Archive for November, 2009

Job-Hunt’s Top 10 Job Search Twitter Lists

November 29th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Over the past couple of months, I’ve spent time researching and compiling Twitter Lists, a new Twitter capability that is currently still in “beta” (not quite ready for prime time).

Job-Hunt’s Top 10 Twitter Lists are presented in order (below) by the total number of Twitter accounts they are following today, with one exception at the end.  I expect the number of accounts in each list will probably increase as I discover new accounts in the future, so the number of accounts in each of these  lists may be different when you view them.

The accounts you find in each list should be consistent with the title of the list.  For example, the largest and most popular list, Employers-Recruiting, contains ONLY employers or in-house recruiters for employers.  It does not contain job boards or independent recruiting/staffing company Twitter accounts.   The job boards are probably on the Job-Listings list (if they Tweet their job openings), and the recruiters are probably on the Recrutiers-and-Recruiting list.  Assuming they passed the “sniff test” (below).

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New Job-Hunt Articles + Career of the Week

November 25th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Phyllis Mufson for Boomer Job Search, Camille Carboneau-Roberts for Federal Job Search, and Randi Bussin for Career Change:

Career of the Week: Career of the Week: Clinical Counselors – $32.76/hour average wage, expected 10-year job growth is 16%. More about other Careers.

Low-Cost EFFECTIVE Online Recruiting for Small Employers

November 22nd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

3 FREE tools for employers who are trying to save money while filling their job openings.

These tools allow employers, particularly smaller employers, to create their own private, low-cost job board and then make those jobs visible to thousands of job seekers with minimal time, effort and cost: (more…)

New Job-Hunt Articles + Career of the Week

November 17th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Nancy Collamer for Lifestyle-Friendly Careers, Dr. Jan Cannon for Mid-Life Careers, and Kate Duttro  for Careers for Academics:

Career of the Week: Legal Assistant/Paralegal – $22.88/hour average wage, expected 10-year job growth is 22%.  More about other Careers…

New Job-Hunt Articles + Career of the Week

November 9th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Laura DeCarlo for Job Interviewing, Jeff Lipschultz for Working with Recruiters, and Parmelee Eastman  for Company Research:

Career of the Week: Clothing Designer – $63,000 average annual income, expected 10-year job growth is 5%. More about other Careers…

Don’t Be a Layoff SURVIVOR

November 3rd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

According to the dictionary, to “graduate” is “to advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity.”  SO… Be a layoff GRADUATE, rather than a layoff survivor.

The dictionary says that to “survive” is “to remain alive or in existence.” Surviving is certainly MUCH better than the alternative.

However, think back to the last time you graduated from something.  For most of us, a graduation is the beginning of a new phase of life.  We take what we have learned in the recent past, and apply that knowledge to move in a new direction.

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New Job-Hunt Articles & Career of the Week

November 2nd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Beverly Harvey for Executive Job Search, Wendy Gelberg for Introverts’ Job Search, and Job-Hunt’s editor Susan P. Joyce for Online Job Search:

Career of the Week: System Software Engineer – $70,000 average annual income, expected 10-year job growth is 38%. More about other Careers…