Talent Alley

The British newspaper The Telegraph recently printed an article detailing the unintentionally hilarious results from a CareerBuilder survey soliciting employers for their worst resume experiences. The details were entertaining, including candidates who: listed “God” as a reference (though without any phone number) sent a 24 page resume to detail a five year career included a [...]

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The job search rules have changed. The proliferation of job boards, social media platforms and perpetual connectivity have altered the job market in profound ways, requiring new talents and new job search strategies for the successful job seeker. Tim Tyrell-Smith, author of one of my essential daily blogs TimsStrategy.com, has published the new job search [...]

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Most first job interviews are conducted via telephone. Once your resume has caught the hiring manager’s attention, and they believe that your qualifications match their needs, they will typically call you to determine quickly if you have the potential to fit into their organization. It’s essential that you be ready for that first call because [...]

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This week, Anne Fisher wrote a column for Fortune’s online magazine detailing the top 10 job interview blunders. The mistakes she details are pretty common, and can generally be categorized in two broad categories: lack of preparation and failure to focus on the company’s needs, not yours. With all the information available on the web [...]

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One of the staff members of Ragan Communications, a Chicago-based communications firm, posted a letter the firm received from an eager college student seeking her first job. The letter was uniformly awful, and the comments interspersed by the Ragan commentator were sadly hilarious. SUBJECT LINE: Question.. Is that a period and its twin, or is [...]

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