Job Leads Using Twitter? Yes!
February 2, 2010 by sparktalk · Comments Off
Let’s face it…
Twitter is here to stay for some time. It’s a hot technology that grows with new users by the day. And now, it’s becoming a unique place to identify job leads. That’s right…JOB LEADS. Read more
10 Tips for Dealing With Workplace Harassment
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Melissa Martin
CBC radio broadcasted a segment in late November regarding harassment and bullying in the workplace. Host Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed individuals and revealed some details about a recent study in the US: Read more
3 Strategic + 3 Tactical = 6 Ways to Increase the Chances You’ll Get Hired
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell
Recently, we recorded a webinar where I outlined the 6 things every job seeker must master to get hired in 2010.
In it, participants learned: Read more
Stuck in Your Job Search? Join the Club!
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Laura Labovich
Sure, job search can be an isolating, lonely and frustrating endeavor, I’ll grant you that, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. While the majority of your out-of-work friends are “going it alone,” spending countless hours surfing the web, posting to Monster.com, and sending out a suite of resumes to no one in particular, YOU could take an entirely different, more productive, and less lonely approach, and join a job club. Read more
Co-worker Getting Paid More Because Mom is Friends With Boss
‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.
Dear J.T. & Dale: I just found out my co-worker is getting paid $5,000 more than I am. She got recommended for the job by her mom, who is friends with our boss. How do I approach my boss about this? I don’t think I can continue working here. — Charisse Read more
Rules of Intimacy for Social Media
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Joshua Waldman
Social media can be a real time-sink. There is no doubt. And without a strategy, the danger of spending hours online and getting nothing accomplished is very real.
So, in response to this apparent need of saving people time online, ‘Social Media Aggregation’ services were invented. These services allow you to simply post your update once, and 40 of your social media sites get the update simultaneously.
Seems like a good idea, right?
Well, I say, absolutely NOT. That’s like going to a baseball game and asking, “Who is playing guard?” Read more
Day in the Life of a Successful Job Seeker
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Sean Harry
When I asked for input on what to write about in this blog, I received the following request from a reader:
“I would be interested in hearing about effective uses of time when you are looking for work. How much time should be spent on internet search engines, LinkedIn, attending network marketing meetings, having one-on-one network meetings, time spent with an accountability partner, exercising, prayer/meditation, time spent not working on the job search (I feel guilty doing this), volunteering, or other valuable uses of time. Alternately, what are poor uses of time. As I go through this process, I have been advised to do everything and say ‘yes’ to everything.”
This is a GREAT question, I’m glad it was asked. Let me take a shot at answering it… Read more
What’s Motivating You to Consider a Career Change?
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Kris Parfitt
A large pile of laundry can be such a daunting task that we put it off as long as we can before we run low on under garments. However, instead of buying more skivvies every week, wouldn’t it make more sense (and be cheaper) to just sort the piles and do our laundry? Read more
Hooray, an Interview! Oh No, an Interview!
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Rosa E. Vargas
After such a labor-intensive job search, you now have earned the ‘nerve-wracking’ interview. You have also begun to obsess about the plentiful competition. It seems as if everyone you know needs a job. So, how can you relax when you must master the interview? (Don’t worry. I’ll tell you how you can ‘untwist your knickers.’) Read more
Tiger Woods: The Price of Fame — and a Bleeding Brand
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Teena Rose
The EMTs arrived at the house in the wee hours of the morning to find Tiger lying on the ground bleeding, and his wife standing over him with a golf club. As the story goes, he attempted to leave his home, and wound up crashing his car into a tree. His wife told officials she had used the golf club to break into the car and free him.
Hmm…many thought. And, rumors began to circulate. Read more
