Convincing Future Employers to Allow Work From Home (WFH)

A recent Statistics’ Time Use report by the US Bureau of Labor showed a whopping ~35% of all employed persons in the US spent the average work day WFH — up from the previous year (2022) after a slight peak of ~38% (2021). Statistics show ~16% more employees ...

WHY YOU NEED A PROFESSIONALLY WRITTEN RESUME

WHY YOU NEED A PROFESSIONALLY WRITTEN RESUME: IT’S A BUYER’S MARKET NOW WITH A LOWER POOL OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES   NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES | 2017  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  April  May  June  July  Aug.  Sept.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  2017   4.8   4.7   4.5   4.4 ...

Focus on Leadership Capabilities in Resume

How to focus on leadership capabilities in resume for a career change. Are you describing yourself as a Director, Manager, Supervisor, or a Team Lead on your resume? It doesn’t matter if you are child care professional ‘supervising’ young children, or a nuclear physicist who ‘manages’ ...

Why Women Will Never Get Equal Pay

The Utopian Dream and Why Women Will Never Get Equal Pay. I have been in HR for over 20 years and consult with employers and small businesses about compensation practices. I have created compensation plans for companies including job descriptions based on years of experience, skills ...

AIRS 2015 Recruiting Resource Book

AIRS 2015 Recruiting Resource Book   If you are seeking direct links to recruiters and recruiting job boards, this may be one of the most valuable documents you can find ‘out there’ on the Internet to start your job search.   Free – Downloadable – Enjoy! ...

Research You Must Do Before You Write Your Resume

 Research You Must Do Before You Write Your Resume Yeah – you gotta do it, research your next job before you rewrite your resume for your next job search. But – it’s all good – you’ll be amazed at what you find out, and what you ...

Building a Government Service Resume

Building a Government Service Resume   Working a government services (GS) job is a dream for many. Everyone is familiar with the outstanding pension and health plans, as well as vacation days as standard packages working for a federal agency or department.  What is not well ...

How to handle gaps in your employment resume.

That dreaded hole – the one where you were out of work for several months, or years, through no fault of your own – the glaring employment gap when a full time student as a mature adult to get through the degree faster. How do you explain legitimate absences without getting ‘dinged’ for a spotty work record?

How Volunteering Equals Work Experience on Your Resume

Whether you are a teenager with little work experience, but plenty of time to offer charity organizations or a local NPO, or a corporate executive that volunteers on a NPO Board of Directors, the participation and experience gained is a vital and valuable work experience.

Top 10 things not to have on your resume and 10 alternatives

Many job seekers naively stuff too much information into a resume to attempt to communicate their qualifications for a position. Unfortunately this ‘extra information’ may hinder efforts. Recruiters look for hard facts in a resume – the warm, fuzzy, “…tell us more about you…” comes later in an interview. Here are some facts about how too much information in a resume could hinder a job seeker.

The recruiting game (the real world ‘Hunger Games’)

There is no ‘fair’ to the game – it’s play by the rules or don’t play. Job seekers are desperate to get hired and want to play the game, but need to understand the rules – as they are played by the recruiters – to understand how to play the game successfully as a job seeker.

Can company and recruiter social media and customer service relate to ‘Employer of Choice’ decisions?

Recruiters might be fighting a losing battle convincing the potential new hire to come on board with a ‘loser company’ (unless the job is to fix the company image!). Recruiters need to work hand-in-hand with marketing and PR to ensure job applicants see a positive side of the business and the result is the business is an ‘employer of choice.’

Recruiters Are Not Your Personal Job Finders

It sounds harsh, but it is reality. Finding a job is not a matter of justice or fairness or luck. No one owes anyone a job. Recruiters are your ‘friend’ only if you meet the requirements they need ‘right now.’

Avoiding Internet or E-mail Job Search Scams

Don’t believe any employer is going to offer you free housing, business vehicles, cash in advance of the job performed, or other benefits ‘too good to believe.’ Any company offering to find you employment, but charges hundreds of dollars in advance for those services, are going to do what you can do yourself. Legitimate headhunters charge the employer or the company who is seeking a qualified candidate – not the job seeker. Because someone ‘says’ you are qualified – especially via a mass generated email – doesn’t mean you are qualified.

Questions job candidates should be asking the interviewer

...the hiring manager is looking for something unique and out-of-the-ordinary to set the job seeker apart from the ‘herd.’ Having a prepared set of questions to ask the interviewer will demonstrate preparedness, attention to detail, and professional interest in the position and company. If you feel the need to remember what was said in the interview – employers should not have any problems with note taking...

Sequestration: Fierce competition for current and future job holders

Competition for those few jobs are going to be fierce. You must show you have more and better job skills to compete against others who are trying for the same position. It will revert back to a ‘hiring manager’s advantage’ when it comes to picking and choosing whom to interview and whom to leave on the back burner after the sequestration ends or peters out after the next six months.

Where Recruiters Source Hires

This was so interesting, I had to share …   2012 CareerXroads Source of Hire: Channels of Influence from CareerXroads

LinkedIn: Why you don’t want to miss out on the activity

LinkedIn: Why you don’t want to miss out on the activity. Do you ever ask yourself – what good is LinkedIn?  How can it help me pursue business development or a new career search?  What effort do you put into learning about LinkedIn and its advantages? ...

Bad resume advice: 15 ‘don’ts’ for resume writing

In light of the new wave of layoffs around the country, and in anticipation of those workers who will get downsized after holiday sales die down, it is productive to review what to avoid when writing resumes. These tips will help career seekers to avoid the ‘round file’ when creating or updating their resumes.

