One of the questions I’m frequently asked as a hiring manager concerns the proper length for a resume. Many people are under the impression that the longer your resume, the better. I’ve even seen advice floating around that recommends one page in length for every five years of experience, or one page for every employer,…
In my last post, I explained my number one favorite way to tune up your resume: stating your experience in terms of accomplishments. In this post, I’ll explain my second most favorite way, which is this: replace your “Job Objective” statement with a “Summary Statement”. About 80 to 90 percent of the resumes I see…
One of the most common questions I get as a hiring manager goes something like this: “I’ve sent out my resume to dozens (or even hundreds) of job openings and haven’t received a single response or offer to interview. What’s wrong? Could it be my resume?” If you too have doubts about the effectiveness of…
It happens sometimes. You had an interview, thought it went well, and you’ve heard nothing. You want to follow up but don’t want to come across as desperate or offensive. Here’s how to do it the right way. From a timing standpoint, if you haven’t heard anything in two weeks after a first interview, it’s…
Manpower Staffing has become a world leader in staffing. Manpower Staffing was founded in 1948, and has been successfully matching workers with employers ever since. Their first offices were opened in Chicago and Milwaukee. Fortune named Manpower one of its most admired companies in the staffing industry for seven consecutive years. They have received many…
Kelly Services is considered to be the original temporary employment agency. It was founded in 1946 and originally provided services in-house. Later, clients started requesting the work to be handled at their locations which is when the concept of temporary staffing was born. While it may be one of the oldest staffing agencies in the…
CoreStaff is a staffing agency that has become much more popular over the last several years. While there are a growing number of staffing agencies being used by local businesses, CoreStaff consistently seems to be well regarded by the clients that they work with. When looking for employment using a staffing agency can be a…
Aerotek Staffing Solutions can assist your company with all of your staffing needs. Aerotek has been a leader in the staffing industry for almost 30 years. They were founded in 1983, in Baltimore, MD and have been successfully matching the right candidate with the right employer ever since. In the beginning, they worked within the…
Adecco is a popular employment agency that is most well-known for providing temporary positions to job seekers, although they also have contract and direct hire opportunities as well. Across a majority of the country many people are still looking for some type of short-term or temporary employment. The problem is that employment ads are getting…
Jobs seem to be getting much harder to find these days. Although the unemployment rate is dropping, there are still millions of Americans without jobs. If you are one of the millions without a job you may want to consider working from home. Many stay at home moms, and dads, for that matter are starting…
Doostang is yet another online career network website. It was founded in 2005 by a pair of Stanford University students who designed it to be a website that is available only to students and those who graduated from high ranking MBA and undergraduate programs. These restrictions were lifted in July 2009 when it became a…
ExecuNet was formed in 1988 and is designed to bring together high-level executives online in a bid to help them improve their network. The site also promises to provide members with exclusive access to six figure vacancies which are unavailable to non-members. To date, ExecuNet, has helped more than 400,000 job seekers and 25,000 companies….