What Recruiters Look At During The 6 Seconds They Spend On Your Resume
Taken from Business Insider — Although we may never know why we didn’t get chosen for a job interview, a recent study is shedding some light on recruiters’ decision-making behavior. According to TheLadders research, recruiters spend an average of “six seconds before they make the initial ‘fit or no fit’ decision” on candidates. The study [...]
Crossroad Career Transition Workshop – April 14th
Career Support Ministries Crossroads offers a couple of ministries geared toward helping you find a job or enhancing your current occupational life. Even better, both ministries are mindful of a career-person’s schedule. Career Transition Workshop When it started, Crossroads Bible Church’s Career Transition Network was one of the Dallas area’s first church-based groups to help [...]
Keeping Track?
If you are currently in the job market – I would encourage you to keep a list of your contacts and companies. So many times I ask candidates which companies or positions they have applied for and they don’t have any idea. They go on the internet job boards and apply to all the positions they see [...]
Is your PROFILE up to date on LinkedIn? This is becoming the #1 tool for recruiters to find you. If you are searching for a new position or testing the market, make sure you have your LinkedIn Profile up to date. As you may or may not know, there is a feature called INMAIL that [...]
Microsoft .NET Salary Survey
TAKEN FROM VISUAL STUDIO MAGAZINE – CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Salary Surveys Visual Studio Magazine’s 2012 .NET Developer Salary Survey Our first annual salary survey shows that developers aren’t just surviving, but thriving. By Kathleen Richards 01/04/2012 When we set out late last year to do our first-ever salary survey, we weren’t sure [...]
Crossroad Career Transition Workshop – Sat, Nov 12th
This is a great job FREE workshop for Job Seekers. Learn about resumes, job interviewing, networking, applying for jobs, etc. Crossroads Career Transition Workshop November 12, 2011 9am-4:30pm Spring 2012 dates January 14, February 11, April 14 & May 12 Instructors: Gail Houston and Leslie Mason from Intuit Locke Alderson with Alderson & Associates Gayle [...]
Using Social Media for Job Search
This is a repost from Mashable on June 19th 5 Clever Ways to Get a Job Using Social Media 2 days ago by Dan Schawbel 41 Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0 and the founder of Millennial Branding, a full-service personal branding agency. He’s spoken about personal branding at Google, Harvard, Time [...]
Richardson Job Fair – June 15th
Give the economy a boost by helping more people find jobs in both the Richardson and greater Dallas area. CLICK HERE for more information Date: Wednesday, June 15 Location: Richardson Civic Center, 411 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson, TX 75080 Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Job Seekers: FREE!!! Contact Sue Walker for more information or [...]
Top 5 Job Sites
Business Insider survey on five best job sites, according to users by Vanessa Bostwick on April 20, 2011 Earlier last week, Business Insider polled its readers to find out which job sites are their favorites and if they are utilizing social media and professional networking sites to connect with employers before scoring the big interview. [...]
Panel on Tuesday – 3/29/11
I’ll be on a Recruiter Panel (“Ask the Recruiter”) at Custer Road United Methodist Church on Tuesday, 3/29/11 at 6:30pm – 8pm. http://www.crumc.org/templates/cuscusterroad/default.asp?id=33399 http://www.crumc.org/templates/cuscusterroad/details.asp?id=33399&PG=Events&CID=0 The audience will ask questions to the panel regarding hiring, common practices, etc. Description: Open to anyone in career transition, this meeting will include a guest speaker with timely information on job [...]
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Brandon Barber
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