Job Searching

Perhaps it's time for you to find a new job or, given the state of the economy, maybe you've been laid off and you need to find something fast. If so, this piece over at Careerbuilder.com is just what you need.

In the latest podcast for graduate job-seekers from workplace engagement specialists, Best Companies, Wayne Turmel talks to Paul Farrer, Chairman of the Graduate Recruitment Company, about the possibilities and pitfalls around applying for that all-important first post-university job.

Nothing is more important to the new graduate than finding that first position and using it as a launching pad for a fulfilling professional life. With all the changes taking place in business, finding a company that offers opportunities for ongoing development is crucial.

Did you ever find out after starting in a new role that your boss was not all that you thought he or she might be? We often neglect the fact that recruitment is a two way street and unfortunately, the consequences of not selecting the right boss only become obvious once it is too late. So here are some vital "boss selection strategies".

Despite graduating from a top-10 UK university, Seb has yet to land a graduate job and is worried that his strategy is flawed. Carl Gilleard, boss of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, has some valuable advice.

Faced with an ageing workforce, British employers are falling over themselves to woo new graduates. But in the process, they risk creating a generation of demanding, poorly behaved, job-seeking brats.

It may seem at first glance that the overwhelming majority of people complaining about their jobs online are Generation Y Americans. But just to break the mold, one UK-based website has turned hating your job and quitting hated jobs into a full-time business venture.

It may be a truism, but when it comes to landing a new job, it really is who, not what, you know that counts – as a new poll has found nearly four out of 10 corporate high flyers got their job through networking.

Let's be honest here. Job hunting is about as enticing as going to the dentist. And for career-changers, it is even worse. How do you convey why you spent 10 or 20 years doing one thing and are now intent on doing another?

Half the recruiters who use the web to research job candidates have changed their minds about a hiring somebody based on what they have found out about them online.

One in five Britons applying for jobs lies on their resume or CV, with some adding false qualifications, difficulties with previous jobs and even overlooking the fact they have a criminal record.

Just in time for back-to-school, the number of interns being hired by U.S companies is rising sharply, according to a new poll, with nearly half of firms expecting to be on the look-out for student talent this year.

Americans who have been unfortunate enough to lose their jobs during the first half of the year can are likely to have have found new jobs more quickly than in each of the past two years.

Spelling mistakes and orange juice stains on your application, offering bribes, bringing your recruiter to the interview – some job seekers really don't seem to get it when it comes to making a good impression.

When you decide to work for an organisation, what's the deal? Are you sure that both sides know what it is they want from each other? Because if you're not, it could all end in heartbreak.

Many job-seekers incorrectly assume that summer is a bad time to look for a job, putting it off until the fall, but in fact the "fallow" summer months are one of the best times to track down your dream job.

Even for the most ambitious executive, the summer has traditionally been down time when it comes to job hunting. But not any more. In fact the summer is now a hot period for snapping up top-level talent.

More than nine out of 10 interns get offered a full-top job with the company they are working for following their internship, U.S research has found.

Talking too much is the most common interview mistake made by job seekers, even those applying for executive level positions, according to new U.S research.

Doing an internship alongside or after an MBA appears to be the key to landing a job offer, according to a new U.S study.

The British jobs market is hampered by lazy and unimaginative recruitment methods, bad interviewing techniques and candidates failing to be completely truthful.

We're well-used to hearing about employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race or religion. But discrimination on the basis of Astrological profile is not something that many of us will be familiar with.

Self-confidence can make or break a job or career search. With it, you trust your own abilities and have a general sense of control in your life. Without it, you're frustrated and stuck – until you learn that having – and keeping it – is really within your own control.

As a new poll from Yahoo! HotJobs suggests that four out of 10 Americans in work plan to start looking for a new job at some point within the next 12 months – and one in five already looking – many of those with itchy feet might be heading south.

Before you say "yes" to that new job, have you done enough homework to be sure that it's going to be a good fit, not a cultural disaster?

In an increasingly competitive jobs' market, would-be employees are resorting to ever more desperate measures to get noticed, including hiring singing telegrams and buying the whole office coffees, a U.S survey has found.

