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CAREER HACK: If you are in an area where Security Clearance positions are in demand consider applying for these positions and gaining clearance. If you are able to receive Security Clearance it can boost your salary by 25% on average while providing stronger job security.
Would getting a security clearance be better than getting an MBA […]
A CareerXRoads study presents information on how employers are finding candidates to fill their jobs. The chart below shows that Employee Referrals and the Internet make up over 50% of all hires. College hires are gaining momentum as is Direct Sourcing from competitors and other companies.
From this information one can see that networking online (through social […]
According to a survey by Careerbuilder, over a quarter of hiring managers have looked at the web before making a decision to hire a candidate for a job opening. Over half of those have made a decision not to hire someone based upon what they saw.
Here are the things that hiring managers are finding about […]
Employers are looking online to find out more information about who they are hiring. If you have a profile on any of the social networking sites - MySpace, Friendster or Facebook - you may want to get 360-degree feedback of what you have posted (from peers, managers, friends,etc.) It may help you to gain or cost […]
Will social networking sites become the next Monster and Careerbuilder housing millions of resumes? People are starting to think so. With 93 million U.S. profiles on MySpace alone recruiters and HR personnel are already starting to use online social networking resources to find candidates. Consider using these resources to get noticed by a company in […]
DICE is the largest Information Technology niche recruiting site on the Internet. One of the questions on the DICE 2006 IT Recruiting Trend Survey (sent to IT Hiring Managers) is:
“How are you dealing with the tight tech labor market?”
The checkbox answers provided are:
Increasing social networking activities
Buying more online job board services
Attending more job fairs
Placing more newspaper ads
Offering bigger […]
