Job Search Marketing Toolkit – Cover Letters

This is the second post in the Job Search Marketing Toolkit series and today’s post will focus on Cover Letters. While not as important as your resume, your cover letter is typically the first thing a recruiter or company HR representative sees. If it is missing or poorly put together it is unlikely they will [...] [...]

Targeted Job Search – Who’s Hiring -Vol II

Targeted search is what you should be doing in your job search. This includes companies, job search engines, recruiters and networking. Today’s post continues our review of targeted job search engines, picking industries and job functions not covered in the prior post. Account Coordinator – This site, which part of the Beyond.com community, is targeted to [...] [...]

Who’s Hiring at the Fastest Growing Companies – Vol I

Several days ago I published a post regarding “the road less traveled” and suggested that one strategy is to look for job opportunities where there is less competition (and I still think this is a good idea). This post is the first in a series of posts reviewing Fortune’s list of the fastest growing small [...] [...]

The Job Search Revolution – Shift to Company Career Sites

One of the most dramatic changes in the job search process in the last few months has been the shift from recruiters to company career sites.  Recruiters still have jobs, but not as many as they have traditionally had as some companies opt to save the recruiting $ where they can.  Recruiters are easier, in that [...] [...]