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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
by: Christine Zafra
The internet seems to be perfect. Not until hackers try to penetrate it.
A recent happening in the online job aggregate Jobs.ie stirred the wits out of every registered user in the said website. It is an Irish site, small compared to other job aggregates, but no matter what ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
* When answering interview questions, first pause to make sure that you understand the question and then answer it, providing personal examples, if appropriate.
* During the interview, make sure that maintain good eye contact with the interviewer, but not constant eye contact, and periodically smile.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
by: Christine Zafra
The candidate’s recruitment preference nowadays is online. Online job postings do offer engagement opportunities (same as the traditional job search) – they just take place in a virtual environment. I do miss talking to candidates in the early stages of recruitment, but you have to replicate that contact ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
by: Christine Zafra
Unemployment is a big issue nowadays. A lot of people try to look for jobs, hoping to make ends meet and chip in to their family’s daily sustenance. It’s quite hard to imagine a family of 6 with only a single breadwinner working to keep up with the ...
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
by: Christine Zafra
Do I smell problem ahead?
The Conference Board, thorough their Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series program, conducted an examination about the number of online job vacancies in the United States. This company has been keeping track on online job postings in America since its conception in 2005. Apparently, from the ...
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
An increase in competition and trend data that indicate that the number of Americans graduating with degrees in the technical fields is not increasing to meet rising demand means that more employers are turning to foreign-born students to meet their employment needs. One-third of employers responding to the survey reported ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
by: Christine Zafra
Monster, yet another job aggregate available on the internet said that their index on employment rose from 165 points in February to 167 in March.
This seems to be good news to job seekers out there…Not! There is actually one more fact that I didn’t mention: the employment index ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
6. Keep a record of all calls you've made, resumes you've forwarded, and applications you've completed. Call back or visit these employers about two weeks after you've given them your resume. It's a good idea to speak to the person who is actually hiring for the position. If you don't ...
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