Many job seekers have “resume in mouth” disease, that is they kill any chance of getting a job BEFORE they even get to the interview. Typos, poor formatting, not focusing on what the hiring manager is looking for, and using the wrong language. TechRepublic wrote an article a couple of years ago, and created aContinue reading “Words to avoid on your resume”
Monthly Archives: September 2006
This is big!
eBay has decided to pull out of China! Not that it is eBay just that they have lost 60% market share to a local player and cannot compete within the new regulations of the Chinese financial services industry. Maybe we will now all wake up and see what China really is. A great big marketplaceContinue reading “This is big!”
The history of podcasting
Richard Giles has released the first part of his unpublished book on podcasting, including a very interesting history! Careful online observers would note that the history of podcasting has been a battle fought over many times. It is good to see a version that seems true at least from what I have read and heard. Continue reading “The history of podcasting”
Participate in human testing!
Just reading my Gmail today and noticed an interesting sponsored link above the message So I clicked! Tooheys has put together a really cool flash based advertising campaign to advertise their new Platinum beer. Search internships at College Recruiter.com.
South Park does G’Day World
I saw a Diggnation South Park spoof on Rasterbator using an online South Park creation tool, very cool. I thought I would have a play with it over lunch but needed a subject. I decided to pick on Cameron Reilly and Richard Giles in the G’Day World persona’s. The result:- Not the best but heyContinue reading “South Park does G’Day World”
The new recruiting.com
I have been debating in my head do or don’t I post about the new recruiting.com. If I post will I just add to the hype and if I don’t will I regret not getting my thoughts out. I also am a bit bitter about the whole thing as I had grand plans to doContinue reading “The new recruiting.com”
The news still gets through
The Thai military have executed a very streamlined, and it seems peaceful coup, while the Thai PM is in the US speaking to the UN. While the military have taken control of television and radio you can still get some news online from independent sources through blogs via Technorati searches, and photos from Flickr, but strangelyContinue reading “The news still gets through”
2nd Podcast
The second BJs Show is up, this time I think the levels are a bit better. The show is a little longer as BJ starts to get into the swing of things. Some of the topics covered:- What kids are doing in the playground – “off ground tiggy” A few jokes Another book review InterestingContinue reading “2nd Podcast”
Do you know where your candidates are?
Carve Consulting client Cerco had a problem, where are our available candidates? Cerco are a provider of IT consultants and needed to be able to fulfill client requests very quickly. So what did Carve Consulting do? They created a mashup of their candidate database with Google Maps! Registered clients can have CV’s delivered in one-click,Continue reading “Do you know where your candidates are?”
The long tail of job ads
Jorge posts a follow up on my post about online job ads continuing to rise. I really like his summary:- My takeaways from this limping rant:Large is not a problem per-seNiche is not a panacea per-seDatabase Quality drives a sustainable revenue/business modelSite functionality and Price are two tools to mould publisher behaviorSite Functionality and content – bothContinue reading “The long tail of job ads”
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