Archive for October, 2009

In today’s job market you need an edge. If you want to learn how to use Facebook during your job search:

Save the date for Tuesday November 3^rd at 9PM EST, 8PM CST, 6PM PST for JobRadioUSA’s Episode 17 “How to Use Facebook to Revitalize Your Job Search.”

Ron Nash – author of “How to Find Your Dream Job, Even in a Recession” – will discuss:

• 1. How to create a professional job search profile on Facebook
• 2. How to ensure you demonstrate proper Facebook netiquette
• 3. How to use Facebook to uncover advertised and hidden jobs by function
• 4. How to use Facebook to locate employees and advertised jobs at your targeted companies
• 5. How to brand and advertise your expertise using Facebook

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You have prepared for traditional and behavioral interviews. You have accomplishment stories that demonstrate you are a problem solver who can increase revenue and/or decrease cost. Now let’s imagine that a potential interviewer wants to learn more about your problem solving abilities. Likewise, the interviewer gives you a case interview. Are you prepared to ace it?

A case interview consists of the interviewer presenting a problem and asking the interviewee to come up with a solution. It is typically a real life business situation an interviewer encountered. Most importantly, case interviews are used to measure a candidate’s business acumen, executive presence, and ability to think quickly under pressure. They are also utilized to measure a candidate’s problem solving, analytical, communication, and listening skills.

If you are ever presented with a case interview, below are tactics you can use to maximize your performance.

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For various reasons, such as an increase in productivity or similar amount of work completed with fewer workers, companies are not eager to hire. This predicament may exist for some time. Likewise, if you want to make the “impossible” possible by learning how to land a job that fits your long-term career goals:

Mark your calendars for Tuesday October 27^th at 9PM EST, 8PM CST, 6PM PST for JobRadioUSA’s Episode 16 “How to Get the Job You Want – Even When No One’s Hiring.”

Ford Myers – President of Career Potential LLC, career expert, and bestselling author – will discuss:

• 1. The psychology of job hunting in a down market
• 2. How to develop a dream job strategy
• 3. The best job search materials and how to leverage them to acquire ideal jobs
• 4. Job search tactics to use when no one is hiring
• 5. How to bulletproof your career once and for all

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In today’s job market where demand far exceeds supply of jobs, jobseekers need an edge. Jobseekers who are confident about their skills and capabilities have a greater chance of successfully ending their job search. Below are seven approaches jobseekers can use to develop or enhance their confidence simultaneously as they conduct their job search.

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Today’s job market is crowded and competition for jobs is fierce. If you need the edge to acquire the ideal job at a competitive salary:

Save the date for Tuesday October 20^th at 9PM EST, 8PM CST, 6PM PST for Episode 15 “How to Jumpstart Your Stalled Job Search.”

Martin Yate, NY Times bestselling author of job search books with a global reputation as the gold standard, will discuss:

• 1. How to revitalize your job search by developing a job search plan of attack
• 2. How to best utilize the hidden and advertised job market to generate more job interviews
• 3. How to develop a strategy to transform your job interviews into job offers
• 4. How to make a transition by landing positions in the hottest fields
• 5. How to develop a continued employment strategy

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Generating suitable job leads is one of the most difficult and important stages of the job search process. You can be the best interviewee in the world but you will not acquire job offers if you lack appropriate opportunities. Since the job search process is ultimately a numbers game, more suitable job leads in your pipeline will result in more opportunities to interview and to subsequently generate job offers. Below is a 7-step approach to successful job lead generation.

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