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5 Mistakes Job Seekers Make on their Resume

5 Mistakes Job Seekers Make on their Resume »

I’m sitting in front of my computer trying to think of a new way to say the same things I’ve already said a million times. I think I’m beginning to feel border line preachy with my resume and cover letter advice. But I also feel a duty to share with job seekers the blunders and mistakes they make that prohibit them from getting the interview and ultimately the offer. After ten years of working as a human resources manager and recruiter – I’ve seen my fair share of job seeker mistakes. So here’s my list of the five biggest mistakes job seekers make on their resume.

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Alliance Staffing Solutions Accelerates Business with DocuSign Electronic Signature Service

Alliance Staffing Solutions Accelerates Business with DocuSign Electronic Signature Service »

DocuSign®, the market leader and global standard for electronic signature, today announced that Alliance Staffing Solutions, one of the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio, uses the DocuSign electronic signature service to complete its candidate application process. Alliance uses DocuSign to quickly and easily send candidates employment application packages to complete and electronically sign—thereby avoiding the hassle of printing, signing and faxing or mailing bulky, multi-page applications.

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Has the scourge of London headhunters been silenced?

Has the scourge of London headhunters been silenced? »

Something appears to have happened to the anonymous individual who’s been mocking London’s financial headhunting/recruiting industry for the past 12 months or more. The BlunterHeadhunter website is offline, with no excuses made for its disappearance.

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Healthcare Recruitment Agencies – Great Way To Get Medical Jobs

Healthcare Recruitment Agencies – Great Way To Get Medical Jobs »

Healthcare recruitment agencies are becoming all the rage as this specific discipline goes on to become even more popular and full to capacity. There are scores of well-liked Healthcare recruitment agencies that have remarkable associations with the health care centers and hospitals in America and also all over the world in case you are keen on putting your healthcare abilities to use in a foreign country.

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Not Only A Recruiter, But a Movie Guy Too

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What is the last good movie that you saw?

A simple and unassuming open-ended question that has really helped me over the years in my cold calling blocks.

My recruiting background is in the health care sector, mostly working with physicians. Most physician recruiters would agree that the chance of connecting directly with a doctor in his or her office from a random call is very slim. It is a combination of difficult schedules between patients, call services and gatekeepers. Continue reading “Not Only A Recruiter, But a Movie Guy Too”

AMN’s Staff Care Locum Tenens Division Certified for First Time

AMN’s Staff Care Locum Tenens Division Certified for First Time »

The Joint Commission, a recognized provider of quality standards in the healthcare industry, has recertified AMN Healthcare and its companies with its “Gold Seal of Approval” for healthcare staffing services. And, for the first time, Staff Care, AMN’s locum tenens division, has been included in the certification process.

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Recruiters are full of SH*T…

SXSW ’10 is around the corner and we want to represent the Recruiter. To do so we need your vote. We need to borrown 2 minutes of your time to register and vote. Top vote getters present and we want that to be us.

Recruiters are full of Shit. I know I am one.

We are in the running to present at SXSW this year and we need your vote. I’ll be paneling with some of the craziest personalities online in the recruiting world and we’d love your support. We’ll have a  room full of hungry eyes looking to hear the dirty little secrets of recruiters and why we are full of Shit.

This session will be unedited, direct and in your face jam packed with hundreds of people listening in!

Your vote counts and it’s the only way we can get in to present!  Bring the pain.

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Questions Answered during this session:

  1. What’s the quickest way to gain the attention of headhunters?
  2. Do you really “need” a recruiter?
  3. The biggest myth in the job search industry.
  4. Why is turn over in the industry so high and how does it affect me?
  5. Where’s the best place to “be seen” while looking for a job?

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13 Best Job Sites for Baby Boomers

13 Best Job Sites for Baby Boomers »

The first step to finding a new job is to look in the right place, and these sites are especially beneficial to experienced workers who are looking to fill a particular niche in the labor market. Take a look at these top sites for the experienced worker — maybe one of them has the perfect opportunity waiting for you.

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Experienced Physician Recruitment In The United States

Experienced Physician Recruitment In The United States »

Physician Recruitment is a special line of a medical facilities team which requires an important and strategic planning with up to date resources. In this modern world of competition, where need for physicians in the U.S healthcare industry is huge, it is becomes a task oriented job to select the best out of best after extensive and wide research.

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Job Search Expert Warns Summer is Worst Time to Look For Work

Job Search Expert Warns Summer is Worst Time to Look For Work »

With the summer time being a slow time of year to find work, advice to jobseekers from a top career planning expert is to keep up momentum by understanding the system and working it as much as possible to their advantage.

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Recruitment Agencies – The IT Sector

Recruitment Agencies – The IT Sector »

IT recruitment agencies hire staff or recruiters that posses excellent understanding skills of the latest technology and programs which exist in the IT industry. This enables the recruiters to understand a requirement and cater to it in a precise manner. IT recruitment agencies can maintain a company standard by recruiting the correct staff.

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How to get any Job you want using Social Media

How to get any Job you want using Social Media »

Let’s face it. Job-hunting today is tougher than it’s ever been before. Not to mention just getting an interview can be a chore once you’ve found a job of semi-interest. So how do you find a job? How do you get an interview once a potential job is found? Believe it or not you can get any job you want by using Facebook, Twitter and by blogging.

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BlackDog Recruiting Software Announces Integration with TalentHook

BlackDog Recruiting Software Announces Integration with TalentHook »

BlackDog Recruiting Software has a long standing reputation for fast and accurate resume importing into its applicant tracking system (http://www.go4recruitingsoftware.com/), Gopher for Recruiters. The Gopher system, evolved from the constant and changing needs of its recruiting customers, has refined the essential elements of importing resumes into its resume database.

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Monday Morning Motivation: Make it a Great Day

Every once and a while I remind myself that I have it real good, a great family, and that I can always do more to push myself. The work is hard, but you have to work hard at it to succeed. When you think you are working hard, watch this video…and ask…am I really working as hard as I can?

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Have a great day!

Stuckey & Company Offers Critical Professional Liability Insurance to Expanding Number of Staffing and Placement Agencies

Stuckey & Company Offers Critical Professional Liability Insurance to Expanding Number of Staffing and Placement Agencies »

To protect staffing and placement agencies from the actions of the people they place into jobs, specialty insurance provider Stuckey & Company offers professional liability (errors and omissions) insurance specially designed for this fast-growing industry. Coverage is available for companies up to $5 million in annual billings, and premiums start as low as $500 in many states.

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