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January 2009

Creative and Crazy Job Search Strategies: YouTube Video

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Take a moment to view this interesting video resume and job search strategy from one of my twits off Twitter @coreyanderson. There has been some interesting discussion from job seekers and recruiters on Twitter about the Slideshare Your Resume blog post I recently posted. Take a look at this video as well as my post. [...]

January 30, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Survey for HR & Recruiting Professionals

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

HR & Recruiting Professionals: Please take a short 13 question survey to help those in the job search. Click Here to take survey Results will be discussed in future blog posts to come and shared with HR professionals and job seekers alike. Happy Hunting! Jessica

January 30, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Slideshare Your Resume

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Slideshare is another great site much like youtube to market your personal brand. Slideshare is a site that allows members to upload presentations to share with clients, friends, and even potential employers. Take a look below and consider the possiblities. Anthony’s PowerPoint Resume View more presentations or upload your own. (tags: vitae curriculum)

January 25, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

7 Ways to Network on a Shoestring Budget

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

It seems everywhere these days we are reminded about the economic recession. Consumers and businesses are cutting costs and spending less. Hunting for a job is often times both costly and exhausting. Hiring a job coach, resume writer, and attending networking conferences can be expensive. Networking now more than ever is an important part of [...]

January 24, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Paying It Forward With Pink Slipped

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

It’s no secret that in 2009, networking will be the single most important job search strategy that job seekers will utilize. 2008 ended with 2.6 million jobs lost and experts predict a gloomier outlook for 2009. In some states with high unemployment, there are at least 50 unemployed qualified candidates for every job opening advertised [...]

January 21, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

LinkedIn Levels LION Networkers

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Do a search on this blog and you will see that I am a huge fan of LinkedIn in using the tool as part of your job search, (LinkedIn Experiment. 10/08.). As of recent, LinkedIn has changed some of their policies and procedures possibly limiting the depth of network a LinkedIn member may have when [...]

January 21, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

OKC Metro Tweetup

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Click on the link below to register to attend the OKC Metro Tweetup on February 26, 2009 from 5:30-7:30pm at the Panera Meeting Room located at the intersection of 104th and S. Penn in South OKC. The event is FREE!! We will have networking and a short presentation regarding getting the most out of Twitter. [...]

January 15, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

7 Habits of Ineffective People

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People From: grahamdbrown, 3 days ago The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: innovation marketing) GrahamDBrown.com presents insight for business and marketing based on Stephen Covey’s original 7 Habits SlideShare Link

January 10, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Friday’s Jobless Report Confirms

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The government said nonfarm payrolls fell by 524,000 and job losses in October and November were larger than originally reported. The 2.6 million jobs lost last year were the most since 1945, when the economy dropped 2.75 million jobs. The national unemployment rate jumped to 7.2% from 6.8% in November and 5% in April. More [...]

January 10, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Laid Off & Looking

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Check out an interesting interview of David Perry author of “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters” in the Wall Street. Be sure to check out my comment on the article as well. Landing a job often depends on who you know and making a good first impression is key. David Perry, a recruiter and co-author of [...]

January 6, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Differentiate Yourself with a Twitter Video

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Just finsished reading a blog post Titled “Make a Tweet Plan to Get the Most From Twitter” at http://www.twitip.com/make-a-tweet-plan-to-get-the-most-from-twitter/. The post is great and provides Tweeters ideas to create some structure while providing content to their Tweets. What I loved the most about this blog is the idea of creating a Welcome Tweet Video to [...]

January 4, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Running with Sissors (Auto DM)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Door-to-door salesmen, junk mail, telemarketers, urgent recorded phone messages, and Viagra emails. Utter just one of these words to a family member of friend and chances are they will elicit words of anger, frustration, and just flat out negativity.  Automatic DM’s are no different.  There has been a great debate on Twitter ever since the [...]

January 4, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Happy New Year!

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Happy New Year! Best wishes to you and your family in 2009! Blogging4Jobs aims to help you find a career and not just a job in 2009. To stay up to date with the latest job tips and tricks, please follow me on Twitter at www.twitter/blogging4jobs. Feel free to email me your comments and questions [...]

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January 1, 2009 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →