Lately, I have been thinking about the unemployed and underemployed as a pool of talent. I’d argue they are one of the most undertapped economic segments. Of the global working population, 6.3% is unemployed. In the US, the long-term unemployed are better educated, older, and more likely to be professional workers than the mean unemployed...
[Continue Reading]Jobs for the autistic/creating a new business
I recently learned about an entrepreneur with a very clever business model: Thorkil Sonne, founder of Danish software testing company Specialisterne. The 55-person firm’s clients include CSC, Microsoft, and Oracle. Specialisterne claims to be the world’s first company focused on leveraging the unique talents of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Sonne started the company...
[Continue Reading]Jibber Jobber
Jason Alba at JibberJobber added a JibberJobber profile to the Virtual Handshake social software company wiki. Barbara Safani writes, A successful job search campaign requires exceptional organizational and follow-up skills. Jibber Jobber provides an easy to use interface that takes the drudgery out of the job search process while improving efficiencies and accelerating search activity....
[Continue Reading]The Insider's Guide to Interviewing
Career Hub has just released their third free eBook, “The Insider’s Guide to Interviewing”, featuring articles from 14 top career experts. This book, along with two earlier books, The Insider’s Guide to Resume Writing” and “The Insider’s Guide to Job Search” can be downloaded at http://careerhub.typepad.com/main/2007/04/free_job_search.html. Via Barbara Safani...
[Continue Reading]Compensation at Private Equity Firms and Investment Banks
Dealmaker Magazine has a useful survey of 2006 compensation at top private equity firms and investment banks. They’ve done their best to make it hard to replicate this data without sharing your own personal data with them. The page with this data in the printed magazine is written with hard-to-copy formatting, and the online version...
[Continue Reading]What is your greatest weakness? 3 smart replies
Annie Fisher quotes Ben Dattner, who suggests: 1. Focus the discussion on how you’ve improved over time. 2. Talk about how the job you’re applying for will help you stretch and build your skills. 3. Describe a valuable piece of advice someone gave you, and how it has helped your career. more…...
[Continue Reading]Insider Guide to Resume Writing
Via Barbara Safani: Career Hub, a career advice blog I contribute to, recently launched their second free ebook, Insider’s Guide to Resume Writing. The free download is http://careerhub.typepad.com/main/2007/01/resume_writing_.html...
[Continue Reading]Nine Tools for Researching Leads
“On the 9th Day of Xmas, Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters revealed to me: Nine Tools for Researching Leads.” Whether you are looking for sales or job-hunting purposes, there are a vast number of services you can subscribe to for free that will bring information on worthwhile new companies straight to you. This is a...
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