News You Can Use: A Daily Round Up of Links for Recruiters, Job Seekers and Quiet Working Professionals

[Daily Post from itzbig] The itzbigBlog: Spamalot: The Job Boards’ Not-so-Dark Secret

“The spam/spam filter problems serve as another reminder of how broken the system has become. Candidates don’t know if their info is safe, recruiters are missing out on potential clients, and everyone is spending far too much time trying to get down to brass tacks. There simply doesn’t seem to be a job board or online recruiting system in place that is able to cope with the number of candidates and recruiters out there.”

Yahoo! HotJobs: Will Social Networking Get You a Job?

“Networking is one of the best strategies for finding a new or better job. Right? Right. And, social networking clearly involves networking. Right? Right. So, social networking is the new and improved way to land the job of your dreams. Right? Wrong.”

Hans Schultz: Job search takes more than resumes

“Do your homework. Review the company’s Web site, talk to people you know who work there, prepare questions. Learn as much as you can about their products and services. The company’s mission, vision and value statements will tell you what is important to the organization.”

Jobsearch Secrets: Does Too Much Info Kill Your Resume?

Q-”‘They say my résumé should be only one page long. Is that correct?’”A-”Not necessarily. Many résumés are rightly two, three, or even more pages in length.”

Legal Andrew: It’s All In the Follow Through (or, Up) - Follow Up Your Job Search Letters

“This principle applies to law firms too, especially when conducting a job search. If you send a targeted mailing to firms and never follow up with a phone call, two things are likely to happen. First, your resume might get lost in the sea of resumes that sits in a corner of someone’s office. Second, the firm might decide that you were not that interested in them and simply disregard your resume completely.”

Drudge: Odd Job: Ex-Con Job Recruiter

Is this what job recruiting has come to?
“Although it’s not uncommon for employers to visit Texas prisons looking for workers, Carter MacKenzie is the first job recruiter the prison system has ever hosted.”

Jobs Blog: What not to ask in an interview

“It’s important to note that a question may not technically be illegal, but if you are denied employment based on your answer, than the interviewer may have broken the law. For example, it’s not against the law to ask your age or birthday, but it is illegal to deny you employment because you are age 40 or older.”

Career Journal: Recruiters Are Using Games to Assess M.B.A. Candidates

“L’Oreal, Booz Allen Hamilton, Procter & Gamble, Groupe Danone, and other recruiters are encouraging more students to play strategy competitions that just might lead to a job offer. Some contests are open to undergraduate and graduate students, while others are limited to M.B.A.s.”

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