Columbus, Georgia, Southern Cities Top Survey of Best Cities for Job Growth

Southern cities dominate a recent survey of regional hiring trends.
“Of the 25 cities where the most businesses will expand hiring next quarter, 23 are located south of the Mason-Dixon line,” according to a new survey by Manpower Research and reported by the Christian Science Monitor.
One of the highest ranking Southern cities on the Manpower list [...]

10 Best Companies to Work For

It’s good to work for a consultant. Consultants and contractors make up six of the top ten positions on the GlassDoor.com list of “50 Best Places to Work.”
Glassdoor.com uses anonymous reports from users to track salary info and company performance at U.S. companies. The survey was based on user responses. “The survey addresses key workplace [...]

Don’t Use Your Picture in a Resume

Don’t put your head shot, company logo or any sort of picture on your resume. If you do, your resume is more like to see the trash pile than a recruiter’s hands, said ATS experts interviewed by TheLadders.
Most companies scan every resume, whether sent by e-mail, fax or hand delivered, into a Applicant Tracking System [...]

The Peter Principle Revisited: Random Promotions Work Better

Three Italian scientists believe they have found a way to beat the “Peter Principle” that fouls so many corporate hierarchies – promote people randomly instead of by merit. The sturdy, by Andrea Rapisarda, Alessandro Pluchino and Cesare Garofaloa of the University of Catania in Italy, made The New York Times Magazine’s 2009 “Year in Ideas” [...]

Good Questions to Ask on a Job Interview

A certain way to impress a job interviewer is to turn the tables and ask them insightful, thoughtful questions about the position, the company and the industry, said Alison Green on her Ask a Manager blog.
Green wrote that she was “mentally beaming” after a recent job candidate asked the following question: “Thinking back to people who have been [...]

How to Use Your Professional Network Over and Over Again

Make sure you have something to offer every contact every time you reach out to them, said John Crant, a career expert and founder of SelfRecruiter.com.

Tapping your professional network to find a job means tapping many of the same contacts over and over again. To ensure you don’t outlast your welcome, maintain a two-way relationship, [...]

Business Roundtable CEOs Cautious on Jobs in 2010

One in five CEOs said they expect to hire over the next six months,according to a survey, released Dec. 8, of members of the Business Roundtable, an organization of chief executives from blue chip corporations like AT&T, Cigna, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson.
But 31 percent said they expect to decrease staff levels even further between [...]

Top 10 Salaries of 2010

The top 10 salaries are dominated by medicine, money, technology and law, according to the editors of CNNMoney and Payscale.
Among the highest paying jobs:

Anesthesiologist: Average: $292,000; Highest: $408,ooo
Physician/OB-GYN: Average: $222,000; Highest: $338,000
Psychiatrist: Average: $177,000; Highest: $279,000
Nurse Anesthetist: Average: $157,000; Highest: $214,000
Sales Director: Average: $140,000; Highest: $239,000
Actuary: Average: $129,000; Highest: $257,000
Finance Director: Average: $121,000; Highest: $214,000
Software [...]

2010 Hiring Report Shows Small Improvement Over Q4: Manpower Survey

Nearly three quarters of U.S. businesses (73 percent) said they intend to keep staffing levels at current levels through the first quarter of 2010, according to the staffing firm, Manpower.
Twelve percent of companies said they plan to hire in the period and an equal number said they plan to reduce staff, according to the survey.
The [...]

Top Job Interview Questions You Should Expect to Hear

Imagine you’re a nickel in a blender. Now figure a way to escape while the blades are moving.
Be prepared for tough questions like that on a job interview, said Kris Dunn, a blogger at HR Capitalist. Google hiring managers are actually trained to use the nickel in a blender question among others during job interviews, [...]