Ask the Headhunter: How you can fix gaps in your resume
The best way to overcome gaps in your resume is to overcome gaps in your connections and relationships.
Ask the Headhunter: I can’t network for a job! It’s too awkward!
Meeting people to get introduced to hiring managers and new job opportunities makes sense, awkward or not.
Ask the Headhunter: How to get your first job before you even graduate college
How can you stand out when you don’t satisfy the basic requirements?…
Twitter Chat: Landing the job of your dreams through social media
At 3 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) will join PBS NewsHour for a Twitter chat to talk more about networking and how going public on social media about looking for work can land you on your feet after…
Sree Sreenivasan showed how a public use of social media and networking can land you on your feet again after losing a job.
Given the impersonal job board system of hiring that's so prevalent these days, using your personal contacts to get a job seems radical to some. But it shouldn't be. It makes complete sense, and reduces risks -- for both employers…
Developing job leads requires meeting people. But that doesn't knock introverts out of the game. There are behavioral skills they can practice to become more comfortable talking to others, says headhunter Nick Corcodilos, who was, himself, an introvert.
Very few managers actually recruit, but Nick Corcodilos has the story of a manager who hires by giving away good job candidates to build professional networks, which is more common than you might think.
Using LinkedIn to find a job doesn't have to mean paying extra for "premium" services. Headhunter Nick Corcodilos highlights how one reader seized on LinkedIn's social networking technology to make contact directly, skirting LinkedIn's job postings.
