3 Hiring Trends that Prove It’s a Great Time to Be a Job Seeker
Posted on November 12, 2018
Every year, the hiring process evolves. Organizations prioritize finding different traits and skills in candidates. There are new technologies that job seekers need to be familiar with to stand out. Changes in the economy and workforce shift how much power job seekers have in their jo …
3 Ways to Improve Employee Retention in the Age of Passive Job Seekers
Posted on October 29, 2018
Let’s be honest: this is not a good time for employee retention. In fact, a report from the Labor Department found that 3.3 million people willingly left their job in May of this year. That’s the highest percentage of employees to quit since April 2001. For companies that are already …
How to Take Advantage of Low Unemployment as a Job Seeker
Posted on October 15, 2018
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash It’s an exciting time to be a job seeker. The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found the unemployment rate stands at just 3.9 percent. This means employers who are looking for great talent don’t have as many options. If you’ve been thinking …
3 Steps to Determining if a Job Seeker Is Truly Interested in Their Career
Posted on October 1, 2018
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4 Things to Consider Before Switching College Majors
Posted on September 17, 2018
Photo by sergio souza on Unsplash Within three years of initial enrollment, about 30 percent of undergraduates in associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs who declared a major had changed it at least once, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Education. The same study foun …
Facing Unemployment: Managing a Full-Time Job Search With a Full-Time Career
Posted on September 3, 2018
pixabay Search for the perfect job, write application materials, attach resume, network, and repeat. The job search process is long and tedious. To do it well, one application can take hours from start to finish — and that’s after you’ve found the perfect listing. It truly is a full-t …
3 Pieces of Career Advice to Turn Students Into Self-Marketers
Posted on August 20, 2018
Recruiters don’t type keywords into a job search engine and cross their fingers hoping top candidates pop up. In today’s recruiting world, social media, effective job boards, and an emphasis on company culture allow recruiters to look deeper into potential candidates and their whole p …
Ladies, Your Letter of Recommendation Is Hurting Your Job Search
Posted on August 6, 2018
This post was updated in September 2022 We have some bad news for female job seekers: letters of recommendation could be biased against you. Research published in the Journal of Business and Psychology found that recommendations written about women were more likely to contain “doubt-r …
Social Media 101: How Career Counselors Can Better Reach Students
Posted on July 23, 2018
This post was updated in September 2022 There’s no denying the powerful part social media plays in young people’s lives. For the majority of college students, these platforms are their main source of information. And that includes information about their job search. In fact, a 2018 su …
Generation Z: How to Show Older Employees There’s Nothing to Fear
Posted on July 9, 2018
When millennials entered the workforce, they rocked the foundations of most organizations. The generation was so unlike those before that it took leaders and HR professionals longer to get a handle on these new employees. Now, Generation Z is graduating college and starting their care …