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According the to the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, lay-offs are still happening.  As a Job Coach and Professional Resume Writer, I can help you maximize your opportunities. 

In today's competitive market, it's important that you present results focused resume that:

• Is professionally designed and developed to maximize impact and provide you with a competitive advantage

• Has customized content adapted to meet the employers expectations through the use of persuasive language that compels them to continue reading

• Uses a concise format that creates interest and is easy to read, ensuring that the employer recognizes your ...

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There was an interesting article recently in the Globe and Mail looking at some of the possible long-term effects of the current recession on employment, company cultures, job development and other areas. I found the changes for young workers (the oft-discussed Gen Y) particularly of note.

[M]any young people I talk to have significantly, and resentfully, lowered their expectations. They didn't imagine themselves in this situation in their wildest dreams.

Nor did many others. Generation Y will be most affected by the cutbacks, downsizings and marked change in organizational cultures over the past few months, but the recession ...

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Over the last year I have been a regular commentator on my views of how the recession has changed the market, and in particular how clients are now seeking value and something different from their suppliers. Value being the key factor in decisions on who to use and what they are willing to pay for it. When facing this challenge, it is easy to forget that the needs of the candidates have also changed in line with the market. In the first of a series of blogs, I'm considering this and giving you my views.

In my view, in ...

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My eyelids droop when I hear lawyers or Phds explaining anything. And when they explain something legal, my head hurts. And when they explain the legality of testing, my head droops, hits the desk and I hurt even more.

(There are exceptions and among them I happen to love Charles Handler who recently wrote an ERE article on this subject)

However, while I think staffing leaders want to understand what is going on in all relevant corners of their world the recent Supreme Court decision on the Ricci case (which may eventually have some bearing on testing) is confusing.

The ...

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Many people are asking if now is the right time to launch a recruitment business.  Whilst we are in the midst of a worldwide financial crisis and hearing stories about companies making redundancies every day - this is an obvious question to ask.

At Antal International we believe that recessions do come to an end and in fact now is actually THE BEST time to start a recruitment business, in order to be in a strong position at the end of this downturn and when this recession is over.

We will be holding a live interactive web cast debate TOMORROW 3 ...

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The SA Recruiters Network recently conducted a survey amongst South African Recruitment agencies as well as Human Resources and Hiring Managers of Corporate South Africa to review the impact that the recession is having on recruitment.

The SA Recruiters Network is an online networking community for South African Recruitment and HR professionals. It was formed in May this year by Gillian Meier, CEO of South African Job Portal, Jobs.co.za. Says Meier, 'The network was created to provide a platform whereby recruiting professionals would be able to network, and share recruitment best practices and insights with other industry professionals ...

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No one is going to waste the time, especially the company who wants to hire new people, I mean probably the best people in the market. Sure you can put an AD online, newspaper, magazine and some recuriting websites, you got a few appliciations if you are lucky. But you can't control the quality, that why the recruiter exist. We find people, select and put forward, we make sure 80% of the profile are match with the JD. The in-house HR need our service! That's why the recruiter are quite important right now, and the future.

Did you know?

...The companies on Fortune's list of the "Best 100 Companies to Work For" increased their stock price by 14% per year between 1998 and 2005. 

...Highly engaged employees outperform disengaged colleagues by 20-28% according to the Conference Board.

...Towers Perrin found over a three year period of time companies increased their operating margins by 5.75% when their employees were engaged.

The current economic climate has caused many companies to just stick to their core business.  However, what companies cannot forget to do is still look for talent that will embrace the culture of their organization ...

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I've had the good fortune of landing a number of interviews recently, and it's dawned on me that I just don't care anymore. That's right, I just don't care. Oh, I care about my job search. I care about landing the right opportunity. I care about my ability to effectively present myself as a viable solution to my next employer's problem. I just don't care about putting up "The Façade".

You know what I'm talking about. Your game face. The interview identity. "The Façade". I don't know that I ...

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Many will agree that people are the most important asset of an organization. More importantly, however, is how well those people work together to accomplish the common goal. Whether a company has thousands of people working in various locations worldwide or just a handful working in one small office, teamwork is vital to success. So, how can you ensure that your teams are performing at their fullest potential? How do people contribute to the team differently? Have you built effective teams?

To begin answering these questions, you must learn how to really understand each member of the team to identify ...

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One of my professional colleagues posted a question about earning trust over on LinkedIn. It got me to thinking about a conversation I had yesterday with the CEO of a niche recruiting board. He was running through the half-hour sales spiel on the service. And the more he talked, the more of my trust he lost.

He made the sweeping statement that "job postings are the most valuable source of candidates for any organization." Um, not true. When I asked him about the candidate resume database, he dismissed it as being rather unimportant. (He obviously failed to note that my ...

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In a  University of Pittsburgh College of General Studies posting (http://digg.com/u179cy), Carol Stanton, a CGS Career Counselor, compared the person on a job search to the role of a hero in a movie.  Her description was complete with the 10 major components to a hero's tale.  In brief they are:

• The Dream-What do you want to accomplish? What is the ideal you're working towards?
• The Hero-You, as the jobseeker, are the hero in your tale.
• Challenges-Every hero has to overcome challenges even if they are mostly internal.
• Allies and Helpers-Batman has Robin, Frodo had Samwise ...

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A real shame about Michael Jackson.  You probably have been way oversaturated by all the media coverage of his unfortunate demise.  Can I take a turn - on a more positive note?  No scandal.  No judgment.  Just a reminiscence of Michael Jackson's talent.  And how it applies to recruiting.

No matter what you thought of the man personally, Michael Jackson embodied dance.  When he took the stage, it was impossible to take your eyes off him.  He became the visual form of sound.  He was born with the talent to dance.  One of the most vivid reminders of this is ...

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A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to participate in the Thought Leadership Institute's Corporate Sourcing Leadership Conference. As with any discussion around sourcing today, we talked about Social Media sites/Web 2.0 tools as it relates to sourcing top talent.

For larger companies, regulating access to these sites has become a big issue and debate.

• Should we allow access to employees?
• If we don't, will that negatively impact our brand identity and how the public perceives our organization?
• If we deny access, does that really stop them from accessing these sites via their mobile computing ...

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Much has been written about ethics, lying, morals codes, legalities, etc...

When it comes down to it, we all have a personal code that we live by. Yes, I understand the teachings regarding a Universal Moral Law or the Universal Code of Ethics presumed and shared by individuals like C.S. Lewis - and I appreciate those teachings...

I also know that I cannot sit in judgment of someone else and their behaviors as I understand them. Life is not that simple, my relationship with a greater being is not that simple. I try to live by the "Judge not, lest ...

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There was a great post on blog The Anti-Pimp recently, 7 Things Recruiters Do That Irritate Me. I had to laugh -- so many of the things listed are complaints that I've heard from quite a few candidates myself.

So I started speaking to contractors that I know to see what other things irritate and annoy them -- sometimes to the point of refusing to work with a particular recruiter or company. In this far-from-scientific survey, I've spoken to a few IT consultants (business analyst, systems analyst, technical writer, and a programmer), as well as a contract HR specialist, a ...

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Does anyone know of Executive Recruiter firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am attempting to place a fairly high level Collections/Credit Analyst.