Posts Tagged ‘recommendation’

What’s better than a good reference over the phone?

Posted on January 16th, 2010 by by carl

A good reference might not get you a job on its own but it will certainly help to get you closer to it anyways. Even better than a good reference can be a referral from a former manager (presumably your current manager won’t refer you to another company!) and/or colleague. As a recruiter, one of [...]

Standing out from the pack II

Posted on December 18th, 2009 by by carl

Last month we talked about a few ways to stand out from the pack with regards to your job search. I gave a few examples of things that I’ve seen – as well as one thing I did earlier in my career – to get a leg up on my competitors for jobs. It got [...]