photo credit: hartboy Over at the technology job site Dice, they are in the process of hiring a person to work on technology reporting in Silicon Valley and writing about the process on the Dice web site. It’s not often you get an inside look at what goes on inside a hiring managers head and… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Job Skills
Coping with a demoralized company as a new hire
photo credit: Great Beyond Getting hired by a company that has recently suffered great setbacks can be a great opportunity — or a complete nightmare. For sure, the employees left after all the setbacks will likely have a attitudes from lifeless to protective to uncaring to…well, not many good ones. And there you are, all… Continue Reading
The ultimate job skill needed to find a job today
photo credit: bichxa — Performance time Job skills are the key to finding the next job in your career. The job skills alone won’t get you the job of course, since you need to answer three interview questions to get the job. But job skills get you in the door from the resume to the… Continue Reading
3 keys to job search excellence
photo credit: jasmined Looking for a job is no easy matter these days with five qualified job applicants for every open position. It means you need to have “job search” as a job skill — and mastery of the job search skill would be even better. But how would you get to mastery? What would… Continue Reading
10 Job Skills to Improve Your Employee Engagement
photo credit: Oldtasty The Employee Engagement Network is offering a free e-book called the The Top Tens of Employee Engagement with some really great information on improving employee engagement. I was asked to contribute and did so. Most of the listings of ten items to improve employee engagement are about management or things management can… Continue Reading
Help your job reference help you
Last week, I had the opportunity to provide a job reference to a potential employer for a person I know. I was happy to provide the reference — but it could have been so much better. You see, this person didn’t let me know I was needed as a reference. In fact, until recently, I… Continue Reading
How companies discourage top talent from applying for their jobs
In this competitive job environment, companies would seem to have the upper hand when it comes to selecting candidates with the best qualifications and results. After all, every job posting brings about hundreds or thousands of resumes. Plus, recruiters are constantly surveying resumes looking for candidates and then sending out e-mails soliciting the latest candidate… Continue Reading
Employment security trumps job security
CIMG6164 by number657 Job security is elusive in today’s employment market. Even though companies are starting to add jobs, the truth is that the economy has shed some 8 million jobs. The losses started to mitigate a year ago, but even with healthy job growth in the economy, getting 8 million jobs back plus handling… Continue Reading
The secret to building a killer resume
sonicboomplane_navy_big.jpg by PauloRcCanuto Great resumes show your job skills and results; the key features needed for securing the phone interview as part of the job search process. But, exactly how does a resume communicate your results? If I were to sit down with you and look at your current position on your resume, what would… Continue Reading
Ignore job security for your own survival
photo credit: Troy Holden Job security is highly overrated. Yet, job security is the number one desire for employees according to a recent study. The reasons job security is overrated are pretty straightforward. Job security forces you to make poor career choices The employer makes decisions based on meeting the business goals. You adapt. The… Continue Reading