How to interview your next employer

Think Your Interview Process is Fair? Read This Letter.
BY Suzanne Lucas, inc.com

Most companies demand plenty of information from job applicants. There’s no good reason for this to be a one-way street.

What would hap­pen if job can­di­dates treat­ed you the way you treat them? You might be receiv­ing let­ters such as this…

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The only jobs that won’t be taken over by robots require understanding of human behavior

Think You’re Special? A Robot Could Do Your Job
fastcoexist.com

Technology is advancing so fast that half of all jobs that exist today might be taken over by bots and computers in the next 20 years. Find out if your job is on the list.

Is your job safe from our new computer-programmed over­lords? A good way …

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The new workplace and the increasing importance of skills testing and online portfolios

(via How to Get a Job – NYTimes.com)

Good interview questions to avoid a bad job

Don’t Get Fooled Into Taking a Bad Job by Asking These Questions in the Interview
Alan Henry, lifehacker.com

If your job sucks, and there’s nothing you can do about it, you may be tempted to look for another one. Be careful: remember job interviews are sales pitches as well as candidate evaluations, and all that glitters may not be gold. Here are some wa…

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Using LinkedIn to land a job

4 Secrets For Using LinkedIn to Land a Job
Chelsea Gladden, mashable.com

It’s the largest and most popular social networking platform on the web for professionals, but can LinkedIn really land you a job?More About: contributor, Feature, job search series, Jobs, linkedin

Chelsea Gladden

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The post jobs economy

The post-job economy
Harold Jarche, jarche.com

Learn­ing may be the work in the net­work age, but that does not mean that learn­ing will get you the work. Inge De Waard dis­cuss­es this in MOOCs change edu­ca­tion, but jobs decline in a knowl­edge

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Cloud tech jobs in highest demand

(via Almost 1.7 Million Cloud-Related Jobs Went Unfilled in 2012: Estimate – Forbes)

How to Pick a Career You Actually Like

How to Pick a Career You Actually Like
Penelope Trunk, lifehacker.com

Most career problems stem from the fact that we are terrible at picking jobs. We think we are picking a good job and then it turns out to be a bad job. It’s almost impossible to pick a good job on the first try, actually. So don’t think you’ll be …

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Working in America

Working in America
geblogs.com

Jobs are def­i­nite­ly a top of mind sub­ject. Did you know that man­u­fac­tur­ing jobs were the largest sec­tor of employ­ment in 1960, yet today the cat­e­go­ry has fall­en to 6th place? In this inter­ac­tive visu­al­iza­tion, browse who has bee…

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Want To Work For An Innovative Company? Be Prepared To Answer These Unusual Interview Questions

Want To Work For An Innovative Company? Be Prepared To Answer These Unusual Interview Questions
By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com

“If you were to get rid of one state in the U.S., which would it be and why?” and more oddball questions you might be asked on your next job interview.

The next time you step into a job inter­view, don’t just go in armed with men­tal bul­let poi…

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Crack the job application systems

 

 

4 Strategies for Conquering Online Job Application Systems
Brie Reynolds, lifehack.org

If you’re like the majority of job seekers, you spend quite a bit of time searching for jobs online. While there are lots of other job search methods—networking, company research, career fairs, recruiters, and the like—once you finally find a job…

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This is a photo symbolizing the job search in ...
This is a photo symbolizing the job search in today’s economy. Out of the darkness, there seems to be a ray of hope–but where? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Why LinkedIn is replacing Monster as job search tool

Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn
By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.com

In his more than 15 years as a head­hunter, Jeff Vijung­co has tried Mon­ster, Craigslist, Career­Builder, and other online job boards. Late­ly the head of recruit­ment at Adobe Sys­tems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them.

“I think job post­i…

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Good engineers try to hide

Jobs for the Future (JFF) uses online intelligence to find jobs in most demand

joe explaining software
joe explaining software (Photo credit: Wonderlane)

In contrast to traditional survey based means of measuring job growth which can be quite inaccurate  Jobs for the Future’s (JFF)  John Dorrer uses ethnographic/online methods to analyze job postings (mining nearly 100,000 unique online postings for the three months ending February 14) in real time to extract the skills employers are asking for right now, then works with community colleges to make sure their students are being prepared to deliver.

CERTIFICATIONS IN GREATEST DEMAND

ABILITIES IN GREATEST DEMAND

  • 9,428 jobs need wither SQL, Java, or Oracle programming skills
  • 4,945 jobs need sales skills
  • 4,677 jobs need scheduling or other administrative support skills
  • 3,782 jobs need accounting skills
  • 2,374 jobs need math skills

Where the Massachusetts jobs are right now – Boston.com.

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