by Kevin Donlin from Guerrilla Resume
Following 7 months of struggle, one Minnesota man recently made a simple change in his job search and was hired for a new position only 30 days later.
Here's the story …
Scott Bornstein, from suburban St. Paul, had what he thought was a well written resume. But "every time I sent [...]
Tim Heard is the owner of eSearch Associates, a search and staffing firm that focuses primarily on information technology, project management, and legal technology jobs and recruiting. He is at the helm of the Career Management blog today to answer the question, “What’s the best way to get a job in a big city if [...]
If you're job-hunting today, you know that employers are looking for sharp, self-motivated people. Paradoxically, just about the worst way to convey your talent and motivation is to say in your resume or cover letter, "I'm self-motivated." Anyone can say that! The phrase falls flat. You can't afford to let done-to-death boilerplate language sink your [...]
by Kevin Donlin, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Here's the transcript from a phone interview that Kevin Donlin, from Guerrilla Job Search International, recently did with one happy Guerrilla Job Hunter, Scott Melrose, from Mokena, Illinois.
He was hired for an executive position by an employer who found him on Linkedin, after he re-did his online profile to match [...]
Last week I attended a "Getting America Back to Work" meeting, where job seekers met with the organizer of the Tri-Valley Community Foundation coordinator, Elissa Wolf. The purpose of the program is to get unemployed residents of the Tri-Valley area (Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin, California) to match up with employers in the area.
There are minimal [...]