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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, May 4, 2012

May 5, 2012 by Tom Bolt

On Star Wars day in 2012 (May the 4th be with you!) the HireFriday community met once again in a Twitter chat hosted by Intuit and sponsored by Dice. Led by Gail Houston (@IntuitCareers), Chris Cox (@crizzcoxx) and Leslie Mason (@leslie12002) we discussed “What Are Some Best Practices for a Tech Job Seeker?” It was [...]

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Tweet #DiceAdvantage During #HFChat Today (Win Great Prizes)

May 4, 2012 by Margo Rose

  Did you know that if you add #DiceAdvantage to your #HFChat Tweet today you will be entered to win a 3 month subscription to Dice Advantage. The DiceAdvantage service highlights your resume to employers, and lets you see who has viewed it. It’s your chance to gain an edge in your tech job hunt. [...]

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Next on #HFChat: The next step – How you plan your long-term career goals

March 28, 2012 by Tom Bolt

CareerBuilder. What’s in a name? Ask job seekers and recruiters if they have ever touched this online tool and the number of positive responses will approach 100%. Recruiters who have been around for more than a few years remember Careermosaic, CareerPath and Headhunter.net that are all part of the CareerBuilder genealogy. Today this powerful force [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, March 2, 2012

March 3, 2012 by Tom Bolt

Occasionally the HireFriday gang gives the guest host roster a week off. This week the Twitter chat for the job seeker community was hosted by three of the leaders of the team: Founder and CEO Margo Rose (@HRMargo), Cyndy Trivella (@CyndyTrivella) and Tom Bolt (@TomBolt). The fierce chat raged about the topic Negotiating the Salary. [...]

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Twitter And Job Hunting – A Video Interview With HireFriday Founder, Margo Rose

February 29, 2012 by Margo Rose

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by @NewsThatRocks for The Nashville News, and Their YouTube Channel.  I thought you’d like to take a peak at what Jennifer Way and I had to say about online job search. It was an honor to participate in this event “LinkedIn and Your Career” last month at Belmont [...]

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How To Really Use The “Apply Button” On LinkedIn

February 3, 2012 by Margo Rose

This guest post by Amos Tayts brings interesting insight into a proactive use of LinkedIn.  The ‘Apply Now” button is only effective if you use a proactive approach for follow up.   The usual – and often correct – assumption is that visibility is credibility.  On LinkedIn this is still true to some extent, but…and [...]

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Building And Engaging Your Personal Brand Next on #HFChat

January 12, 2012 by Margo Rose

These days, searching for a job is about more than just sending out resumes. You need to build your personal brand – online. And, you need to connect with recruiters, hiring managers and others who may have a hand in the hiring process. In today’s world, you need to be more than a piece of [...]

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Take Brazen Careerist’s Online Job Search Boot Camp in 2012

December 19, 2011 by Margo Rose

Please share this great learning opportunity with your friends: bit.ly/vlJyoN –  I’ll be leading a session “How to keep your resume out of the black hole,” I’ll offer tips for making your resume rise to the top of the pile. Brazen Careerist’s Job Search School’s courses will be taught by the thought leaders in Career [...]

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Under Construction: Please Be Patient With Us During Our Redesign

December 14, 2011 by Margo Rose

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties, and are undergoing a website redesign.  With the new plans we have, we will be able to serve you better, provide interesting newsletters, articles, videos, guest posts, our Compassionate HR podcast, HFChat topics, questions, guest host information, transcripts, and much more. Please bear with bear with us while we [...]

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Why Job Seekers Should Blog: Top 5 Tips To Get You Started!

November 28, 2011 by Margo Rose

Why Job Seekers Should Blog   If you are a job seeker, and you like to write–blogging might just set you apart from other candidates. When I started my blog in 2009, I wrote exclusively about HR. Then I started writing about Recruiting. That morphed into transforming this into an editorial blog where I critiqued [...]

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