Blogging4Jobs

May 2010

When Your Blog is My Content

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Original content that you’ve created or written on your website is in fact your own. Just last week I came upon a website that was using an article I wrote without giving me proper credit.   During a phone call with one of my clients last week, they mentioned a media company’s website and video interview [...]

May 31, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HR’s Leaky Bucket

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The world as we know it is changing and for a variety of reasons. The Wall Street Journal announced this week that for the first time since 2008 there were more voluntarily resignations than layoffs in February of this year.  The American perception is that the economy is improving.   In a poll conducted by human-resources consultant [...]

May 26, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Fan Page

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Earlier today, I hosted a free teleseminar discussing 5 Ways to Optimize your Facebook Fan Page.  Facebook is approaching 500 million users. A recent study tells us that 7% of American households have a Twitter account while 41% have a Facebook account. Facebook is the most accepted form of social media more so than LinkedIn. Know [...]

May 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Planning Tips for Job Seekers from Career Expert, Katy Piotrowski

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

According to Career Expert, Katy Piotrowski, the Health Science industry is a hot market as well as accounting and technology and IT for those in the job market.  I had the opportunity to meet and interview Katy as part of a special edition of Blogging4Jobs.  Piotrowski, who is a Career Expert and founder of Career Solutions Group has more [...]

May 24, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Job Search Contest Winners Announced

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

You may remember this little contest I had on my blog the last several weeks featuring Job Search Bloggers. The results were amazing.  We had over 200 comments or votes posted on the blogs and a lot of interest and traffic on the world wide web. Just to recap, here are our finalists- Joel White’s [...]

May 18, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Gravity is Good

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The concept of gravity is something we take for granted.  It keeps us grounded, in a constant state of motion, and is the base of our existence.  In fact, I heart gravity but not in just the traditional ways you might think, but in a business sense as well. Work with me. . . Gravitation is [...]

May 15, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Unconference Eyebrow Wax

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

On Sunday, I arrived home from the HR Evolution Unconference held in Chicago, IL.  I spent the last 3 days reading and commenting on no less than 30 video posts, blog posts, and photo blogs detailing the event.  It was a whirlwind of conversations, bacon, social media, and HR all rolled into a two day [...]

May 11, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Cat Herding/HR Connection

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Herding is a fine art.  Sheep dogs do it.  Cowboys too.  Security at concerts and high profile events use herding as a part of creating order in confusing, stressful, and complicated situations. HR Professionals?  Nope, I’m not buying it. Those were the exact words out of my mouth when I picked up this pin at [...]

May 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Not to be Chum Looking for a Job After 40

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Have you ever noticed how once you hit 40 (or it seems so to some), there are young vicious sharks swimming around you on your search for work? They act friendly, but you just KNOW that they are circling and waiting to have you for lunch. I’d like to give you a few tips on [...]

May 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing the Job Search Blogger Finalists

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

And announcing the finalists but first some ground rules. These fine bloggers submitted their best of the best.  You can vote for your favorite blog post by leaving a comment on the blog post of your choice.  Vote as often as you like.  Voting for the contest begins now (May 3rd) and ends at 11:59 [...]

May 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Facebook–Friend or Foe

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Are you on Facebook?  Millions of people (over 300 million) use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Your friends are here.  Your family is here (I’m connected with everyone from high school classmates to cousins to [...]

May 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Personal Style and the Interview

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Many articles have been written about perfecting your resume or honing your interviewing skills. While those are key elements, your interviewing style is rarely mentioned. Understanding style, both yours and that of the interviewer may help you ace an interview. One instrument to measure your style is the DiSC Classic.   History The DiSC behavioral [...]

May 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

I Feel the Need…the Need for Speed (Networking)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the Business Network Chicago After Hours Event, which included a terrific, informative presentation on social media by my new friend Dean DeLisle (www.forwardprogress.net or @deandelisle) and my first experience with speed networking. I’ve been to regular networking events before, but speed networking was completely new to me. The schedule of the [...]

May 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Smile. . . You’re Underqualified

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

… under-qualified… or at least you feel like you are. I mean why else would you not have received the position right. Hearing the news   You’ve had the interview, heard the call, received the email, and opened that letter. Finally you hear, in oh so many words:   Thank you for your interest in [...]

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