Minnesota Morning

Whoa, two weeks since my last Minnesota Morning. Bad, bad blogger.

I have been really busy creating presentations for both recruiters and job search, networking and LinkedIn. There will be many posts, news and events that will come out this week including a small but significant update to Be Your Own Headhunter.

I am also working on stuff for the Minnesota Recruiters group including webinars and the first event of 2009.

Below you will find some links from the past two weeks that I have passed around via email and/or posted on @MNHeadhunter, my Twitter account.

Recruiter and HR:

• The Recruiters Lounge: 25 Articles on Social Media Recruiting

Economy and Company News:

• Jobs: Jan -598K and 7.6% | -525K and 7.5% was expected | Nov and Dec revised lower
• PC World: Microsoft Layoff Sparks H-1B Debate
• General Motors: Offering buyouts to ALL hourly workers. $25K car voucher & $20K cash. Targeting their 22,000 retirement-eligible workers
• HarvardBusiness.org: What Demographics Tell Us About the Economy
• Best Buy had internal email today that the buyouts were not enough. Involuntary layoffs mid February
• Target: Confirmed. 600 laid off. 400 open positions closed. Paid through April 1 then a severance by years of service. Health care for 1 yr
• Business Pundit: The Fortune 500 CEO Hall of Shame
• PC World: Monster.com Reports Theft of User Data

Career and Job Search:

• JobberJobber: 10 Free Job Search Resources Online
• One Day, One Job: 50 Twitter Users to Follow for Your Job Search (I, err @mnheadhunter was not cool enough to make it. No love.)
• WCCO TV: Good Question: Should You Google Yourself? (thanks @DeRushaJ for link to MNHeadhunter.com)
• Daily Axioms: 101 Things That Will Add Value To Your Resume
• HR World: 25 Things You Should Never Include on a Resume
• Jobacle.com: Beware of Other Career Blogs
• JibberJobber: The 10 Hour Job Search - Seriously
• Laid Off vs Fired | WCCO TV Good Question: Fired Or Laid Off: Any Difference?