LinkedIn continues to be cited as one of the top sites for sales professionals, recruiters, and job seekers. Is the site continuing its’ explosive growth? LinkedIn recorded 4.2 billion professionally oriented searches on the platform in 2011 and is on pace to surpass 5.3 billion in 2012. Additionally, they’ve added 1,000 employees this year. Yeah, that’s [...]

When researching the most effective practices on conducting a job search, job seekers can get a lot of mixed messages on what to do (or what not to do) – depending on the who they talk to. HR and Recruiting professionals can be a great source of information, given their roles in the recruitment and [...]

For years companies have tried reinventing Resume’s. 4 years ago VisualCV launched but has since been acquired. ResumUP is one of the newer entries into the online Resume space and is still in beta. Their slogan “go visual, get visible” says it all. The premise is simple, an infographic Resume will get you noticed. Will [...]

Both job seekers and recruiters have seen many ups and downs over the past 15 years with internet recruiting. With all of the evolving technology, job seekers can find positions and connect with recruiters and connections faster than ever before. And if you are a recruiter you can search and connect with candidates in a [...]

LinkedIn continues making waves in the recruiting industry.  From tripling the number of attendees at this years TalentConnect Recruiting conference (while other recruiting conference organizers struggle), to announcing new products and expansion. The site is approaching 30 billion page views for 2011 as it sets targets on replacing things like Resume’s, business cards and rolodexes [...]

Indeed.com has been a well known job search engine for years.  A few months ago, it became the largest job “site” in the world when measured by unique visitors, according to Comscore. How many visitors? In October, 2010, the site recorded 12.3 million unique visitors in comparison to Monster.com’s 12.1 million.  CareerBuilder recorded third place, [...]

Last week SHRM announced a 6 week pilot of their HR Jobs Resume Database, making it searchable by employers. During this time SHRM’s HR Jobs will allow you to make your resume available for employers to search and contact you directly regarding employment opportunities. In the announcement, SHRM encouraged job seekers to sign up – [...]

Over 2 billion apps downloaded on the App Store and counting… And as you can probably guess, yeah, there’s and app for that (anything you can imagine related to a job search including, researching companies, developing or beaming your Resume, prepping for an interview, searching for jobs, and career counseling). Don’t waste your time or [...]

By @jjbuss. Brendan Mullins was finishing up his MBA and thinking about what to do with his career, finding himself at a fork in the road. He had been in software development prior to college and really enjoyed it.  After thinking about his possibilities and potential career paths he attempted to do additional research on [...]

Like many job searchers in the social media field, I have more than one resume. I have the one that highlights who I am in the social media and online spaces. I have one that highlights my technical skills. I have one that shows every job I have held since 1991. I recently went to [...]

By Jason Buss. Online Job Board Offers Job Seekers FREE Listing and FREE Video Resume Posting Until Jan. 1, 2009. One day there is talk about the drawbacks of video resume’s. The next, a new job board, FutureResume.com opens shop. The site is scheduled to go live for employer job listings in August. During that [...]