CareerAlley

It’s only appropriate that I end the year with a post that lists links to the “best” or the “top” career related sites. These are all 3rd party rankings (so no pressure on me). I’ll also reference a few of my posts from this site. No room to list them all, so let me know [...]

Almost the New Year, and none too fast in my view. 2008 has been a painful year for many of us and it will be refreshing to “wipe the slate clean” and start fresh. Looking for a new job can be challenging even in the best of times and the New Year is the perfect [...]

Without a doubt, College Seniors will be facing the toughest job market in decades. While this may be discouraging, it shouldn’t stop you from doing everything you can to put yourself in the best position. While you will be entering your last semester in the next few weeks, your ramp-up to job search should be [...]

In yesterday’s post, I mentioned briefly that you should follow the suggested “rules of the road” when working with recruiting firms. I only mentioned one of these rules, so today’s post will cover several of the “unspoken” rules of the road when conducting your job search. Much of this is common sense, but some of [...]

I don’t know how many recruiters/headhunters you’ve contacted so far, but I’m up to 225 (sad, but true). How can this be you say? Easy, I am relentless in my pursuit of anyone who can get me a job. This is all part of my mass marketing plan, I’ve just not moved on to billboards [...]

Who’s hiring? Let’s go right to the source, Company Career sites. Taking a look at some additional Company Career sites yields a surprising number of job postings. While Job Boards and Recruiters sometimes list stale jobs (jobs that have been filled or “put on hold”) through no fault of their own, Company Career sites tend [...]

Happy Holidays to everyone. No official post today, just a recap of the resources available on the site.
Links to Resources:

College & Recent Grad Resources – A list of all of the College and recent Grad sites covered since the start of this blog. Visit here to catch-up or revisit those sites.
Company Career Sites – A [...]

Santa will be busy this year, although I’m not sure he will have any jobs in his bag. This coming week (from today through the New Year) will be the slowest of the year, which is a perfect time to ramp up our job search. So let’s pick up the pace today and look at [...]

Networking, while always a key component of job search, has taken on more importance as business social networks have become increasingly more popular. The article and links below reminds us that Social Networking has become the preferred destination of choice for employers when looking for potential hires.

“Wall Street Recruiters and Employees Increasingly Use Social Networking [...]

This time of year most people are focused on the Holidays which are in full swing. Many people plan vacations (or are taking at least a few days off) and it seems like no one is thinking about job search (except those who are out of work or worried that their job is at risk). [...]