Entries Categorized as 'Job Hunting'
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Ed Pollock, March 7th, 2010
A recent article in Newsweek (February 15th, 2010) written by Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, discusses the bad effects of lay-offs at corporations and on their employees.
In the early 60’s I was being recruited by IBM for a position in Human Resources. I was told about [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: layoffs
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Ed Pollock, February 21st, 2010
Of course as you’ve read and heard, the media have been blasting over TV, Radio, net and newsprint that the nation has over 10% unemployment. Some articles break down the numbers for unemployment by race, sex, and age groups, which sometimes reveal interesting information. But they often miss a different cut – some very critical [...]
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Ed Pollock, February 14th, 2010
As we previously mentioned, the job market in the Bay area has definitely improved, but with a slight glitch: salaries (on an average) have either gone down or not kept up with inflation, as reported by a Dice.com salary survey of 1,260 Silicon Valley based technology professionals.
A key example is the IT field, where salaries [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: Hiring Trends, salaries
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Ed Pollock, January 30th, 2010
Saw a couple of interesting, related posts this weekend about social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace etc.) and job hunting. I’d group the concerns into three areas:
First, be careful what you post about the job hunt itself. If you’re updating your status to “just had a great interview” or “just interviewed a terrible company” you may [...]
Categories: Job Hunting Tags: Internet techniques
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Ed Pollock, January 26th, 2010
In an article yesterday, Fortune magazine details 22 companies hiring a total of 87,750 jobs nationwide. These companies were recently rated “best companies to work for” by Fortune. Several of the companies listed have a presence in the Bay Area, including:
Edward Jones
Google
Qualcomm
Cisco
Genentech, and
Intel
Some other companies hiring (with a lesser presence in the Bay Area) include: [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: Hiring Trends, SF bay area
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Ed Pollock, January 24th, 2010
Just saw another job hunting myths post – seems like our original list (which dates back to the 90’s) continues to echo through the web! We still like ours best….but it’s nice to see others, too.
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Author:
Ed Pollock, January 24th, 2010
A widely held belief is that Job Hunting in December is a waste of time. But, times and beliefs are changing rapidly – and that belief about Job Hunting in December now needs to get washed down the drain.
Thanks to a highly motivated staff of consultants and some hard working clients, December came in as [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: green careers, Hiring Trends, SF bay area
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Ed Pollock, January 6th, 2010
Years ago, the San Jose Mercury used to hold Job Fairs at the Santa Clara Convention Center. It was not unusual for there to be 50 companies attending and space was on a first come-first served basis, and rapidly filled up. In the last few years the numbers have sharply decreased, and with the [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: job fair, resume critique
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Author:
Ed Pollock, January 6th, 2010
Here’s the follow-up to my post regarding the candidates who showed up for the interviews. There are two important themes here. First, dress appropriately, and second, arrive early.
Dressing for an interview.
I wrote a bit about this previously, so I’ll just enhance that a bit with examples of how people showed up here for their interviews.
Too [...]
Categories: Interviewing Tips, Job Hunting Tags: arrive early, interview dress
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Author:
Ed Pollock, December 14th, 2009
Analysis of 650 resumes received for a job posting reveal a broad lack of job hunting skills. We break down some of the key issues and provide suggestions.
Categories: Job Hunting, Resume Writing Tips Tags: Cover Letters, Resume Writing Tips
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