Posted in Economics & Globalization, Technology & Science, tagged Alan Blinder, American Dream, applicant, applicant tracking, apply for a job, automated resume screeners, automation, biased technical change, bifurcation, body shops, buisiness, career ladder, cheaper, cloud computing, consumer demand, contingent labor, contractors, corporate, destruction, digital, double dip recession, Economics & Globalization, economist, education, efficiency, electronic, fallacies, fewer, free trade, gross job loss, hiring, human resources, Internet, IT, job retraining, job seeker, jobs, just in time staffing, labor, machines, offshoring, on demand, outsourcing, overseas, plan, polarization, policy, prosperity, rebound, rebuild, recruiters, restore, resume, return to work, self-serve, skills, social networking, structural unemployment, temp work, the great restructuring, Third World, threatens, underemployed, unemployed, voters, workers, workforce on August 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
It’s a presidential election year and by all counts the race is close. There is no question the post-recession recovery has been anemic at best. To call it a recovery is a stretch and the threat of a double-dip recession lingers. Whether anyone can really turn this lackluster economy around is anyone’s guess. Talk of the unsustainable $16T deficits looms large but specifics on job creation remain few.
It’s not just abstract conversation for the nation’s unemployed and underemployed.
Posted in Economics & Globalization, tagged ad, advice, agency, applicant, candidate, career, career coach, company, do, Economics & Globalization, email, employers market, employment, guide, hiring manager, hiring practices, history, HR, human resources, interview, job boards, job descriptions, job search, manager, opening, organization, pay, personnel, phone, post, recession, recruiter, salary, screening, social networking, staffing, vacancy on July 2, 2011| 1 Comment »
Job hunting in a down economy can feel like running a marathon in the dark. How do you market yourself for optimal impact? What’s gimmicky vs. eye-catching? After completing the application and/or the interview, do you call or not?
The typical career-seeker guide emphasizes custom cover letters, asking a friend to help proofread your resume and networking both online and off to keep your word-of-mouth employment prospects fresh. But what should you do once you begin to receive those initial nibbles from a prospective employer or personnel agency?
In two words: Get savvy. (more…)
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