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Job websites not taking you seriously?Despite of constant warnings about the career dangers of posting certain content on social-media sites, many job hunters still don’t follow the advice. Social profiles are easily remembered and not always in a positive way. Recruiters, who often move around from company to company, carry this information with them. This can significantly reduce your chances for a long period of time.

People don’t realize that small things like spamming their resumes or bending the truth can damage their career. Job hunters often send cover letters that claim a specific position at the company or submit the same letter for several other openings. Those candidates are loosing their integrity immediately. To avoid that, it is recommended to write about the two or three positions you’re most qualified for in a single letter.
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Tired of Wacky Job Applicants?Leadership concepts describe the way we organize, inspire, evaluate, and reward employees. With so many management theories, there are some ill-conceived practices that are widely used:
  • Recruiting system that requires candidates to go through multiple steps before they can get as much as a phone interview. Those steps can often be insulting and may include reference and credit checks, questionnaires, online and work assignment tests, etc. Giving hiring responsibilities back to hiring managers can improve the speed and quality of recruiting process.

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Do you wear happy socks to work?Pay freezes, layoffs and cost cutting strategies do not improve employee’s morale. A recent survey shows that over 22 percent of workers want to change jobs as soon as it will be possible. Companies might end up paying up to three times a worker’s annual salary to cover the cost of recruiting and training, as well as, due to the productivity loss.

Losing critical employees have always been an issue for employers. When the job market improves, more workers will seize the opportunity to jump ship. Employees with important skills will leave first. Though it probably won’t happen before the jobless rate falls to its normal value, which is not expected during this and even next year, it is now a good time to take proactive steps to retain the most valuable employees.
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Frustrated with your job searchPeople worry about all sorts of things at work - making sales goals, increasing competition, hiring new employees, outsourcing jobs to other countries, layoffs, budget cuts, immigration reform, working for an idiot boss, what gift to get a co-worker for holidays, etc.

Some amount of stress is good. It motivates us and makes us stronger. Too much stress is bad. It can cause severe health problems and, in extreme cases, even death.

There are certain things you can do to reduce your stress:

1. Take care of yourself. Start paying attention to your physical and emotional health. Get enough sleep, start going to the health club, choose food that keeps you going and makes you feel good.


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job websites making funMAYNARD, Mass. – October 14, 2009 – New research from Monster.com and Human Capital Institute reveals a dramatic difference in how employers and workers perceive the impact of the current recession, potentially leading to employers facing mass talent drains as the labor market begins to turn. The reason – employers are vastly overrating the morale of their employees as 84 percent of those surveyed indicated a belief that their workforce is content to simply to have a job while only 58 percent of workers feel that way.

“Today’s employers feel that employees are loyal due to the economic times, but the reality is they are not,” said Katherine Jones, HCI Research Fellow. “Because of this, there is a strong likelihood that when the economy turns for the better, employers could find themselves with valued employees jumping ship.  This places pressure on them to put retention measures in place now.”


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idiot - good bossLast week I wrote a blog about Lousy Bosses titled “Working for an Idiot Boss: How to Handle a Lousy Boss?”.  It has resulted in tons of discussions throughout the Internet (thank you for your feedback, everyone!)

After doing some research and surveying employees to characterize and portray their bosses - the trend is clear: people generally don’t like their bosses. According to most employees, lousy bosses tend to be a lot more common than good bosses.  The fact is, many employees aren’t just annoyed their bosses’ poor leadership – they are often insulted by the incompetence of their bosses.  Ouch!

So after getting this feedback from many of our blog’s readers, I decided to continue writing about this topic of good or bad leadership and find out what it takes to be a good boss.


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With the economy weakening, the reports of the widespread offshoring and outsourcing have attracted much public attention. Although all workers have long been exposed to competition, trends such as falling communication costs, the rise of Internet commerce, and other technological advances have made a much wider spectrum of jobs vulnerable to relocation.

But how is offshoring distinguished from outsourcing?

Outsourcing is a term that refers to the practice of one company hiring another to perform tasks that used to be done in-house. E.g. an automaker used to make its own tires, but now buys them from another company that specializes in tire production. It does not necessarily indicate nationality—functions can be outsourced to either domestic or foreign workers.

Offshoring refers to substituting foreign workers for domestic labor. When a company finds replacements for current employees outside the country, it may hire its own employees abroad (offshoring) or it may outsource the work to another company operating abroad. Take the familiar example of a U.S. company that decides to replace U.S.-based computer programmers with programmers in India.

Sources: EPI Offshoring Guide, Wikipedia

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