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Category Archives: Employment
Still Sending Out Resumes? You’re Doing it Wrong!
Yesterday on Marketplace, Kai Ryssdal interviewed Jai Damian, a hard-working American working part-time though she wants a full-time job. The article was about her predictions on the State of the Union Address from President Obama that aired later in the … Continue reading
Posted in America, business, Employment, Job Seekers, life, USA Tagged Career Management, Community Involvement, economy, Getting Hired, Hiring Advice, interviewing, Job-Seeker Advice, jobsearch, Know The Ropes, life, Networking Leave a comment
Managers think young workers aren’t willing to pay dues, but really young workers aren’t willing to be employees. #
What’s the One Thing Employers Want in Candidates?
I participated in HireFriday today and one of the questions wanted to know what employers want to learn from potential new-hires. Lots of discussion ensued, but I stick with my belief that it’s NOT ultimately about the job-description, your years … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Job Seekers Tagged #hfchat, employment, hirefriday, hiring, interviewing, jobhunt, jobsearch, jobseeker, recruiters Leave a comment
Novell: New, Again
The collective exhale has begun. Here’s what you need to know: Novell is (contrary to popular opinion) still here. SUSE and our contributions to OpenSUSE will continue. Novell is now private. Importantly, Chipotle has replaced Novell on the S&P 500. … Continue reading
Posted in companies, Employment, life, Novell, utah Tagged Attachmate, linux, netiq, novell, opensuse, suse, utah, utah_companies, utah_county 4 Comments
Month++
::momentary sigh:: Mass High Tech today reports that the US Department of Justice’s review of Novell‘s patent sale to CPTN Holdings is keeping the Attachmate/Novell Merger from going through no-faster than at least one month and a day from today, … Continue reading
HELP: What Career Advice Would You Give to a Middle School Student?
Quick question: Oh great and wise blog visitor! Calling on all the wisdom of age and experience you have gathered in your life until this point… if you suddenly found yourself in middle-school today (12-15yrs old)… …what one or two … Continue reading
Posted in America, Employment, life, Networking, USA, utah Tagged advice, career, speaking 35 Comments
Utah Company Overstock #8 Best Place to Work
Noted by the New York Times, local Utah company Overstock scored #8 on Glassdoor’s best places to work list, as voted by its presumed employees (there is no validation/verification of these scores). Facebook topped the list while Google (often touted … Continue reading
Posted in Adobe, business, companies, Employment, Facebook, Google Tagged best_places_to_work, employment, facebook, glassdoor Leave a comment
Yahoo! VP Vows to Fire Del.icio.us Leaker 24hrs After Mass Layoffs
Alternate title: "How to make sure the the Grinch steals all of Christmas" Maybe in 1982, when you were lucky enough not to be laid off from the big Steel Plant in your town, you would sit on your hands … Continue reading
Posted in business, Employment, Firing, Hiring, Yahoo Tagged confidentiality, delicious, firing, layoff, yahoo 3 Comments
Nothing says the holidays are coming like the amazing, festive holiday lights at Novell’s Provo office park.