This weekend, my wife and I visited the nearest Red Box movie rental machine for some relaxing entertainment options. You see, we had just finished a landscaping project that ended up being a LOT bigger than originally planned and we were utterly exhausted. We ultimately agreed on the movie, How Do You Know with Reese [...]
Creating brand advocates by giving a thoughtful and persuasive job application process.
A hot, “buzzword” of today is “Company Advocacy.” Or, creating brand cheerleaders from within. Larger companies and smaller companies alike, do this very well. For it to truly cement within a team’s mindset, it needs to start with upper management. Imagine each company, labeled on a supermarket shelf. The price is subjective to everyone. Where [...]
Advice for Graduates in 2011
I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal that stated recent graduate students were finding it difficult to obtain a job in this struggling economy. Let’s face it, undergrad students and those that have several years of experience who are unemployed are facing the same challenge. So what makes these recent graduate students [...]
The Importance of Finding a Mentor
What is the importance of having a mentor? Does everyone need one? Should a person have more than one? These are all questions that I have asked in the past and continue to hear from students and professionals to this day. Before we get started, I wanted to share with you some of the terms [...]
Make Your Job Search Simple
I’ve had the privilege of mentoring a final year student over the last few weeks, as part of our recently launched #trugrad programme. The idea being #trugrads is that recruiters, digital-media folk and others with experience of using social-media mentor a final year student in how to market themselves via the social channels. The steps [...]
Bringing YOU to the table: How the simple act of being yourself can win you the job
A few years ago, I sat across a table from three men in their mid-forties and fifties. They sat sternly and without hesitation went into the job description, immediately asking if I thought I could do the job. I came armed with information. I handed out a folder to each person sitting at the conference [...]
Looking for a Few Good Contributors
Later this week, we are unveiling our awesome new jobs section at JobHuntChat. But until then, this site is looking for some stellar, awesome, and amazing contributors to take JHC to the next level. Who We’re Looking For: Job Seekers Career Experts Recruiters Human Resource Professionals Opinionated Persons with Stories to Share Personal Branding Experts [...]
10 Tweets That Will Result in a Rejection Letter
We’ve talked about how Twitter can be useful in the job search, but we haven’t yet discussed how poor use of Twitter will have employers rejecting candidates immediately. More employers are tuning into social media and researching their candidates before and after interviews. This means candidates need to be cautious about what they post online. [...]
A Creative Way to Use Twitter Lists to Get Hired
There are many creative ways job seekers gain attention from recruiters and hiring managers on Twitter. We’ve seen seekers create catchy Twitter handles that clearly state their job search intentions. We’ve also seen folks with extremely nifty Twitter backgrounds that get the point across. Another popular route is joining Twitter chats like #JobHuntChat to engage with [...]
5 Amazing Tools for Twitter Chats
If you have spent some time on Twitter you have most likely encountered tweets with a hash tag that ends in “chat” like #mmchat, #blogchat, or the chat I co-moderate — #jobhuntchat. A Twitter Chat is a structured conversation on Twitter at a scheduled time and day that involves more than one person. Much like [...]
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