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Two years ago while applying for jobs, I spent hours worrying about my resume. Is the wording okay? Do I love the design? Thinking about how to improve my resume kept me up at night because I knew that document was my chance to get noticed for an open position. Recently, as I began my [...]

I was reading an article the other evening over at Huffington Post, Welcome to the Club: What only Moms know (Why was I reading this I hear some of my dude HR guy pros asking themselves? Let’s face it I’m 40ish and woman are still mostly a mystery to me, so I try and find [...]

As an employee, you know how hard you work each day. Only you know the dedication and professionalism you bring to a job. In fact, you may even be thinking about asking your boss for a raise. If you are, then you should know that sometimes are better than others for asking for a raise. [...]

Twitter is like a window into the soul of America. It shows us faster and more accurately what is on our collective minds than any other medium currently in use. So it was only a matter of time, in a bad economy and a worse job market, that Twitter would be flooded with both job [...]

Okay. We get it. Employers, you need Applicant Tracking Systems because you are overwhelmed by the resumes that are coming in. That’s partially because this economy is so bad that desperate jobseekers are submitting their resumes everywhere, without consideration for whether they are qualified for the job at hand. ATSes serve a lot of fantastic [...]

It is my pleasure to have Margo Rose with me today. Margo caught my attention over a year ago when I saw her omnipresence on numerous social media platforms. She is one of the most respected and well-connected individuals in the social media and human resource space today. She is a community leader, HR pro, [...]

Stop saying you’re innovative—and/or unique! When I read online biographies about communicators, I start banging my head against the wall. Here’s an example: FaBio Madeup is the senior financially concentrated marketing professional assistant to the assistant vice president in the public relations department for Long Name Company Incorporated in Big Town, IL. She also serves [...]

Looking for a job can be stressful. As job seekers triple check their resumes for typos and edit their cover letters, it seems like employers sit back and relax with all the power—especially in today’s job market. Although companies do have the power to hire or not, they should still show candidates respect throughout the [...]

Job candidates already know the importance of following up in the hiring process – but how often to do companies take out the time to do the same to their job applicants? It’s been discussed how giving candidates the cold shoulder can be considered unprofessional and discourteous (see: “Employers: Why You Should Follow-Up After an [...]

For better or for worse, email is increasingly the way many Americans communicate in this technological era. About 62 percent of employed adults use email or the Internet at work, a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project study found, and many also have mobile devices that help keep them connected even when they aren’t [...]