Blogging4Jobs

August 2008

My Fav Sites

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Take a look at a few of the sites below that I check out at least on a weekly basis. Be careful, you might learn something!!! 1. http://www.ere.net/ -great site to get into the minds and hearts of professional recruiters. 2. http://www.therecruitersloung.com/ -awesome site with information on the job search along with technical tips for [...]

August 25, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

10 Rules for Dating and Recruiting

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The article below is courtesy of one of my favorite sites as a recruiter: ere.net. In my own experiences, I see a number of parallels between hiring candidates and finding a mate. Candidates can use this article a number of different ways. Enjoy! ********************************************************** by Amy Kimmes Dating and recruiting have a lot in common. [...]

August 22, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Resume Don’t

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Just yesterday received a resume via fax from a candidate who is interested in a career opportunity. I spent less than 5 seconds glancing at her resume before something stopped me in my tracks, the objective. OBJECTIVE: To work for a company that uses my many years of experience in fast food in either management [...]

August 21, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Do Employers Really Use Myspace?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Take a look at the article from http://www.collegerecruiter.com/ highlighting a professional friend of mine, Lisa Graham. Lisa is a great recruiter and has a great deal of success from recruiting on social networking sites. Interestingly enough, the article that highlights Lisa was written after she posted a comment on someone else’s article post. See below. [...]

August 19, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why a Vacation May be Good for Your Job Search??

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I just got back from a much needed week long trip to Orlando. More than anything, it was nice to get away. Away from reality, away from stress, and far away from work to decompress and reflect with a new and fresh perspective. This Monday, I came back to the real world with a blackberry [...]

August 19, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Join my RSS FEED

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Alltop.com is a great site that has lots of information from great blogs. If you like mine, please join my feed and ask for me at AllTop! Thank you for your support! Cheers! Jessica

August 5, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Is Your City Recession Proof?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Is your city recession proof? Take a look at the article below from Forbes that listed the top 10 Recession Proof Cities. Nationally, home prices are falling, unemployment is on the rise and the economy is expected to grow slowly–or even contract–in the first half of the year. But some cities are doing just fine. [...]

August 4, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Tactful Ways to Turndown Job Offer Without Burning Bridges

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In Oklahoma, the job market here is very different than most places. It is super competitive, aggressive, and hot, hot, hot!! Over the last several months, the competition among businesses in the hunt to find top talent is on fire! It is not uncommon for candidates to receive multiple offers within days of one another. [...]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
August 4, 2008 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →