Archive for the ‘Employers’ Category

Where Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Your Education and Experience Matter

There are many reasons why an employer may reject a job candidate. We explore five reasons below which shows why the employers aren’t too keen on hiring you.

Last week I read a post from one of my favorite bloggers, Ryan Stephens, who wrote a piece called ‘How to be an Awesome Intern’. My long ass response to his post suggested that networking is critical for the intern. This long comment I shared with Ryan and his readers inspired me to turn it into a full blown post on COTJ. Do yourself a favor and stop by Ryan’s blog, not only is he a good guy but he also loves Dexter and LOST as much as I do.

Over 90% of companies post their entire job description or some modified version of it as a job advertisement.

Why?

One often overlooked issue during a long job search is what to do with the overabundance of free time. You can’t spend you’re entire day sending out resumes, calling recruiters, hitting the pavement, scouring job boards or waiting for your government bailout. Unfortunately you are not too big to fail.