Networking Advice

Why You May Not Be Hearing Back from Your Recruiter Immediately

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

There is nothing worse than silence on the job hunt.
It can be supremely frustrating when a headhunter or recruiter who sent you on an interview gives you no feedback afterwards.
While the best in the business are going to make a good-faith effort to keep your trust, there may actually be some real reasons that they [...]

What Independent Recruiters and Headhunters Are Being Sold

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In case you hadn’t noticed, recruiting is an industry — and a fairly large one. It has its own set of technologies, including keyword-scanning machines, search technologies and many new hybrid software packages that wrap up social networks and search queries into easy-to- digest packages of candidate information.
Like every other industry, recruiting has had a [...]

Despite Facebook and LinkedIn, “Network” is Still a Verb

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The word “network” is both a noun and a verb. It’s something you have and something you do. We seemed to understand that better before the Internet and Facebook and LinkedIn.
In the days before online social networks, networking meant you were actively pursuing connections and adding new contacts. It probably meant you were attending events, [...]

A Closer Look at Executive Compensation, Networking

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Executive pay, benefits and perks in 2009 are not what they were in 2007, or even 2008.
It’s not surprising to see the level of change in executive compensation after the souring of financial markets in 2008, the failures of AIG, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and struggles of countless other banking, insurance, housing and credit [...]

Measuring Obama’s Link Between Education, Employment

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

On the eve of President Obama’s speech to Congress on healthcare, the president spent some time this week talking up the importance of education to school children.
What did President Obama say to the kids (transcript)?
And no matter what you want to do with your life – I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do [...]

Myths Busted on Older Workers’ Job Performance

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Older workers are often the first to be let go in a company layoff because of salary, but also due to the perceived stereotype of diminished work productivity and declining job performance.
Yet, studies by organizational psychologists show just the opposite, says Professor of Management at Purdue University, Michael Campion, in a published article by The [...]

To Video Resume or Not?

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Video resumes: Hot or Not?
Not. Keep it on paper, for now.
At least that is what Dr. John Sullivan advises at present. Sullivan is a professor at San Francisco State University, a prolific HR strategy author and consultant with over 30 years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies. He also says that he is a big [...]

Weekly Unemployment Numbers Better than Expected

By Donald Sears ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

In this week’s melodrama of the economy, unemployment is–brace for it–down.
That’s right, less people lost their jobs last week. Yee-haw! Sweet Labor! Go, Economy, Go!
If you like to follow the minute iterations of government data on employment, here goes (from the Dept. of Labor):
In the week ending Aug. 22, the advance figure for [...]

Would You Work at a Job for No Pay?

By Donald Sears ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

How do you stay actively working while unemployed? Some are working for free or volunteering.
Maybe not full-time free, but for no cash. Why would someone do that?
“[I]t’s nice to have something occupy yourself with and when speaking to prospective employers it’s nice to say ‘I haven’t just been sitting around all day, I’ve actually been [...]

Outplacement Services Firms Accused of Neglecting the Unemployed

By Donald Sears ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The recession is making someone money.
Outplacement service firms – companies that provide job placement services like career coaching, office space and mock interview sessions for the unemployed are thriving, according to a new report from in the Wall Street Journal. No surprise there. But outplacement service firms are not always serving their constituency – the [...]

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