It had to happen. After the phenomenon of speed dating, speed networking could be set to become the latest workplace buzz.

If you took at face value much of what appears in the recruitment sections of the press, you'd think that the world of work was a soul-satisfying, utopian paradise.

By the end of her first month in a new job, Sandra discovered it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It wasn't the job requirements that bothered her. They were exactly as she had expected. It was the work environment itself. What should she do?

Students graduating from universities in Europe and the United States this year are optimistic about finding full-time jobs, but far from certain that their jobs will meet their expectations.

London and the south east of England may still be the financial and employment powerhouses of the UK, but more and more graduates are preferring to live and find work elsewhere in Britain.

As the graduate recruitment season moves into full swing, new research reveals that far too many British employers are damaging their reputations thanks to shockingly poor graduate recruitment practices.

This month and next, hundreds of thousands of people will graduate from schools worldwide and want to enter the workforce. They'll be educated and enthusiastic, ready to make their mark on the world.

Lack of skills is set to be a continuing headache for employers in 2005, two separate surveys have suggested.

With thoughts already turning to the annual recruitment round in the New Year, an HR consultancy has uncovered its own list of top interview and application blunders.

Next year is likely to be a tough one for employers, who will be under pressure on pay and prices while at the same time finding it harder than ever to recruit the right people into vacant jobs.

New Year is traditionally one of the most popular times for people to look for a new job – and this New Year could be one of the best yet, according to recruiter Manpower.

Scanning the job ads may be the conventional way to find a new job, but if you really want to make that career move, getting out and meeting potential employers is the answer.

It may not even be December yet, let alone Christmas – but nearly one in four workers are already thinking about what sort of job the New Year will bring.

The world's cleverest woman wants to get a job in Britain after spending the past two years unemployed in her native Bulgaria.

"Most of us are psychologically very conservative when it comes to changing jobs,” writes Dr Raj Persaud in the Evening Standard, “but if we are no longer enjoying our work or developing our careers, we could be heading for burn-out."

Grad-spam is the latest corporate email scourge as tens of millions of unsolicited and unsuitable job applications clog up recruiters’ inboxes in a torrent that threatens to outdo the unwanted ads for Viagra and pornography sites.

Organisations which treat candidates badly during the recruitment process have been warned that they could face a backlash affecting their business and their brands.

Now that searching for jobs online is an everyday activity, is it time to stop talking about 'online recruitment' and accept that it's just one part of the broader recruitment mix?

Newspapers are still the most popular method of advertising jobs despite the sharp downturn in press advertising in the last 12 months.

Despite the hype about the internet transforming the way we hunt for new jobs, local newspapers are still the most preferred way of attracting new recruits, according to the Annual Recruitment and Retention survey from the CIPD. Specialist trade press are also popular though this recruitment method has decreased by over ten per cent over the last 12 months.

Networking skills are the best way to find a new job according to research carried out amongst 4,500 UK job seekers by Drake Beam Morin (DBM).

Lies or inaccuracies on CVs rose by more than 20 per cent as recession fears took hold during the last quarter of 2001, according to research published on April 2 by The Risk Advisory Group (TRAG), one of Europe’s leading providers of employee screening services. Men in their early thirties are the worst offenders.

Job hunting on the Internet has brought with it it own unwritten rules. Online recruitment expert Lindsay McEwan explains the netiquette around searching and applying for jobs on the web.

A snapshot reader survey in the magazine "Inside Recruitment" shows some trepidation in the recruitment industry regarding 2002 but a belief that things will get better.

As diaries fill up with Christmas parties, it is worth remembering that they can offer a great deal more than a free drink and a mince pie.

Headhunting is no longer confined to those earning six-figure salaries. So how should you respond the first time you are approached by a headhunter?

Want to move into a new job? Try these creative tips to make the transition easier.

Research carried out by Axiom Software, creators of JobQ recruitment software, found that almost one in three of graduates expect a response to a job application within two weeks, and a third within one week. But companies are failing to do this, with only one in six of companies managing to respond within a week.

The next time you go for a job interview or have a performance appraisal with your boss, it would pay to be aware of the non-verbal signals you’re sending out.