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[Daily Post from itzbig] The itzbig Blog: The Adventures of Job Boy

“His personal belongings in a small cardboard box, Job Boy walked out of the office for the last time. He was worried, but optimistic. He’d landed an interview with a company that just might be the right match. At least he thought it sounded that way. After all, his Plan B search on the Big Boards had led to a variety of posts that weren’t quite clear on the companies or positions involved.”

Instigator Blog: 9 Signs the Online Job Market is Broken

itzbig gets a mention here:

”#9 Lots of money and time is going into the online job market space. The job market is hot. SimplyHired. Jobster. itzbig. Indeed.‘And let’s not forget – people are talking about the problems in the online job market. Steve Poland wrote: Online Job Hunt 10 Years Later – Still Sucks.’

[…]Lots of money, lots of energy.

Guerrilla Job Hunting: Q: How can you tell a sincere job posting from a fluffed up job posting?

“A: It’s more than 25 words long. A sincere ad will as much try to screen people out as in. For example minimum requirements often means exactly that. If you don’t know the difference between thermal underwear and a thermal coupler – you shouldn’t apply – chances are your transferable skills won’t be enough. Sometimes it really is rocket science.”

Recruiter Magazine: What’s in a name?

“Some people regard job titles as crucial, and this applies in the status-driven industry of recruitment more than most.

”’If you think about job titles, it is the second thing you are asked after somebody meets you,’ points out Robert Myatt, business psychologist with Kaisen Consulting.”

About: Human Resources: Big Shift Is Occurring in the HR Role

“In keeping with yesterday’s blog, I’ve been thinking about the future role of Human Resources staff today. With much more focus on outsourcing the administration end of the business, HR staff members are challenged to remain relevant. Most HR people that I know understand that a huge shift in how they think about their role needs to occur.”

MBS Progress: Top 10 Reasons for failing interviews.

“How well do you think you do in an interview?

“You can read book after book on how to interview well but the truth is in the telling, and on the day it’s about how the interviewer sees YOU. Not your skills, not your knowledge, not your education or qualification, not even your experience – YOU. All these others might get you an interview in the first place, but they don’t win you the job.”

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