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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, December 2, 2011

December 3, 2011 by Tom Bolt

This past Friday on #HFChat we revisited the age-old question about questions: in an interview the candidate needs to know how, when and why their questions fit into the conversation. As you can see from the chat dialog, interviewee questions can either help or hurt chances to get that job offer. We were fortunate to [...]

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Next on #HFChat: The Art of Asking Interview Questions…as a Job Seeker

November 29, 2011 by Tom Bolt

“Now, do you have any questions?” Every job interview, if the job seeker is lucky enough to get to this stage, is critical.  What controls whether or not you get an offer?  The résumé gets you in the door, but whether you leave as a job seeker or an employee depends on how you conduct [...]

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Next on #HFChat: Networking for Job Search and Continued Career Growth

October 25, 2011 by Tom Bolt

This week’s guest host for #HFChat is Shannon Myers, the owner of Walton Search. As a networking specialist she provides talent data, research and competitive intelligence to recruiters and businesses. Job seekers, this week her expertise is shared with you. The questions to be discussed in this week’s chat (Friday Noon-1:00pm Eastern/11:00am-12:00pm Central/10:00am-11:00am Mountain/9:00am-10:00am Pacific) [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, October 14, 2011

October 14, 2011 by Tom Bolt

Margo Rose (@HRMargo) created the #HireFriday community as to assist those looking for work in a tough economy. She and her followers joined together to create a community of recruiters and job seekers to promote learning and communication. Using the Twitter hashtag #HireFriday, followers chat to help the reach and exposure of job seekers beyond [...]

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Next on #HFChat: Job Transition-Personal Development Tools to Help You Survive and Thrive?

October 11, 2011 by Tom Bolt

Described by clients as a “transformational catalyst” this week’s guest Host Irene Becker has helped executives, senior managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, writers, human resource professionals, speakers, trainers, coaches, teachers…and now she is here for you! Her expertise lies in being able to assist her clients to optimize talent and performance in high stress, high change environments. [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, October 7, 2011

October 7, 2011 by Tom Bolt

Margo Rose (@HRMargo) created the #HireFriday community as a tool to assist those looking for work. She and her followers joined together to create a community of recruiters and job seekers to promote learning and communication. Using the Twitter hashtag #HireFriday, followers chat to help the reach and exposure of job seekers beyond their own [...]

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Next on #HFChat: How Smart Is Your Job Search?

October 5, 2011 by Tom Bolt

This week’s guest host is long-time friend of #HireFriday Karen Siwak (@ResumeStrategy). You won’t have to think long to figure out her Twitter ID…that’s exactly what you can expect from her advice this Friday…smart strategy for the resume and much, much more. Here are the questions that will be discussed during the hour (Friday Noon-1pm [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, August 26, 2011

August 26, 2011 by Tom Bolt

This week proved to be one of the most popular in several months with an exposure of 5 million impressions and a peak activity of over 1400 tweets during the noon hour (Source: tweetreach.com). Comments indicate that an increasing number of job seekers are taking advantage of the advice from the weekly event as well [...]

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Next on #HFChat: HeadStrong – The Keys to a Confident and Positive Attitude During Job Search

August 23, 2011 by Tom Bolt

The next discussion of the #HireFriday community on Twitter (hashtag #HFChat) will be on Friday, August 26 with guest host author Tim Tyrell-Smith. The topic is related to Tim’s book Headstrong which speaks to the importance of a positive attitude during a job search. The questions to be discussed this week (Friday Noon-1:00pm Eastern/11:00am-12:00pm Central/10:00am-11:00am [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, August 19, 2011

August 19, 2011 by Tom Bolt

The community continues to grow! To date in 2011 #HFChat has reached over 1.4 million people with more than 103.5 million impressions (Source: tweetreach.com).  A long list of weekly celebrity guest hosts brings expert advice to job seekers and the body of regular contributors can be counted on to show up to help job seekers [...]

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