Showing posts with label resumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resumes. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
10 Details About Today's Job Search | CAREEREALISM
10 Details About Today's Job Search | CAREEREALISM
October 9, 2012 · By Joshua Waldman
October 9, 2012 · By Joshua Waldman
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1. Google Has Replaced the Resume
Recruiters are now using Google and LinkedIn searches to find talent, instead of paying for job-board or talent databases like they used to do. In fact, many companies are even mandating that every new application go through a Google screening process. So that means the first page of your Google results matter much more than they ever did before during a job search. Read more....
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Ask Our Experts: Is it My Resume or My Age? | CAREEREALISM
Ask Our Experts: Is it My Resume or My Age? | CAREEREALISM
August 23, 2012 · By Ariella Coombs
Each week, we ask our experts to answer a career question on behalf of our readers.
This week’s question is about resumes and age discrimination from employers:
August 23, 2012 · By Ariella Coombs
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This week’s question is about resumes and age discrimination from employers:
I am a boby boomer and I’m having a hard time finding a job. Why do I keep getting e-mails from companies saying thank you? You know it means NO. What is wrong? Is it my age? – SHere’s what our approved career experts had to say:
‘Thank You’ Doesn’t Necessarily Mean ‘No’.. Read the whole article.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
4 Tips For Dealing With Age Discrimination | CAREEREALISM
4 Tips For Dealing With Age Discrimination | CAREEREALISMBy Arnie Fertig
We live in a youth-obsessed society where “new and improved” trumps “time tested.” This carries over into the job market when employers reject the maturity and experience possessed by the fifty-something-year-old worker in favor of the thirty-something “up and comer.” Often I hear a lament like this from job hunters: “I’m 58 years old, out of work, and I’m not ready or financially able to retire. My age is really making it difficult to find a job.”
Sound familiar? An AARP June poll reveals that more than 25 percent of Massachusetts residents age 50 and older report that they or someone they know has experienced age discrimination. Despite the fact that it is illegal, it is nonetheless very real.
As an older worker, you can’t eliminate age discrimination. But you can learn what lies behind it and take steps to differentiate yourself from stereotypes. By doing so, you increase your chances of receiving serious consideration.
In my latest article which appears in U.S. News & World Report, I offer concrete suggestions to deal with age discrimination in hiring.
Read the full article.
Sound familiar? An AARP June poll reveals that more than 25 percent of Massachusetts residents age 50 and older report that they or someone they know has experienced age discrimination. Despite the fact that it is illegal, it is nonetheless very real.
As an older worker, you can’t eliminate age discrimination. But you can learn what lies behind it and take steps to differentiate yourself from stereotypes. By doing so, you increase your chances of receiving serious consideration.
In my latest article which appears in U.S. News & World Report, I offer concrete suggestions to deal with age discrimination in hiring.
Read the full article.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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