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This afternoon, I'll be talking live with Maggie Mistal, host of the Making a Living Radio Show on the Martha Stewart Living Radio Channel on XM/Sirius radio. Our topic: Strategies for finding a job via Twitter and the Twitter Job Search Guide. We'll be on air from 4 to 5 pm and will answer questions. If you have a question on that or any other career topic, call in live: 866-675-6675. Want to learn more about how you can find a job via Twitter? Here are five simple resources and strategies: Continue Reading »

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Deborah writes: Can you tell me some of the top job sites for executives? Continue Reading »

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This article by Mike Melanson that William Uranga at Tivo tweeted about today got me to thinking. Mike was summarizing a recent research report, The ROI of Social Media, authored by Augie Ray, a Forrester analyst. I was taken by this statement: "He [Augie] gives the example of online retailer Petco.com. It has found that Products with reviews have return rates that are 20% lower than those without reviews - and the return rate is 45% lower for products with more than 25 reviews - saving on shipping, restocking, and customer service costs." So, I thought, what if a firm created a 'job reviews' section in its Career Site...similar in structure to a product review (ratings perhaps of aspects of the work, whether it made a difference, how well it leads to better opportunities, likelihood of a good boss, etc.)? Continue Reading »

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With tons of data on the Web, it can be overwhelming to research and try to follow all the advice given about job search, personal branding, and career management. You would likely need to have more than 24 hours in your day! How can you judge whose advice to heed? In an effort to make your information-gathering more streamlined and efficient, I have compiled the following lists of top-rated blogs, personal branding consultants, and Tweeters who have best-of-the-best recognition: Continue Reading »

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In addition to my work with private clients, I research and write about how to use social media in job search. The following post is also published on the website for the book I co-authored, The Twitter Job Search Guide. I am republishing this post here because I think social media is part of the "best fit" job search: Use it to build a community that shares your interests, and watch your leads increase. The results of Jobvite's annual Social Media recruitment survey are in, and the big pictu re reflects much of what my Twitter Job Search Guide co-authors and I have suspected for quite some time: Employers across sectors--from tech and manufacturing to finance, health care, and government--are increasingly turning to social media to showcase opportunities, source for candidates, and save money that might have otherwise been spent on traditional job boards. Over 600 HR and recruiting professionals responded to the survey. Among the survey's findings: Employers are Hiring. Continue Reading »

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I don’t often get emails like this… the kind that make my entire week.  Unsolicited, from Crystal in California:

Dear JibberJobber folks, I want to thank you for giving me (and everyone) two extra Premium months**! I’m jobless (duh) and every penny counts. Thank you for your generosity. I have found JibberJobber to be an invaluable tool in keeping track of my job search. It certainly beats my makeshift Excel spreadsheet all hollow. JJ makes it so much easier to see where I’ve applied, and when, and to whom. Continue Reading »

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I'm enjoying reading The Twitter Job Search Guide by Susan Britton Whitcomb, et al. One of my tweets is published in the book: "Follow industry leaders on Twitter on reply to posts--helps you become known, stay in the loop & find out who's hiring." My twitter handle is @joanolson. Here are some helpful tweets by others: @barbarasafani - Follow the tweets of companies you admire or would like to work for and retweet their tweets. @CFOCoach - Follow recruiters and HR, and then read between the lines in their posts. @JanetCranford - Use http://search.twitter.com to locate people in your field; and be sure to include relevant keywords in your bio to help them find you. @KellyeCrane - Find someone with similar interests to you and follow who they're following. Great way to expand your network.

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This is a series on how to find a blue collar job.  I’m writing it for a friend who’s busy in a temporary job and is looking for something bigger. Today it’s all about “target companies.”  I love the idea of target companies, and think it is one of THE MOST critical things to tackle in your job search.  Why?  For a few reasons:

• You can narrow/focus your job search on identified target companies,
• You will learn about other companies you never would have heard of as you do your job search.  These other companies (which might become target companies) might be vendors, customers or competitors of your original target companies.
• When people ask you how your job search is going you can reply with something like “it’s going well – I’m trying to find contacts at x, y, or z companies – do you know anyone who works there?”

The easiest place for me to start looking for target companies was on Indeed.  I like Indeed because it pulls jobs from various job boards… as I typed in a few job titles, based on what my buddy told me, I identified the following companies that could be target companies: Continue Reading »

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Anonymous writes: Can you tell me how I am supposed to find job leads on the Internet? I am so frustrated right now about finding a job. Call me dazed and confused over this whole thing. Continue Reading »

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The public is invited to a panel discussion sponsored by the Alumni Relations office of LaSalle University.   Panel members will address topics of interest to job seekers, career changers, and entrepreneurs:

• Developing your personal social network presence
• Developing corporate strategies and policies on social networking sites
• Protecting the organization and the employee

Web 2.0 strategies have started a shift in thinking : what are the predictions for growth using Internet building blocks?  How do we plan for changes?  How can we maintain the personal or organizational image we choose? Continue Reading »

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