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Cisco Fatty: How to Lose a Job in 140 Characters or Less

By John Hazard ⋅ March 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Be careful what you tweet. Be careful about everything you do on the Web. Can we say it loud enough? Apparently not.
eWEEK’s Careers blogger Don Sears brings us the potentially sad tale of Connor Riley, a.k.a. “Cisco Fatty,” a candidate for a job at Cisco Systems who made the misstep of telling the world via [...]

Lunch Interview Manners

By John Hazard ⋅ March 13, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Microsoft’s Jobs Blog fielded a question March 3 from a reader who was worried about muffing her manners during a lunch interview.
“How can I enjoy my meal and still impress a hiring manager?” she asked the crew of Microsoft recruiters who maintain the blog for employees and prospective candidates at Microsoft.
Some of their advice (from three [...]

Do Small Layoffs Hurt More Than Big Layoffs?

By John Hazard ⋅ March 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

IBM has laid off thousands of employees since the beginning of the year. What, you missed the news? No, you didn’t miss anything. There wasn’t any news to read. IBM and businesses nationwide are cutting staff quietly and avoiding bad press.
IBM has laid off about 4,600 employees in North America in recent weeks, according to [...]

Is there a resume magic bullet or resume secret sauce?

By John Hazard ⋅ March 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Is there a resume secret sauce, a magic bullet, a flick of the switch? Whatever you want to call it, anyone looking for a job wants to know what is the one thing missing from their resume, that once affixed would lead to instant success.
Short answer: No.
Long Answer: No, but there’s a best way to [...]