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Crack the job application systems

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

 

 

4 Strategies for Conquering Online Job Application Systems
Brie Reynolds, lifehack.org

If you’re like the majority of job seekers, you spend quite a bit of time searching for jobs online. While there are lots of other job search methods—networking, company research, career fairs, recruiters, and the like—once you finally find a job…

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This is a photo symbolizing the job search in today’s economy. Out of the darkness, there seems to be a ray of hope–but where? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Why LinkedIn is replacing Monster as job search tool

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn
By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.com

In his more than 15 years as a head­hunter, Jeff Vijung­co has tried Mon­ster, Craigslist, Career­Builder, and other online job boards. Late­ly the head of recruit­ment at Adobe Sys­tems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them.

“I think job post­i…

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Redo the resume for shrinking attention spans

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata

How To Redesign Your Resume For A Recruiter’s 6-Second Attention Span
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

The average recruiter spends six seconds on your resume. So this is what you do.

It’s fright­en­ing. You’ll spend most of your wak­ing life at a job, yet, accord­ing to a new study by The­Lad­ders, the aver­age recruiter spends just six sec­onds…

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Jobs for the Future (JFF) uses online intelligence to find jobs in most demand

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Regenerative Economy, Security & Privacy
joe explaining software
joe explaining software (Photo credit: Wonderlane)

In contrast to traditional survey based means of measuring job growth which can be quite inaccurate  Jobs for the Future’s (JFF)  John Dorrer uses ethnographic/online methods to analyze job postings (mining nearly 100,000 unique online postings for the three months ending February 14) in real time to extract the skills employers are asking for right now, then works with community colleges to make sure their students are being prepared to deliver.

CERTIFICATIONS IN GREATEST DEMAND

ABILITIES IN GREATEST DEMAND

  • 9,428 jobs need wither SQL, Java, or Oracle programming skills
  • 4,945 jobs need sales skills
  • 4,677 jobs need scheduling or other administrative support skills
  • 3,782 jobs need accounting skills
  • 2,374 jobs need math skills

Where the Massachusetts jobs are right now – Boston.com.

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Job Search | one search. all jobs. Indeed.com

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy
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Job Search | one search. all jobs. Indeed.com.

If you’re reading this at work, maybe you’re bored with your job, so why not search Indeed.com for something new? It spans job Web sites, newspapers, and company career pages by keyword and location to fit your needs.

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