Job Search Refresher: Looking for a Needle in a Haystack

by: Fredia Woolf January 26, 2010

What is the current picture of the career marketplace?  Some statistics are downright dispiriting.  For example, the US Labor Department reports 7.2 million jobs lost in the US economy from December 2007 to December 2009, and a recent study shows that two thirds of those finding work are accepting jobs at 28% lower wages. The flipside of [...]

Some of the biggest Recruitment errors – and how to avoid them

by: Fredia Woolf December 8, 2009

An ongoing part of organizational life is the need to hire people.  Whether in a growth mode and building a team, recovering from an unpleasant layoff cycle, or replacing people who departed, many hiring managers and recruiters dread the recruitment process.  And, from hiring top leadership executives to fresh-faced entry-level employees, recruitment can be a time-consuming and stressful chore. The [...]