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Many believe companies do little hiring in December, but HR execs call it a myth. Get your application in. December may be your best chance to get hired. The weeks between Thanksgiving and the new year are often perceived as the job-seeking equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking. A perception persists that … Read More

Thomas Publishing, best known for its “Big Green Books,” no longer prints a book. That means hiring a different type of employee and a new way to approach recruiting. Thomas Publishing is best known for its “Big Green Books” – the directories and buying guides of suppliers, vendors and service providers in just about every … Read More

Business doesn’t stop, nor should you. These job seekers became entrepreneurs to demonstrate that they were still strong employees. Tim Wood is a career software engineer who has ridden the technology-employment roller coaster for years. During the 2001 to 2003 downturn in tech, Wood went through a two-year period of unemployment and considered leaving the … Read More

Companies want HR pros who know HR, but can you break the code of the employer’s business, culture and mission. Sometimes being out of work offers you the opportunity to learn and become better at your next job. For Ralph Chapman, the experience gave him a very valuable — though opposite — perspective. When he … Read More

The law may not require it, but hiring companies demand a diverse pool of employees and candidates. Being a job seeker from a diverse racial, ethnic or economic background can be an advantage while working with recruiters. It’s a hot-button issue, for sure; some recruiters asked to comment for this article declined to do so, … Read More

Job seekers in their 50s may be stereotyped as counting the days to retirement or running up health-insurance costs. Older professionals describe how they’ve fought those perceptions on the job search. Trude Diamond has a doctorate in education and many years of proven, successful experience in systems requirement engineering, instructional development and design, and writing … Read More

Abhinav Khanna, a computer security specialist in New Jersey, had an ace in the hole when he attended a job fair in India. Abhinav Khanna faced a daunting task at the SiliconIndia Job Fair on June 26. With hundreds of desperate job seekers all vying for the same few positions among the world’s leading software … Read More

Finance firms will care as much about your character as the skills and performance on your resume. In financial services, reputation matters. So does character. That wasn’t always the case, but in the wake of the recession that decimated the public’s regard for the industry, financial services firms are more concerned than ever in building … Read More

Recruiters don’t work for you and they don’t have to help you, but they can be a valuable resource to help you be the right candidate for the job. There are a few things you should know about recruiters before you work with them. Recruiters’ measure of success is filling open positions, not getting people … Read More