From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Is Twitter worried about Flutter?

August 31, 2009 1 comment

Spent some time on Ken Horst’s blog last night and found a doozy.  A doozy I tell you.  Ken is also known as “The Jobs Guy”, and has over 14,000 followers on Twitter.   Check him out, he’s a good dude. So, what is Flutter?  Flutter believes Twitter’s use of 140 characters is way too [...]

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Poll Of The Week #5: Do you send a cover letter with your resume? 7 Cover Letter Writing Tips!

August 31, 2009 6 comments

Thanks to those for voting in this weeks poll!  Here are the results: First Place:  71% YesSecond Place: 29%  No Not sure how smart it is, but I’ve known hiring managers who make hiring decisions based on cover letters.  I also know hiring managers/recruiters who when tremendously busy will pass on reading the cover letter [...]

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Should you be making a higher salary?

August 28, 2009 2 comments

If you think you’re underpaid and deserve a raise make sure to do your homework.  The last thing you want is to go into that conversation with your supervisor unprepared.  Along with utilizing your outstanding performance reviews, make sure to check out the below links to salary calculators to help prove you deserve a raise/promotion. [...]

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6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Job Search! (guest blog by Peggy McKee)

August 27, 2009 4 comments

This post was guest blogged by Peggy McKee of the Medical Sales Recruiter – Tips & Quips Blog. Peggy is also the founder of PHC Consulting, a nationally recognized medical sales and life sciences industry search firm. Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview? Are you demonstrating the levels of commitment, drive, tenacity, [...]

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3 ways that job descriptions help build an effective resume

August 25, 2009 1 comment

Job descriptions are an extremely powerful tool when it comes to resume writing.  Unfortunately, once securing a job, employees will most likely never see their positions exact job description again.  Tragic.  Along with saving descriptions for previous positions held, I suggest saving/printing any descriptions for the jobs you’d like to obtain. Here are 3 ways [...]

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Todays Top 10 Best Jobs

August 24, 2009 2 comments

Loyal Corn Heads might remember last weeks article that covered todays 10 worst jobs. Well, it’s not all doom and gloom here at Corn on the Job.  Over the weekend I decided I’d bring you some sunshine with Today’s Top 10 Best Jobs, so back to CareerCast I went. For those of you with kids, [...]

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How to prepare for illegal interview questions

August 20, 2009 3 comments

While I believe ample time should be spent practicing popular interview questions, it’s also smart to know which questions are illegal and should never be asked.  Well trained HR folks have been brain washed into knowing every painful legality of interviewing, and pass that information over to hiring managers.  Sadly, some hiring managers just don’t [...]

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