Career Management Alliance Blog

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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Winners of Weddle's 2010 User's Choice Awards Now in its sixth year, Weddle's has surveyed both job seekers and recruiters who use employment sites. The winners listed below are "simply the best sites on the web, at least according to employers, recruiters, and job seekers." Continue Reading »

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Anonymous writes: I don’t think its smart to have my resume for all to review, how I can I post my resume and keep it confidential? Continue Reading »

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If you use the Internet for any reason these days (like a job search?), you can’t help but notice all the advice swirling around on how to capitalize on this holiday season for your job search. Sure, you can find... Continue Reading »

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In a follow-up to my last post, here are a few more tips to add to your Internet Job Search toolkit: Google Alerts: Free service to set up through Google (http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en). Use targeted keywords related to your job search to... Continue Reading »

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I was just alerted to this incredibly useful website for people looking to research new career options.  CityTownInfo.com and its Career Descriptions section offers:

• Real-World Career Stories containing 1500 job descriptions and career advice as told by those in each occupation.
• Comparative salary and job growth information on hundreds of careers.
• Top cities for each job indicating which metro areas have the most jobs per capita.
• Top industries for each career in terms of employment and salary.
• College search tools for helping those wishing to continue their education.
• City and town information for those who may relocate, with comparative crime, demographic, and other stats on 20,000+ places.

Tons of great information.  Definitely worth a look.

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Last week I met a cousin-in-law who I’d only known from Facebook.  He has read my blog and tweets and knows my mind is in career management and job search – and because of that he shared a cool story with me. He was working in a job that was okay but definitely not where he needed to be – and he regularly was scanning for open positions.  He said he included Craigslist in his daily routine to see what new jobs came up. He told me he saw a new job posted on Craigslist (he’s a senior level network engineer), applied for it, and within 4 days was hired.  It was very fast… he was in the right place, with the right skills, and interviewed well, and I’m sure he’ll do great at this new job (which is much more aligned with what he needed). Continue Reading »

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In the past  I have addressed the issues of “digital dirt” and how cautious candidates must be in ensuring that their “cyber-reputations” are scrubbed clean.  Hiring in the Internet age also means applicants can discover more about an organization and its employment history than hiring managers would like. Continue Reading »

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Is surfing the internet for job postings a major component of your job search strategy? If so, this post is for you. Rather than complaining about how employers never call you back after you apply to their online job postings, pull up a chair and hear me out. I’ve got 5 reasons why I think you should stop this nonsense of scouring the internet every day and applying for online job postings: Continue Reading »

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According to RiseSmart, the average job seeker spends over 50 hours a month online. Given that many job offers are the direct result of face-to-face networking and that many of us (myself included) like to spend time out-of-doors and offline, that's a great deal of time. Searching for position listings can be especially time consuming. I personally recommend using site aggregators that pull listings from many sites, instead of focusing on one or two job boards alone. Indeed.com and SimplyHired are two of my favorite aggregator sites. My friend and social media "hero" Rob Blatt recently showed me an amazing way to save time. He has a system that enable you to set up customized auto searches that will deliver results directly to your in-box. Rob uses a combination of Craig's List and FeedMyMail to accomplish this, but you can also set up similar arrangements on Indeed or other sites which allow you to copy an "RSS stream." (While there are several job boards that allow you to do a variation of this as well--including Monster and Career Builder--I like the ease of set-up here. I also think it's great that you can so easily create and customize keyword searches without having to set up any new accounts! For more information on how to set up your search-and-feed system, see Rob's post on Simplifying Your Job Search. And, as always, if I can help you simplify your own job search, let me know! To your success, Chandlee

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