by Peter Lloyd for Creative Experts, IT Experts
In the introduction to Six Sigma for Dummies, best-selling author Stephen Covey writes, “Studies show that the vast majority of employees possess far more talent, more intelligence, more capability, more creativity, and more ability than their jobs require or even allow.” What a shame! The most powerful, profit-making attribute a person can bring to an employer squandered by “the vast majority.”
Should you find yourself in this depressed economy choosing between two or more job offers in the creative, marketing, or information technology arena, you will choose, I have no doubt, the one that promises you the opportunity to make the most of your intelligence and creativity. Here are a few ways you can determine whether or not your target employer will live up to that promise. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: creativity, innovation, job description, Job Hunting
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video at 30 pictures per second should be worth 30 times its length in seconds. But it’s not, at least in the world of video resumés. Just as you will see good and bad pictures, you can send employers a “Hire Me” video that will help or hurt your chances of landing the job.
And when a video hurts, it hurts a whole lot harder. But how can you not consider the medium? Today “video ads are booming. News sites are adding more video inventory to keep pace with the demands of advertisers,” writes Brian Stelter in the New York Times. So why not put the power of video behind your self promotion? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: employment, Job Hunting, job search, resume, video
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting, On the Job
Here in the Talent Centric Blog, I’ve avoided compiling job search questions and offering answers, especially the kinds of answers a lot of employment blogs and websites so confidently provide. On the other hand, there’s value in the Q&A format. Reading Q&As can help a job hunter keep up with trends in employment. At the very least, they reflect what employers expect from resumés, cover letters, interviews, and all the rest.
So instead of adding to the glut of Q&As, let me direct you to two sources on each end of the good of what’s already out there. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cover Letters, interviewing, Job Hunting, job search, Q&A, resume writing job tip
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by John Owens for Job Hunting
College graduate so desperate for a job, he’s resorted to singing his resume. The video is painful to watch at first but it is actually pretty funny and creative. Too bad he is not entertaining IT or Creative jobs in Ohio. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot4K-KCLAqs
Tags: creative staffing, Job Hunting, singing resume
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