Computer World did an analysis recently comparing the features and advantages of the two most prominent sites, LinkedIn and Facebook. They formulated 6 business scenarios to solve, and assigned writers to compare results on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Read MoreApproximately one million people reach age 60 each month and …. with life expectancy now at 77 and many enjoying better health during their increased longevity, many more people are staying in the workforce long past the traditional retirement age of 65.
Read MoreThey all have the exact same tactic. Fear. They build fear about the career situation, tell you the resume is horrible and then they have the answer. It’s important to realize that these firms are NOT recruiters. They are retail outtplacement or direct mail firms.
Read MoreIs online networking something that you as an executive need to be involved in as part of your career management strategy? All the statistics seem to show that career transition and advancement for the executive is most likely going to occur through networking or referral, …
Read MoreAccording to ExecuNet, now may be the best time in the last 15 years for executives to launch a search for a new position. … For quite some time it has been the conventional wisdom that an executive could expect to wait at minimum one month for every $10,000 of annual compensation, which of course for the $120K executive meant a long year of searching and for the $300K+ executive painted a pretty discouraging picture.
Read MoreOnline job search has truly revolutionized career transition in many ways, and I have personally witnessed many success stories of those who have leveraged job sites to identify leads, win interviews, and land great positions.
Read MoreAre you using the Web as just one item (I hope) in your comprehensive executive job search toolkit? If so, the following rankings of the most popular websites gathered by Weddles will interest you.
Read MoreWondering what happens to your resume when you e-mail it to an executive recruiter as part of a job search campaign? Contrary to long-standing conventional wisdom, many recruiters are actually more receptive to receiving unsolicited resumes than used to be the case, and they do generate some good responses.
Read MoreRecruiters are finding good talent in a place that most executives would probably not even think about: Craig’s List. Many of you are likely familiar with Craigs List as an online community site where classified ads for furniture and housing, personal ads, and discussion forums are to be found. There are also jobs listings, but the surprise is that recruiters are using it as a primary resource for candidates.
Read MoreExecuNet’s projections for job functions that will be in most demand at the executive level for 2007 … According to their 15th annual Executive Job Market Intelligence Report,results from 121 employers indicate that demand will be high for executives with strong operations, business development, and finance experience and will most likely outstrip supply.
Read MoreSo, while turnover is down a bit, there certainly seems to be plenty of potential for top executives to make major career moves this year. This is corroborated by continued increases in overall payroll employment…
Read MoreThe long-standing gender gap favoring male workers in the IT field, similar to across-the-board differences in the work force, continues. However, it seems that the pendulum is swinging in the other direction among executive-level IT professionals…
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