Tag Archives: Job search

Social media is now a common means of communicating, doing business and supporting career search and development. But as with everything there is a huge divide between those who adopted technology early and most of the rest of us.

I was reminded on a recent family visit that there is still healthy skepticism, suspicion and confusion about social media and technology. Just like explaining how to use a Droid phone to my mother — Droid is an operating system, not a style! — we need to lay a foundation and explain how the most prevalent social media tools are being used to support a career search. And while numerous articles…

We’ve got a winner! Two winners in fact from our Refresh Your Resume Sweepstakes. D.S. from Silver Spring, MD and T.W. from Perry, FL. Congratulations to both D.S. and T.W. and thanks to everyone who participated.

If you’re an active job seeker, it’s still important to Refresh on a regular basis to let employers know you’re still an active job seeker.

When employers search a resume database they typically search for job seekers who have been “active” in the last 30-45 days? That’s because they don’t want to be wading through job seekers who have already gotten a job or who are no longer in the job market. And that’s…

You just walked into a large room filled with government contractors’ branded booths, each with several recruiters ready to make or break your chance at a job. There are lines at each booth, so you only have a few seconds to knock their socks off.

What do you do?

What do you say?

Kathleen Smith, chief marketing officer at ClearedJobs.Net, says the cleared job fair crowd skews slightly older: Younger professionals are mostly hunting online, while older generations still want to chat with recruiters and hand over resumes in person. Military personnel transitioning to the private sector are divided between the two job-hunting styles.

For those attending events…

Every Cleared Job Fair we celebrate the top three companies that are voted Best Recruiter by the job seekers. These are the companies that provided the best overall experience to job seekers.

We had a tie September 8, so the four companies providing the best experience to job seekers at the Cleared Job Fair in Springfield, VA are….

When you are looking for a new job, a critical issue is pay and benefits. Yet too many of us don’t even think about these issues in advance. You need to or you may make simple mistakes with large dollar, long-term career consequences.

So first, what constitutes ‘compensation’ in the USA?

Compensation includes

Direct pay: base pay, wages, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, incentives, commissions, tips

Indirect pay (money spent on your behalf)
- government mandated benefits: employer portion of Social Security and Medicare contributions, unemployment insurance, and workers compensation
- optional benefits such as: health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid holidays,…