Why You Need Both a Resume and A Stong LinkedIn Profile – Arnie Fertig

Jan 292018
 
Perfecting the tone of your resume and LinkedIn profile will improve your job hunt prospects.

If LinkedIn had its way, there would be no such thing as a resume anymore. We may be heading in that direction, but we certainly aren’t there yet!

The reality is that you need both a well-constructed resume and an optimized LinkedIn profile for an effective current job search. They should share a certain amount of information and complement each other, but not be identical.

Your LinkedIn profile can draw recruiters and hiring authorities to you when you show up in their search results. It can be the pathway for them to reach out to you to request your resume. And, virtually every company of a certain size will require a resume from you for their applicant tracking system at some point in the hiring process.

Conversely, when you submit your resume to companies, you can assume that when it draws some interest, reviewers are also likely to search for you on LinkedIn for additional information.

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  •  January 29, 2018
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What To Say When a Job Interviewer Asks, ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years?’ – Suzy Welch

Jan 232018
 

You probably know this interview question all too well: “Where do you see yourself in five years?”

It’s a difficult one to answer, and not just because you have to gaze into your future.

“It’s an infuriating question because honestly, who knows how the future will unfold?” bestselling management author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch tells CNBC Make It. At the same time, “you know they expect you to answer by saying something like, ‘Right here, at this fabulous company!'”

Most candidates will end up giving a response about how they hope to still be with the company at that point. But the hiring manager has likely heard that dozens of times before, and won’t be impressed.

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  •  January 23, 2018
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How to Answer the Job Interview Question, ‘What’s your favorite website?’ – Courtney Connley

Jan 162018
 

Hiring managers don’t just want to know if you’ve got the skills for a specific position. They also want to know if you’ll fit into the company’s culture, and an easy way to do that is trying to understand who you are outside of the office.

While some employers may inquire about your hobbies and side hustles, one common question candidates can expect to be asked in an interview is, “What is your favorite website?”

According to career strategist Mary Grace Gardner from The Young Professionista, this question allows interviewers to gain insight into how you utilize your down time.

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3 Underrated Soft Skills That’ll Get You Ahead (No Matter Where You’re Going) – Jeremey Duvall

Jan 092018
 

Cultivating the right skills in your career will make the difference between getting a promotion and getting passed over for one, landing your dream job and settling for a role you don’t love, and being given that big new account or watching your not-so-favorite co-worker get the opportunity.

The question is, which soft skills are the right ones?

Whether you’re a career veteran or just entering the workforce, here are three highly-underrated soft skills that’ll help you no matter where you go in your career:

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  •  January 9, 2018
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8 Hot IT Hiring Trends – and 8 Going Cold – Paul Heltzel

Jan 032018
 
Recruiting and retaining tech talent remains IT’s biggest challenge today. Here’s how companies are coping — and what’s cooling off when it comes to IT staffing.

We’re seeing a number of shifts this year in hiring as technologies mature, new ones emerge and companies work to cut costs by blending full-time IT staff with contract work.

While some see the gig economy as a flexible new way to work, one that appeals to solo entrepreneurs, others see a general consequence of the Great Recession. Either way, the gig economy is experiencing growing pains. And growing it is: 40 percent of the workforce is expected to be part of it by 2020, according to a report by Intuit.

One thing hasn’t changed this year: Recruiting top talent is still difficult for most firms, and demand greatly outstrips supply. That’s influencing many of the areas we looked at, including compensation and retention.

Whether you’re looking to expand your team or job searching yourself, read on to see which IT hiring practices are trending and which ones are falling out of favor.

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