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Why Standard Applications are Broken for New Grads

Phoebe Farber is a Senior at Northeastern University in Boston and the Founder & CEO of Prospective Plus, which has built CareerApp.me – the Common App for Jobs. Connect with Phoebe via @PhoebeFarber, @CareerApp, or phoebe@careerapp.me . As a new grad you may not have much formal work experience or great connections that can [...]

April 2, 2013 4 comments READ MORE →

Thank You For Not Hiring Me, Chipotle

Bianca Cadloni is a social media specialist at Cactus (full service advertising agency), in Denver. You can tweet her at @BCadloni. Remember me? My name is Bianca, but I’ve been dubbed “Chipotle Girl” by the internets. I’m one of many in the growing trend of Hire Me Campaigns. I was trying [...]

June 5, 2012 13 comments READ MORE →

Corn On the Job’s Top 25 Twitter Accounts for Job Seekers to Follow

When I launched Corn on the Job in July of 2009, I was unemployed, and in my own way, starting a job search of my own. To be perfectly honest, the end result was more of a life search to understand who I was, where I’ve been, and most importantly, where I should be. Much [...]

May 29, 2012 34 comments READ MORE →

Put Your Best Foot Forward… Please

Jessica Lee is director of digital talent strategy at Marriott International where she leads their talent related digital and social media efforts… which means she blogs, tweets and plays on Facebook all day. Kind of. In what she’ll quickly tell you is her dream job, she’s working to differentiate and position Marriott to most effectively optimize [...]