jobs

Who You Know Still Plays a Large Role in Hiring Decisions

PZMiller — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:19:41 -0400

Recently the following comment was left on this blog:

About.com just added 3 new sites to their Top 10 Employment sites list:
http://www.linkedin.com
http://www.realmatch.com
http://www.indeed.com

Only one of them is a social network. Employers and recruiters don’t care if they know someone; they want to hire the most qualified candidate .... nothing will ever change that. read more »

Bravo TV’s FLIPPING OUT Jeff Lewis Rants About Entitlement

PZMiller — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:44:07 -0400

My younger daughter showed me a brief segment of episode “Tapped Out” of season 2 of Bravo TV’s series FLIPPING OUT (www.bravotv.com). She wanted me to hear Jeff Lewis – the “obsessive-compulsive house flipper” in LA whom the show follows – talk about his new assistant Chris. read more »

Another Facebook No-No – Sending a Friend Request to a Job Interviewer

PZMiller — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:59:53 -0400

The July 29th Wall Street Journal article by Sarah E. Needleman entitled “Thx for the IView! I Wud (heart) to Work 4U!! Young Job Candidates Find Too-Casual Tone of Textspeak Turns Off Hiring Managers” surprised me. read more »

Yet Another Facebook Profile Photo Warning – Take This Advice Seriously!

PZMiller — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:43:23 -0400

Yesterday Peter Shankman’s www.helpareporter.com email alert had this query:

Doing market research for an article:

What, if anything, are kinds/young adults taught in grade school/high school and/or college re: online profiles and social media such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.? read more »

Starbucks Asia Pacific President Stresses Passion and Building Personal Relationships

PZMiller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:27:49 -0400

John Culver, president of Starbucks Asia Pacific, could be a spokesperson for my FLIPPING BURGERS AND BEYOND philosophy:

The July 21st article by Tor Ching L in The Wall Street Journal was titled “Culver of Starbucks Asia on Getting Started: ‘Be Passionate.’”

Music to my ears. read more »

Internships, Jobs and Careers: There Is No Such Thing as an Unimportant Job

PZMiller — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:21:27 -0400

Today my younger daughter and I had lunch at a nice restaurant in West LA where we have eaten before and had excellent service. But, today, with the restaurant half empty (a summer Friday in Los Angeles), the service was lousy.

The waitress, who was off-putting, missed every opportunity to provide a pleasant dining experience. One small example pointed out by my daughter: read more »

Internships, Jobs and Careers: Tell the Truth – It Can Save a Great Deal of Time

PZMiller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:54:00 -0400

In an internship/job situation, telling the truth often makes things go much easier. And here’s the example of this that I want to share with you: read more »

Internships, Jobs and Careers: Do You Have a 30-Second “Elevator” Pitch?

PZMiller — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:53:38 -0400

Imagine you’re in an elevator with a well-dressed person in his/her 40s. The person asks you: “What do you do?” And you reply ….

When you're looking for internships, jobs and careers, opportunity can strike at any moment. Maybe the person in the elevator with you is looking for an assistant. Or maybe he or she knows of an opening with a friend’s business. read more »

For Internships, Jobs and Careers: Network by Joining Groups on Facebook

PZMiller — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:42:05 -0400

I’ve talked about Facebook in several posts – mostly what NOT to do to protect your professional image. Yet there are many things you CAN do on Facebook to help your networking efforts. read more »

Finding an Internship or a Job: Using Twitter Revisited

PZMiller — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:35:30 -0400

On Monday (I forgot to post on Communati) I posted about using http://Twitter.com to research internship possibilities and described the Twitter client application Summize. Such is the speed of the internet that this info was out of date just as I posted. Because, also on Monday, Twitter announced it had just acquired Summize and that the URL for this feature is now http://search.twitter.com. read more »