Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Friend of Yours Knows A Friend of the Hiring Manager!

 “When considering even the most distant Facebook user in the Siberian tundra or the Peruvian rain forest, a friend of your friend knows a friend of their friend.”  I’ve blogged, pleaded, begged, and implored the virtues of word-of-mouth job-search. Here are the new stats from The New York Times:  Six Degrees of Separation Exists No […]

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Onboarding?

Onboarding. The word is reminiscent of the golden days of train travel and is mindful of a PC naughty word. But it’s also the current shorthand for new employee orientation. In Job-Search: Will YOUR prospective employer ‘onboard’ new hires for success? (From Maxwell, Locke, and Ritter – see below and read for objectives of effective […]

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Becoming and Staying Marketable *2011 to 2025!

Are you noticing the changes? Or, are you Freddie the Frog on the stove in cold water? You don’t notice the heat rising until too late; but, if you suddenly get placed in the new enviroment, the boiling water smarts…big time. Today’s workplace demands are shaping up like this: *2011 is the year starting Baby […]

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