my last post discussing the relative pros/cons of the two main aggregator job boards, Indeed and SimplyHired — and who decided to chime in and share some of their own feedback regarding the usage of these two job listing juggernauts. Just to reiterate the general consensus, most people […]
Read moreJob Board Shootout: Indeed vs. SimplyHired
January 17, 2013 12 Comments
While technologies come and go like the wind in most fields, it seems as if the scenery has barely changed in the “published job board” landscape over these past five years or so. For years now, I’ve been advocating to clients that they primarily rely on three websites for finding published/advertised job leads: SimplyHired, LinkedIn, […]
Read moreWebsite Review: JobsMiner.com
March 2, 2012 3 Comments
In the late nineties, when I was running the career programs for my previous employer, Moore & Associates, I made sure to pass out a bright yellow handout to every client — listing about 50 employment websites that were imperative for the average job hunter to utilize at the time. Since then, the field has […]
Read moreCraigslist Job Hunting: Two Key Workarounds
January 22, 2012 9 Comments
As I’ve stressed to quite a few clients over the years, anybody looking for work today should consider Craigslist as one of the absolute top sources of published opportunities they check on a regular basis. Surprised by this? Do you associate Craigslist more with used cars or tracking down garage sales? If so, let me […]
Read moreLinkedIn Tip: Job Change Notifier
December 18, 2011 4 Comments
As many of you have discovered, one of the biggest benefits to social media is the opportunity such technology gives us to build relationships with — and strengthen our ties with — hundreds of different individuals in our network. In days past, we might only get the chance to catch up and hear the “latest […]
Read moreWebsite Review: Visualize.Me
November 16, 2011 5 Comments
Anybody out there got a good eye for design, as well as for analysis? If so, you might want to consider jumping into the growing field of infographics, since I see more and more signs that this occupation, which specializes in the visual representation of facts and data, is going to be a hot profession […]
Read moreWebsite Review: Social Recommendator
October 26, 2011 10 Comments
If you had a project management position open at your company, and happened to see this recommendation I wrote up for my friend, Dennis Johnson, would it make you more inclined to hire him? “I have had the distinct pleasure of having Dennis as a colleague at Acme Products. He has a very strong work […]
Read moreWebsite Review: ReferenceUSA
September 10, 2011 2 Comments
What’s one of the keys to an effective job search? Access to terrific company data. When you think about it, in fact, the limiting factor behind the job search of many individuals today (at least the ones I come across) is that they’re not reaching out to nearly enough companies in search of employment — […]
Read moreWebsite Review: Insidejobs.com
August 30, 2011 4 Comments
Despite the thousands of books, websites, and assessment tests out there that have been created to help people with career change and exploration, there’s still a HUGE GAPING HOLE in the system — and everybody in the business pretty much knows it. The Achilles Heel of career change? The market is evolving much faster than […]
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