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The Quest for Jobs - Search Boards

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From: CareerAlley

In your quest for a new job, you really do need to manage your time and ensure you use several methods of search. Everyone has their own view as to what works best but using only one or two avenues of search is not the best use of your time. You need to have a mix of job search boards, company career sites, recruiters and, of course, networking (including social networks like LinkedIn).

A Rebuttal To Peter Weddle And His Blog Post The Great SCAM in Recruiting

UPDATED: 

- Check out Jim Durbin’s blog post Peter Weddle Owes A Lot Of People Apologies

OK, before I go on a rant a few disclaimers:

• I have never met Peter Weddle
• I respect Peter Weddle
• I am responding to his blog post with a blog post rather than comment there as I have a lot to say.
• I am responding because for someone who is highly respected in our industry to have this opinion and state it so strongly it needs a rebuttal

Wednesday Peter Weddle posted The Great SCAM in Recruiting on his WorkStrong blog. I had copied and pasted his post below but took it out. Read his post, see my reply below:

My Twitter URL Analytics Using Cligs

Metrics, metrics, metrics. I have to say this is the most boring conversation to have. So I am going to keep this short.

I have been asked what kind of metrics/stats I have for the URL shortener I use on Twitter, Cligs.

Before giving some numbers I want to say that I post stuff that I find interesting. It may be something from my blog, another blog or a site like MSNBC or ESPN. So while I tend to focus on recruiter, HR, career stuff there is also a dose of politics, sports, economics, etc.

What do recruiters want from a resume?

The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap:

From: Amit Puri is the Managing Consultant at Sandbox Advisors. He has over 10 years of business and HR related experience, with companies such as Bain & Co, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. Sandbox Advisors is based in Singapore and provides career management and HR consulting services in Asia.

We asked a few recruiters what they like and what their pet peeves are, when it comes to resumes. Here’s what they had to say.

What they look for in a resume:

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Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Medical Sales Interview

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From: Peggy McKee, The Medical Sales Recruiter

Here are 10 of my best tips to help you have a great interview and get the job you want in medical sales, laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, research laboratory sales, hospital equipment sales, imaging sales, medical device sales, pathology sales, pharmaceutical sales, DNA products sales, and biotechnology sales:

10.  Dress appropriately and watch your language.

9.  Do your homework on the company and what they are looking for before you get there.

8.  Have questions of your own to ask.

7.  Know how to close the interview and ask for the job.

6.  Remember that it’s a conversation.

5.  Know what to say if it turns out to be a behavioral interview.

4.  Know what to do when the money question comes up.

3.  Bring your brag book.

2.  Bring your 30-60-90-day sales plan.  It’s a sure-fire way to impress hiring managers.

1.  Before you go, visit with your medical sales recruiter for custom consulting and individual advice.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

Reading Business Books: A Must-Do for Entrepreneurs

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From: Mary Gormandy White, M.A., SPHR

As a business owner, one of the most important things you can do to boost your business and improve your professional skills and knowledge is to take the time to keep up with the latest business literature.

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Massachusetts DUA: Unemployment Insurance Hearings

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From: Techruiter

Today I experienced my very first unemployment insurance hearing. I was representing my company against a claim made by one of my former consultants.  The following document is a must read for anyone looking to file for unemployment. It is essential that both employers and employees understand just how vague the law delineates why someone may or may not file for unemployment.

See this PDF: Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance

Essentially, if you quit, get fired, or refuse a job you cannot file a claim. However, termination is a thorny issue and even quitting can be viewed from various angles differently.

If your claim is challenged by your former employer you will have an opportunity to present your case at a hearing. The reason the employer is interested in having those benefits denied to you is that their unemployment contribution to the Massachusetts unemployment fund is directly related to how many employees file for unemployment and how much they collect.

See this lnk: 6. Financing Unemployment Insurance

For this reason, your former employer may send a representative to present their side of the story. The hearing takes about an hour depending on the circumstances as a Massachusetts Division of Unemployment agent gathers your testimony under oath. I suggest not lying under oath whether you are the employer or the claimant.

