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Resumes Don’t Get You Hired. Interviews Do.

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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A resume will get you through the door, but the interview is what will get you hired. You might be the BEST at the JOB you are interviewing for, but if you don’t master communicating that in an interview, you may not get the job. Interviewing is a skill that can be learned… here is what [...]

November 15, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Employment Law, Labor Unions, & Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Labor unions are using social media in new ways every day.   They are using it for member outreach, for organizing, and for widely sharing their issues and messages.  They are developing new and effective ways utilizing social media to reach out to your employees with a goal of building contacts for future organizing attempts. It [...]

February 17, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What I Wish I Knew…. about the real world in college

by rblake

Taking a look back when I first started college, I wish I had known what I knew today about the job search. I figured once I get out, I will have a degree and employers will be throwing themselves at me. Unfortunately, the recession happened, and the veterans in the job world were taking all [...]

October 28, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Guinea Pigs, Google, and You

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

How do you know if that next big idea will or won’t work as a strategy in your company? Is it because you’ve tested and measured to find that result, or is it because you made an assumption ahead of time? Maybe you should give things a test run on a sample population (your guinea [...]

September 23, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Ways to Rock the Job Search

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I don’t remember who said it, but someone once told me that looking for a job is pretty much a full-time job in itself.  Boy were they right.   Since becoming unemployed in October of 2009, I have managed to rack up hours upon hours of searching for the next job.  I’ve managed to pick [...]

September 22, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Important Is Domestic Partner Benefits to HR?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In reflecting on the 2010 SHRM Conference in June of this year, where I attended a session called Employee Benefits; Just How Competitive Is Your Company? where the speaker Steve Williams Ph. D., SPHR threw out the number that now 33% of companies offer benefits for domestic partners and said that if you’re not providing this benefit you need [...]

September 21, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Mowing the Lawn of Misguided Expectations

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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A few days ago I reluctantly went out to mow the lawn.  It had rained the previous night and the grass was wet.  From past experience I knew what happens when I mow the wet grass.  The wet grass gets stuck under the lawnmower, clogs the blade, preventing it from turning and causes the lawnmower [...]

September 20, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Diversity in DC

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In a city where the first question is always what do you do followed very quickly with who do you work for?”  Prestige is a very big part of Washington DC and those who work here. Last Friday gave firms through the country another chance to add to their reputation with the announcement of the [...]

August 1, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Follow Up–Practioner’s Criticism into SHRM’s Blog Squad

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The SHRM 2010 annual conference is in the books. I think that by any measure it would be rated as highly successful. Prior to the conference I had a guest post, Practioner’s Criticism into SHRM’s Blog Squad.  My thanks to Jessica for giving me the space to share my opinion; I was honored to do so.  In the [...]

July 11, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

A Message to Job Seekers–We’re Recruiters Not Agents

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

An important announcement for any job seeker considering working with a recruiter as part of the search:   We are recruiters. We are not your agents.   We aren’t sitting at our desks with a roster of favorite candidates, madly dialing up companies to find the perfect job for you. (That, my friend, is YOUR job.) [...]

June 3, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Euphoric Release from FUN-employment

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

For the previous two-and-a-half months before yesterday,  I was waist deep in the foul smelling trenches of the world of unemployment. Since that time, I have been paroled and at least momentarily released due in part to good behavior. The emotions that I felt surrounding the moments just after the offer call left me euphoric.  My journey through the valley of [...]

April 19, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Avoiding the Job Search Kiss of Death

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I would like to begin by thanking my lucky stars that, in this economy, I have had the good fortune of being gainfully employed for the past two years since graduating college. But, as I start a new chapter in my life, one that I hope turns out to be about a fabulous new career [...]

March 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Fashion Forward Interview Tips for YOU, The Brand

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Using wardrobe & image to get the job in a hyper-visual, hyper-competitive world. How’s your job search going? You’ve networked. You’ve updated your LinkedIn profile and used social networks to learn about leads. You’ve revamped your resume to tailor your background and experiences to each job posting. And then finally, an opportunity presents itself. You’ve got an interview lined [...]

February 22, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Change Your POV & Change Your Life

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

One of the techniques often suggested as a good method to find an employment opportunity is networking.  Some job seekers believe that the sole purpose of networking is to ask other people for employment opportunities or job leads.  They view the process of meeting with people with a, “What’s in it for me attitude.”  The question they [...]

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