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If you have a product or service that's ready to sell on the market, one of the first things you want to do is to create a comprehensive marketing and public relations campaign. The same is true for job seekers who are selling their particular...
In the last couple of weeks, there have been a number of job fairs in the region. No doubt many readers have passed by the booths, firmly shaken hands and dropped off resumes with the dozens of employers that took part. For those who are...
When it comes to selling your expertise to potential employers, there's only one person who knows your strengths and weaknesses best: yourself. You can talk to experts about how to write "the perfect resume" that will get the attention of recruiters, but ultimately it's up...
While the number of employers at Tuesday's Seattle Career Fair at Seattle Center was less than encouraging, there were some glimmers of hope that the job market may finally start showing a pulse in the Puget Sound region. But according to recruiters I spoke with...
Most days, job seekers work a full day creating their own schedule, planning a list of phone calls, doing research on employers and attending networking events. Tomorrow, however, several area employment specialists have a busy day all planned out for you in advance--most of it...
One good way to find out where jobs are lurking in a troubled economy is to analyze data about recent job numbers and drill down in search of certain hiring trends. Since I'm no expert at number crunching, I contacted Desiree Phair, a regional labor...
The relative success or failure of Tuesday's Summer Showcase job fair at Safeco Field depends on whom you talked to at the event. For the few companies that were offering jobs, the fair was a great place to sign up eager new candidates. For those...
These days, with competition for new jobs more fierce than ever before, the effectiveness of the old-fashioned "cattle call" style of job fair has begun to wane. As I've mentioned several times before in Hire Ground, networking with colleagues and building individual relationships are far...
As I've read through tips from local interview experts, I can't help thinking back to one of my first job interviews, right out of college. At first it seemed like a disaster, but it wound up leading to one of my longest and most rewarding...
You think you know everything there is to know about resume writing? Fuhgeddaboudit, says Paul Anderson, a career and psychology expert with Kirkland-based ProLango Consulting. "The algorithm for resumes has changed significantly, even since last October," he says. The most noteworthy shift since the economic...
It's tough out there for anyone looking for a job these days, but the recession has been especially hard on those men and women who have returned after serving their country in the U.S. Armed Forces. According to figures released from the office of U.S....
Today, the U.S. Labor Department released figures indicating that 14.5 million people in this country are out of work. This adds up to a national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent in May, the highest it's been in the last 25 years and higher than the...
If this economy has taught us anything, it's that the rules of searching for jobs have changed in the last nine months. For decades, common wisdom held that resumes should show a long, steady arc of employment and ever-increasing responsibilities with every new job. Periods...
Job interviews have to rank high on the list of stressful situations for most people. After all, those few minutes talking about your work history and answering questions at a boardroom table have the power to alter your career path significantly. Nervousness and sweaty palms...
