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Can gimmicks help you land a job?
I know there are a lot of desperate job seekers out there, but is it ever a good idea to throw out the standard job-hunting playbook and do something crazy? Possibly.
This morning when I turned on my computer, I was greeted with an interesting tweet from @iJmeeks, or James Meeks in the real world.
hey @careerdiva i’m trying to get my career in order. take a look at my website i created to get hired hiremeaccenture.com
He calls himself “a sales and marketing guru” and wants Accenture, the consulting giant, to hire him. To th
Jobs go as no buyer is found for Britspace
Administrator makes a “significant” number of redundancies
Staff at modular contractor Britspace have today been informed they are out of work after frantic negotiations to find a buyer over the weekend failed.
Administrators FRP Adivsory said in a statement it had had to make “significant” redundancies at the Yorkshire-based specialist, which had 200 staff.
Last week administrator David Thornhill said nine firms had met him to discuss acquiring Britspace, following 31 expressions of interest.
But talks over the weekend failed to result in a satisfactory bid for the firm.
David Thornhill said: “While there has been significant interest shown in Britspace Modular Buildings, the joint administrators regret that no sale of the business has been concluded. In view o
HMRC arrests five plumbers in tax crackdown
Tax collectors say they are targeting 600 further tax evaders
The government has arrested five plumbers in a crackdown on tax evasion by HM Revenue and Customs.
HMRC said it arrested the “ghost plumbers” in raids in London, Hampshire, Surrey, Twickenham and West Bromwich for not declaring the income from the work they carried out.
It said it was continuing to investigate 600 plumbers following a campaign to persuade them to get their tax affairs in order, and will carry out further raids in Yorkshire, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Tyne & Wear, the Midlands, and South Wales.
Mike Wells, Director HMRC Risk & Intelligence Service, said: “These arrests are just the start. HMRC
60 Interview Questions
You’ll find in the interview questions below some you are asking already, some you haven’t been but would like to, and others that just don’t fit for your company and your jobs.
These interview questions are used by permission from Job Interview Skills 101, the Course You Forgot to Take For New Grads and College Students.
Comment on any, or add your own interview questions to share in the comments section.
- Tell me about a time when you were a member of a great team. What role did you play in making the team great?
- Tell me about a time when you were given a task to accomplish without any direction.
- Tell me about a time when you had to work with someone you did not get along with.
- Tell me about a time when you felt that a decision was unfair. How did
Postdocs as Pipelines
University recruiting, like any relationship-management sourcing strategy, often requires a balanced mix of long-term investments coupled with numerous annual campus visits in order to develop a successful brand and become an employer of choice. Many organizations structure those “long-term investments” in annual or capital campaign monetary contributions, often to career centers or related offices, which have welcomed the donations as their own funding challenges have worsened. But while such contributions may have led to a significant ROI in the past, that may not be the same case in the future.
The reason is simple: students now turn more often to faculty members for early-career guidance and advice on which employers to start out with. In
Construction insolvencies up 12.5% in July
Over 300 business failures meant insolvencies are up on same period in 2010
Over 300 construction firms became insolvent last month according to new data from Experian. The figure marks a 12.5% increase in insolvencies compared to July 2010.
Among the 310 business failures were five building materials companies.
On average 0.18% of construction firms failed in July compred to a national average of 0.1%.
Recent construction firms to go under include social housing contractor Kinetics, which went into administration last month.
Engaging Hidden Job Candidates in Today’s Job Climate
According to Moody’s Analytics, nearly 148,000 tech jobs will be created in the U.S. by the end of 2011. Surprisingly, the biggest hiring challenge many technology companies face is that many of the industry’s most talented professionals aren’t actively looking for new jobs. Gone are the days of shuffling through hundreds of resumes of potentially qualified candidates. Today’s savvy companies are proactively pursuing the industry’s top talent on sites like LinkedIn, BranchOut, and ZoomInfo. Now more t