Pay Phones, Flip Phones, Snail Mail, & Cover Letters
Can you guess the theme here? Pay phones. . . drop your dime or quarter and call someone. [Remember the phrase “Drop a dime?”] Used to...
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Robert Hurley
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The Online Job Posting Dumpster
Help Wanted – The Roots of Online Job Postings Before the Internet Age, newspapers were an important source of information with multiple...
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Robert Hurley
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It’s The Season For Ghosts . . . And Ghosting
What season IS this? It certainly is the season for ghosts, but, unfortunately, ghosting doesn’t have a season – it’s a year-round event....
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Robert Hurley
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Is it a Job Description or Wish List?
Many so-called Job Descriptions are littered with every possible thing a group of people could think of – they’re a wish list – a...
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Robert Hurley
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Let's Get Us Some Talent!
This is the new HR hiring buzzword these days isn’t it: Talent. o Talent Acquisition o Talent Procurement o Talent Strategy o Talent...
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Robert Hurley
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Keyword Brainwash!
There’s a lot of discussion these days about Keywords. Some say that you’re supposed to find as many words as you can think of that...
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Robert Hurley
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Here's Who's Hiring Now
We see this frequently online, don’t we ─ a list of companies that are supposedly hiring. Last week there was one that had 38,000 hits!...
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Robert Hurley
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Tell Me Your Salary History – or Else!!
Would this happen? You went to an exciting new restaurant you’d heard about. The host seated you, and the server came to the table with...
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Robert Hurley
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Online Application Frustration #!%*&^
How much success have you had with online job applications? We’ve been sold the idea that online technology will solve everyone’s career...
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Robert Hurley
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Get a Job Without a Resume
Applying for jobs online is a difficult process. You worry about whether a job is real, whether anyone ever looked at your resume, or if...
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