Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter

Article Title: Where have all the good jobs gone?
Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: http://careeralley.com
Good question. Not as many jobs as there used to be (and seems like less each week), but there are jobs. This blog and today’s theme is about how to find a job. Coincidentally, Fortune Magazine’s cover story this issue [...]

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Article Title: Who’s Hiring in the Best Companies – Vol XI
Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: http://careeralley.com
So exactly how does Fortune determine the Best Companies list? They conducted a survey with over 81,000 employees from 353 companies. To learn more, click “How we pick the 100 Best”. What is even more interesting about the list [...]

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Article Title: Why Should I Temp?
Author Byline: Registering with an agency can be an excellent resource for people looking for work, no matter what their desired situation.
Author Website: http://www.lakeshorestaffing.com/
Staffing agencies have been aligning employers with talented job seekers for years. These agencies are always there to help ease the stress of job hunting [...]

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Article Title: The White Stuff
Author Byline: Peggy McKee, The Medical Sales Recruiter
Author Website: http://phcconsulting.com/WordPress
20 years experience
Seasoned, mature rep ready for a new challenge.

Do these resume summary lines sound familiar?
You can’t turn on the television or radio without hearing how many people are unemployed or how difficult the job market is today. What you [...]

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Article Title: 3 Employee Training Tips for Managers
Author Byline: Mary Gormandy White, M.A., SPHR
Author Website: http://www.mobiletechwebsite.com
When you became a manager, there’s a good chance that you didn’t realize that providing employee training would become a major portion of your job. However, it’s a fact that teaching is an essential function of every managerial [...]

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Article Title: Is career discovery relevant during a recession?
Author Byline: Amit Puri is the Managing Consultant at Sandbox Advisors. He has over 10 years of business and HR related experience, with companies such as Bain & Co, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. Sandbox Advisors is based in Singapore and provides career management and HR [...]

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Article Title: Entry Level IT Certification for Career Success
Author Byline: Randall Olson, MTI Business Solutions
Author Website: http://www.mobiletechwebsite.com

Are you planning a career in an IT occupation? If you want to be successful in the information technology field, it’s very important to earn one or more professional certifications relevant to the type of job that [...]

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Article Title: What College Students Should Do For Their Job Search Over Spring Break
Author Byline: Caroline Ceniza-Levine is co-founder of SixFigureStart (www.sixfigurestart.com), a career coaching firm that specializes in working with Gen Y young professionals. Formerly in corporate HR and retained search, Caroline most recently headed campus recruiting for Time Inc [...]

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Article Title: When job search feels like jury duty
Author Byline: Tim Tyrell-Smith @ Spin Strategy™ – Tools for Intelligent Job Search
Author Website: http://quixoting.typepad.com/spin_strategy
So here’s a few thoughts about job search and jury duty. Are they comparable?
Ask anyone who’s been called for jury duty and you’ll get one of two reactions. First are [...]

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Article Title: Building Career Success Stories: Why Storytelling is Essential to Finding Your Next Job
Author Byline: Roxanne Ravenel is a Job Search Coach & Consultant at The Job Lab. She teaches job hunters strategies for getting better, faster job search results – even in a tough economy.
Author Website: http://thejoblab.com/savvy.htm
Hiring and training a new [...]

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