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The Work Blues Have Many a Worker Down

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Most workers are feeling pretty lousy at work , says a recently released Watson Wyatt report on employee morale.
“The fallout from the actions employers have taken in response to the recession is now coming to light, and it is significant,” said Laura Sejen, global director of strategic rewards consulting at Watson Wyatt in a news [...]

Social Networks Are Not Enough for Recruiters to Evaluate Your Actual Skills

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Recruiters use a lot more matching, fact-checking and resume technology than you may realize. Social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook may get all the attention, but there are other software applications being used that more directly affect how recruiters get their job done effectively.
Some “are not sexy,” says Raghav Singh, a staffing blogger and partner [...]

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 [...]

Former Lehman Brothers Executives Fixing the Mess They Created

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever wonder what happened to executives from the now bankrupt investment company Lehman Brothers?
Some of them have started their own firms to focus on getting toxic assets resolved and managed, says a recent CNN Money/Fortune article.
Kevin White, a former leader of Lehman’s global structured finance group, had a hand in creating the kind of debt [...]

Jobless Claims Fall, but Are We Really Out of the Recession?

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For the week ending Sept. 5 , new unemployment claims declined 26,000 to 555,000, according to the Department of Labor.
Does that mean the recession is ending? Unemployment is stabilizing?
One week of unemployment numbers doesn’t make or break an economy, but unemployment as an economic indicator may be showing some signs of stabilization. Maybe. However, many [...]

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 [...]

Top 50 Employers for Workers Over 50

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Getting older doesn’t mean you have to work for a company that doesn’t value your experience, your health or your wealth. The recession is challenging workers at every stage of a career, yet there are companies that make the overall well-being of their employees a priority over others.
With that in mind, the non-profit retiree organization [...]

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