Why You Didn’t Get the Job

Wonderful insight from another expert in the recruiting industry I’d like to share: Why You Didn’t Get the Job, November 01, 2012 By: Dave Fecak (Link: https://www.amanet.org/training/articles/Why-You-Didnt-Get-the-Job.aspx?pcode=XCRP ) Over the course of my career I have scheduled thousands of interviews with hundreds of hiring managers at ...

How to make oneself more marketable to the defense industry

I recently received a request for information from a job seeker with a Masters in English and a Bachelors in Political Science. This job seeker was having a hard time finding a position in the Northern Virginia (NOVA) area. Either she was told she had too ...

RADIO INTERVIEW – June 11, 2012 – Charlie Lobosco & Dawn Boyer

Listen to internet radio with Tough Talk Radio Network on Blog Talk Radio   Here is the MP3 recording of the radio interview with Charlie and Eva Lobosco on the Tough Talk Radio Show first airing June 11, 2012, interviewing Dawn D. Boyer, Ph.D. about her ...

Turn a resume job description into a capability statement.

Many job seekers are not aware their resumes are ‘boring’ and tell the recruiter nothing other than providing a copy and paste version of a job seeker’s most recent job description. The job description may be word-for-word from the most recent company’s compensation plan.  Resume owners ...

New Sources for Recruiters from Recruiter.com

Recruiting Resources – Recruitment Report: Three Steps to a New and More Effective Interview: https://bit.ly/ISMkQ6 – Simplify your candidate management and job board posting with iCIMS: https://bit.ly/I67Z56 Featured Research: – Practical Techniques for Talent Management Transformation: https://bit.ly/KSOzza – Examine What Matters Most Using Workforce Analytics: https://bit.ly/JYIIHR ...

Writing the Dreaded Cover Letter

Writing the dreaded cover letter I have customers who beg me to help them write cover letters, and I’m amazed how grownups cower in fear of writing this simple communication.  If you remember the rule of threes, then it should be easy to do.  You want ...

Want to find a printable job application for a franchise chain or large retail store?

This website has hundreds of printable job applications for just about any company or business in the country you’d have to fill out to send to their HR department. https://www.job-applications.com BUT – be careful – sometimes those same stores and companies prefer you complete the applications ...

Why Companies At Job Fairs Don’t Accept Hard Copy Resumes – find out why…

Ever wonder why those recruiting representatives or hiring / program managers you introduce yourself to at job fairs don’t want to actually ‘accept’ your hard copy resume. Click on the video below to find out why.  

How those Resume Automated Tracking Systems Work:

With sincere thanks to https://resunate.com/ for this graphic. This is one of the better and easier to understand graphics I’ve come across explaining how recruiters use their ‘systems’ to find qualified candidates:

Why aren’t you still learning?

Unemployed?  Only if you sit at home all day and watch TV while you fill out online applications online for jobs posted in the local newspapers or the ‘big boy’ job boards.  While published jobs are less than 65% of the real openings ‘out there,’ if ...

Words to delete from your resume

One of the small mistakes I often see on resumes by inexperienced job seekers are unnecessary words and phrases taking up vital white space, which forces the resume owners to try to squeeze more into their allotted number of pages. Starting at the top of the ...

Resume du Jour – Jennifer Vetter – Marketing Specialist

Jennifer Vetter Norfolk, VA 23505 / (518) 727-2003 / msjencohen@gmail.com   OBJECTIVE: Special Events and Facilities Coordinator   EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:   10 years, Sales & Marketing & Customer Service 6 years, Marketing & Events Coordinator & Management (direct report to CEO) 5 years, Public Relations 3 years, Retail Banking: Teller and Bank Branch Supervisor 2 years, ...

Electronic Resume – Job Hunting Tips

  PROFESSIONAL RECRUITER TIPS TO ASSIST YOU IN GETTING YOUR “ELECTRONIC RESUME” NOTICED FASTER & MORE OFTEN IN WEB-BASED DATABASE QUERIES E-mail / POC Info.:  Do not put your name, address, e-mails, phone numbers, or page numbers in a header or footer section (MS: Word, Toolbar ...

Cover Letter Best Practices

In this technology-based age, many companies are foregoing cover letters in the electronic uploads for digital resume storage, but some systems allow cover letters to be added separately.  Recruiters may review the cover letter for various reasons, but here are a few discriminators used to consider ...

Creating a roadmap for hiring new employees = success!

When you own a small business, seeking, identifying, and hiring new employees can be a daunting task.  What questions need to be asked in an interview? What questions might create a lawsuit liability for the company?  What types of records should be kept for the job ...

Social Media Site Got her Fired – Fair or Unfair?

I’m still in shock reading about this story in a “Dear Abby” column.  A candidate for a position was hired, but on her first day of work was called into the Human Resources office to be ‘let go.’  The reason noted was because of photos that ...

Alumni benefits: What to expect when rehired

Many rehired employees have the capacity to negotiate from a point of strength with employers who wish to rehire them. Smart job seekers can regain benefits, higher salaries, and other tenured perks, if the company has the financial capacity. No company is legally obligated to provide the grandfathering of benefits, privileges, or perks. But offering these in small or incremental amounts could be a deciding factor to hiring back a special skills or unique employee that can give the company an edge against the competition. Alumnus should get everything negotiated in the final interview for an offer of (rehire) employment letter so there is no misunderstanding once onboard.

Recruiter Tips to Assure Your “ELECTRONIC RESUME” Is Noticed (Query Results)

What you don’t know about the recruiting processes used by employers seeking qualified applicants to find a perfect candidate for a job opening can leave you wondering why you weren’t contacted.  You have the skills, training, education, years of experience – so why isn’t the phone ...