Typically, my blogs focus on the job hunter. Today, I’d like to switch gears and shoot a little friendly advice over to my hiring manager friends. Media reports late last week showed that the economy actually grew and 200K+ new jobs were secured to start off the year. As a recruiter in digital media, this [...]
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It’s true. As of January 9, 2012, I will be working full time for TalentFoot – a full-sevice national recruiting firm specializing in digital media and advertising. I’m psyched and I wanted to share it with you. You’ve heard me say before that the best way to get hired is to make and foster relationships, [...]
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A client of mine is working freelance for a media company. Suffice it to say that the media company is very well established and it’s not going anywhere. Recently, senior executives made huge changes and eliminated a large number of staff, including my client’s boss. He referred to the process as a “blood bath.” [...]
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I received an interesting, yet “angry,” post from a reader in response to a piece I penned about a year ago entitled “A Job Ad Requesting a Family Picture is Real and Just Wrong.” In that post, I discussed the fact that an Attorney named Nicholas Rowley ran a help-wanted ad requesting a personal and [...]
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Last week, I received the following question from a reader regarding a piece of advice I gave on cover letters. I stumbled onto your blog today and found the resume and cover letter tips very helpful. I’m a reporter looking for my next job, and there’s something I keep wondering about — you suggest ending [...]
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Last week I blogged about some things that hiring managers do that, well, piss you off when you are on the job hunt. I got a ton of emails with people blowing off steam about how incredibly shitty the job search process can be. Today, I’m going to provide some critical advice to you – [...]
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After a year and a half hiatus, I’ve been doing a lot of interviewing lately. As of about five/six months ago, the activity in the job market for digital sales people has increased quite a bit. I’ve seen alot of folks who have been with companies for years take the plunge and try something different. [...]
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For those of you who don’t know, I’ve recently gotten back into the recruiting game. Last week I interviewed Derek Reese, a former sales guy with LinkedIn. He started talking to me about the many different tools available out there to help LinkedIn users keep up-to-date with what their contacts are doing – like who [...]
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The guys at Superfan, made up primarily of former Tickle founders and employees (which was acquired by Monster for a gazillion bucks), have launched an interesting Facebook app that I like. It’s called BranchOut and if it catches on among the FB masses I think it could really be useful. Similar to LinkedIn, BranchOut is [...]
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Nine years ago the unthinkable happened. Our nation’s collective heart was broken. A few months after the towers collapsed, I found a picture of John Cruz in the NYT, along with a brief profile. He was among the innocents who died. He was my first puppy love. My first date. He should be here, with [...]
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