How Networking Can Get You Your Dream Job

“The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.” - Robert Kiyosaki Networking in today’s business world is vital if you want to get ahead in your chosen career. This may be a necessary evil for some as it does not come naturally to us all. It is about getting [...] [...]

Linkedin Success in Short Simple Steps

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley Linkedin is the Facebook of the corporate universe and anyone who’s anyone has an account. Therein lays one of its biggest challenges – everyone has a Linkedin profile and if you’re not careful, your [...] [...]

Job Search – It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain One of my friends has been spending a lot of time building his LinkedIn contacts. He’s been working for over 25 years and is in the “500+” club on LinkedIn. He is [...] [...]

Building, Maintaining and Using Your Network for Job Searches

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.” – Mark Twain The way to find a job is changing and it is becoming more and more important to have a solid network to help you land a job. You are more likely to get an interview if you have a recommendation or an “in” [...] [...]

Wish Upon a Job – Building Your Job Search Part I

“The minute you’re satisfied with where you are, you aren’t there anymore.” – Tony Gwynn Not likely to help. Wishing for a job, that is. Wishing is nice from a “positive thinking” point of view but it won’t get you a job without putting in the time. Kind of like wishing to win the lottery when [...] [...]

Professional Social Networking

“LinkedIn is for people you know. Facebook is for people you used to know. Twitter is for people you want to know” – Author Unknown – Via socialmediatoday.com & Via Jay Baer, Convince & Convert As technology continues to advance, social media platforms such as, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, continue to rule the web. When we [...] [...]

Young and Out of Work? Check Out These Options!

“Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.” – Jon Bon Jovi This guest post is provided by Comparethemarket, a UK price comparison site that helps people save money on a range of financial products, including Life Insurance. Whether you have just graduated from college into the middle of a rotten job market or your previous [...] [...]

The Effects of Social Media on Your Job Search

“If you’re looking for the next big thing, and you’re looking where everyone else is, you’re looking in the wrong place.” – Mark Cuban When is the last time you sat down with a newspaper to start looking for a job, dropped your resume off in person at a business, or even filled out a hard [...] [...]

See How Easily You Can Go Too Far With Social Recruting

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” – Dale Carnegie Biography : This is a guest post from Geneviève Héon, a Community Manager at matchFWD, a social recruiting startup and also Employer Marketing Coordinator [...] [...]

Luck of the Draw – Some Tips to Get to the Top of the Pile

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.” Benjamin Franklin While successful job hunting is all about planning and executing on your job search marketing plan, there is always a bit of luck in the process. “Luck?” you say? Yes, luck. The best laid plan, a perfect match on job experience and a great resume won’t matter [...] [...]