I have worked on a number of open jobs where the hiring manager or hiring authority has suggested that they’d prefer to hire someone who is already employed. In other words, they suggest that they’d prefer not to hire someone who is currently unemployed. In some rare cases, I’ve had hiring managers tell me to [...]

With the Internet changing the way we search for jobs – and the way recruiters and hiring manager search for potential employees – comes the ability to search for a new job using some of the existing technologies you’re already using. Twitter is a great example of a technology that can be used to find [...]

I recently got an email from a guy who had just experienced an interesting situation. He’d applied for a job before the stated deadline and when he didn’t hear back from the company he’d applied to, he contacted them to enquire about his candidacy. The hiring authority told him that his application had been received [...]