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What to Do If You Don’t Have Referees
Enjoy this great article that comes from InterviewIQ written by Karalyn Brown, who runs that website, is a resume writer, career speaker, and online brander. If you’ve been out of the workplace for a while or changed jobs a lot … Continue reading
The Triple-A Job Search Approach
Today’s post comes from The Undercover Recruiter, written by Matthew Levy is a well-rounded HR professional and Career Coach, founder of a career coaching practice, Corner Office Career Coaching. In prior blog posts I spoke about using a brag book, … Continue reading
Video: Unravelling the Mysteries of Salary Negotiation
Today’s video comes from AkaJohnSanders. Hear John Sanders, the Job Expert, speaking about the mysteries of salary negotiations. In today’s job market (circa mid-2010); a 10% – 15% pay increase is very viable when changing jobs. However to achieve this … Continue reading
What Does Your Online Persona Say About Your Personal Brand?
Today’s post comes from The Undercover Recruiter, written by Karen Flowers has assisted thousands of job seekers by providing them with a resume that brought them the confidence and professionalism they needed to get an interview. Social networking sites are … Continue reading
10 Tips: Asking For Recommendations On LinkedIn
Today’s post comes from Tim’s Strategy, written by Tim Tyrell-Smith, blog’s founder, Career and Life coach and Consumer Marketing Executive. Today the focus is on LinkedIn – the social networking site that many job seekers now call home. They view … Continue reading
Dealing with Difficult Coworkers
Today’s post comes from Aka John Sanders, written by John Sanders himself, the Job Expert. Dealing with difficult coworkers can be a full time job in itself. I define difficult coworkers as people whose core personality either obstructs or all … Continue reading
The One Question Job Seekers Struggle To Answer
Today’s post comes from Tim’s Strategy, written by Tim Tyrell-Smith, blog’s founder, Career and Life coach and Consumer Marketing Executive. It baffles me. How such a simple question throws off so many. And then it doesn’t baffle me. Because I’ve … Continue reading
LinkedIn. More Than a Profile!
Enjoy this great article from InterviewIQ written by Karalyn Brown, who runs this blog, is a resume writer, career speaker, and online brander. More than a profile! Eight things LinkedIn can tell you about the professionalism of your recruitment consultant. … Continue reading
Top 20 Career-Enhancing iPhone Apps
This great review of iPhone Applications comes from The Undercover Recruiter, written by Jeff Norman, a student at Stanford. In his spare time, he enjoys writing articles about technology and tech schools for Guide to Career Education. These days, if … Continue reading
Get A Job!
Here’s new-but-old amazing and really hard to find Brad Caslor‘s 1985 animation. “Get A Job” follows the tribulations of a cartoon character, Bob Dog, as he hunts for a job. Technically, it’s an “educational film” dealing with self-motivation, preparing a … Continue reading
Top 5 Psychometric Tests for Your Career Success
Today’s review of top psychometric tests comes again from The Undercover Recruiter, written by Nisa Chitakasem, an all-round specialist in start-ups and business building. To make a successful career change, you have to know what type of career is going … Continue reading
Tom Wujec: Build a Tower, Build a Team
In today’s video Tom Wujec from Autodesk presents some surprisingly deep research into the “marshmallow problem” – a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these … Continue reading
How To Use Google Alerts for a Live Job Search
Another excellent article comes from TheUndercoverRecruiter written by Jorgen Sundberg, known professional in social media, personal branding, blogging, online engagement and digital PR. Google Alerts is a fine tool provided free by Google for monitoring your online presence. It is … Continue reading
Andrew Hudson: The Best Job Search Tips Ever… a Comprehensive List
Here’s another great post that comes from AndrewHudsonsJobsBlog. Marketing, communication professional and career expert Andrew Hudson offers this long list of what he considers most effective career advice. Over the past several years, I’ve collected a lot of advice and … Continue reading
Collateral Damage from a Bad Hire
Today’s guest post comes from Innovative America, written by Dr. Janice Presser, co-founder and CEO of The Gabriel Institute. Ask any entrepreneur what it costs to make a hiring mistake and you’ll likely be met with a groan and a … Continue reading
Some of the Worst Resume Blunders Ever
Today we’ve got more resume blunders for you. They come from AndrewHudson’sJobBlog. Resume’s main idea is to get you a job, not to make a Hiring Manager smile . Check your resume two more times once after you checked it … Continue reading
Unhappy at work? Quit that job!