If the employer succeeds in challenging your claim, you will be liable for all the money the State of Massachusetts paid you over those months. You may also be persecuted for fraud, although I suspect this rarely happens since employment law is designed to protect the claimant rather than cause additional pain.

On the other hand, if the employer does not show up within 10 minutes of the hearings official start, the case is decided in your favor by default. I saw a very happy claimant when he was informed that the employer had not shown up. Whether his claim was legitimate or not become irrelevant in the eyes of the Massachusetts once the employer defaulted on the hearing.

Whether you file or not is completely up to you. Know your rights, but also beware of the employer challenge and Massachusetts State Law about fraud. After the hearing, I have no idea which way the agent will decide.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

Not Enough Time To Network Becomes A $48,000 Mistake

Last year at this time I was telling a Minnesota IT Consultant friend of mine, “You have to start networking again. This market is starting to change, starting to slow and you need to be ahead of the curve.”

My friend is very talented and well connected but lazy when it comes to staying in touch with people. He has always has been but always had been able to get a new gig within 2 weeks of the previous one ending. With the market being good he would treat the 2 weeks as a vacation or a chance to do other things.

We knew his contract was coming to a close at the end of November after a 16 month run.

He kept saying, “Dude, I do not have the time or energy. I do not have time to attend industry events and my LinkedIn profile looks fine.”

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Check Out Ignite Minneapolis And My Favorite Mykl Roventine And His Bad Fonts

I was not able to get to the Ignite Minneapolis event on April 22^nd but I did watch the first half on video stream and now seen the rest on the web site.

Ignite is an event with a variety of topics (some serious most not so much) with each presentation 20 slides and 5 minutes in length.

Mykl Roventine did a presentation on “Bad Fonts”. I do not have a clue what font is best or worst to use but Mykl certainly has made it so I know to not ever use Comic Sans.

Here is his presentation:

 

The Ignite Minneapolis site says they may be doing another event mid to late June. I am going to submit an idea on doing a job search but this one will be much more fun than what I usually do.

And they are looking for sponsors so if want to reach the crossroads of the Minnesota marketing, PR, Social Media and tech community this is money well spent.

Welcome To The Minnesota Headhunter Blog

 

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Blog Posts (recent/popular)

• Study: Best Paying Jobs For Two And Four Year Degrees

• Most In Demand IT Certifications - March 2013

• Minnesota Job And Career Fair 2013

• Minnesota IT Jobs Most In Demand By Title

Speaking

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• May 3: LinkedIn - Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis St Paul

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I Am Too Busy To Return A Call Or Recruiters And Job Seekers Have Short Memories

This will be one of the shortest blog posts I have had and mostly so I can vent and get this topic out of my head.

I learned this lesson in the last recession, regardless of the economy always return a phone call.

Job seekers are (rightly so) complaining that recruiters and HR folks are not getting back to them.

Recruiters are (rightly so) complaining that they are getting too many calls and cannot handle the volume.

It’s the way these things go but rewind to 18 months ago when the above was reversed.

Job Seekers were getting phone calls from recruiters and feeling annoyed and intruded upon.

Recruiters were upset their calls were not being returned. “How rude...” some Recruiters were saying.

Folks, remember these times and remember how frustrating it can be.

You get what you give.

Why Recruiters Trying To figure Out Social Media Should Engage With Social Media Practitioners

OK, so that comment may seem a bit odd to make but for some reason this logic has not been found by many of my colleagues.

Many in my industry say that Social Media is ineffective, a time waster, a distraction and that more people can be found by the phone.

To that I say BS.

I have always had more of a farming or relationship based model of recruiting so Social Media is easy for me to grasp. Participate, share information, make friends, introduce friends, talk about news, etc is easy for me. That and I think in an industry where we work with people as intensely as we do this makes sense.

But some say “prove to me it works” or “how many placements have you made from Social Media”. I love that last question particularly in this economy.

The question should be “As best you can figure out, how much of your revenue comes from Social Media and related activities” I can answer that easily, around 35%.