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Avoid the Ten Dumb Mistakes Hiring Managers Make

Are your hiring managers making any of these 10 dumb mistakes? Human resources, hiring managers and recruiters are human. On occasion, they make mistakes. Nobody is perfect, right? The ten most common dumb screening mistakes made by recruiters and hiring managers, as reported in this infographic by Resoomay. Key Takeaways: Seventy-nine percent of businesses say theyContinue reading “Avoid the Ten Dumb Mistakes Hiring Managers Make”

Are Paper Resumes Dead?

A few employers are signaling the paper resume is dead! They look at social media, Facebook and Klout scores. Some even go as far as asking for resumes through Twitter. Get ready for the moment you see a job post saying, “no paper resumes.” Companies will identify qualified candidates by social media influence on KloutContinue reading “Are Paper Resumes Dead?”

Job Search Failure? How to Handle Rejection

The way to handle failure today is critical to future job search success. If you want to achieve, you need to gain confidence and pride—take on challenging goals, develop positive patterns and methods for success. Handle rejection badly, and you will wind up choosing either extremely easy tasks or unreasonably complicated ones guaranteed to fail.Continue reading “Job Search Failure? How to Handle Rejection”

Five Reasons Why Your Resume Sucks!

It’s a tough job market, and it’s anyone’s guess when it will change. Too many applicants and too few of the right job openings, so human resources departments end up ignoring all but the resumes of most qualified candidates. Have you applied for positions, knowing you are fully qualified, but still with no response? WhatContinue reading “Five Reasons Why Your Resume Sucks!”

4 WORST Job Search Tips You Will Ever Hear!

When on a job search, you will find a barrage of information designed to get you on track to finding the right job. One thing to remember—not all advice is good! Many words of so-called wisdom might not even apply to you. What’s more is there are some job search tips you will get that areContinue reading “4 WORST Job Search Tips You Will Ever Hear!”