Today’s post comes from Examiner, written by Andrew Hudson, a seasoned marketing and communications professional. A new Associated Press story notes that more people quit their jobs in the past three months than were laid off and the government says … Continue reading
How to Conduct a Passive Job Search
Today’s post on how to conduct a job search for better career while being still employed comes from the EmploymentDigest, and written by John Sanders, the Job Expert. Enjoy! It’s true; most employers prefer passive candidates. A passive candidate is … Continue reading
Opportunity with an Ice Cream Truck
This great and very touching story comes from ReThinkHR written by Benjamin McCall, an HR practitioner with specializations in Business Strategy, P&L, Change Management, OD, and Learning & Development. I read an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Saturday about … Continue reading
Job Interview Etiquette: Mind Your Ps and Qs
Here’s another good article that comes from The Undercover Recruiter written by Jimmy Sweeney, the president of CareerJimmy and author of the “Secret Career Document” job landing system. Manners are not only important at the dinner table (use your napkin, … Continue reading
Old School Job Search Tips You Ought To Use
Another great guest post comes from The Undercover Recruiter, written by Kevin Donlin, Career Coach and Columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Some of the best employment advice you can get is as true today as it was back in … Continue reading
Career Chemistry: The Best Jobs for Six Personality Types
Todays’ guest post comes from U.S. News, written by Marty Nemko, known american career and education couch. When seeking your true love, you had better look for someone with a compatible personality. The same thing is true when choosing your … Continue reading
Seven Things Employers Really Want
Another great article by Karalyn Brown, Australian online careers agony aunty, who writes frequently on career issues for a major Australian newspaper and talks about job search tactics on the national broadcaster. This post comes from The Punch. What do … Continue reading
7 Things You Can’t Hide in Your Resume
Today’s guest post comes from The Undercover Recruiter written by Karalyn Brown, a resume, interview and job search consultant based in Australia. OK, I’m quite prepared to be shot down in flames from all sides for writing this. Shoot me … Continue reading
Virtual Gofers Tackle Personal To-Do Lists
This review of Virtual Personal Assistants comes from WallStreetJournal written by Alina Dizik, a freelance journalist and fiction writer. Productivity gurus have long stressed the need for virtual assistants that will do those online tasks you never seem to have … Continue reading
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Here’s another great video we’ve found. This lively animation by RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink‘s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. Enjoy watching! Check out our … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Vitaver & Associates Blog
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Benjamin McCall and Employee Appreciation
Today’s article comes from PunkRockHR written by Benjamin McCall I recently read an article on Inc.com about Tony Hsieh entitled WHY I SOLD ZAPPOS. In the article, Tony mentions the board thinking that employee happiness is nice for PR but … Continue reading
If You Never Failed – You Never Lived
We were striving to find a good video that would serve as a great inspiration to anybody. We found it . Isn’t that amazing how many people achieved unspeakable success after being claimed a complete and utter failure? We think … Continue reading
Team-Building in Secret
Most of us have participated in some Team-building activities. Every decent company with decent HR department offers such things every once in a while. It is known for fact that a Team achieves better results in a shorter period of … Continue reading
Tony Robbins: Tiny Changes Mean Huge Results!
Here’s another great video we’ve found. Anthony Robbins, famous self-help writer, motivational speaker and corporate trainer is speaking about tiniest changes that bring massive results. Will these little changes and shifts lead to an outstanding life full of meaning and … Continue reading
The Power of Teamwork: Inspired by the Blue Angels
Here’s another great video we found and would like to offer for your consideration! It was so good we couldn’t resist posting it in our blog. This powerful and compelling presentation explores the essence of teamwork and reinforces the key … Continue reading
Getting One of These Could Slow Down Your Career… a Little…
Here’s the bunch of real excerpts from real references and job evaluations of real people. It’s hard to imagine that somebody was good enough to get the job in the first place and managed to get such references later. What … Continue reading
Marty Nemko: 5 Secrets to a Job Interview
Here is another video of Marty Nemko in which he gives out five secrets that will help you successfully navigate a job interview. Marty Nemko, Career Counselor who is now also U.S. News Contributing Editor is known for his very … Continue reading
Shawn Robinson: Stick To Your Task
Shawn Robinson, the Peak Performance Coach, gives a Quote of the Day. “This is one of those quotes that I have invested some time so that I have memorized it.” – he says. Check Vitaver & Associates Hot Jobs section … Continue reading
The Job Market on Twitter
Of all the new social media tools, Twitter’s real-time nature has made it more challenging to adapt to standard media channels, including the use of Twitter in the online job market. Google, for example, is just starting to develop ways … Continue reading
Ron Nash: "How to Find Your Dream Job, Even in a Recession: Telephone Interviewing Techniques"
In this episode, Master Career Strategist Ron Nash shares some of his headhunting trade secrets which are powerful and to the point. This system includes the book, “How to Find Your Dream Job, Even in a Recession”, Audio and Video … Continue reading
Marty Nemko's Advice on Job Promotion.
Career Counselor and U.S. News Contributing Editor Marty Nemko offers advice on how to ask for a better job in this dismal economy.
Rejoining the Workforce After a Break – by Kimberly Palmer
Heading back into the working world after a break can make even the most self-assured person feel like the new kid on the first day of school. What should you wear? How will you explain where you’ve been? Will you … Continue reading
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