Imagine the following scenario: A hiring manager is conferring with his staff regarding two finalists for a position. He asks them which one would be the better fit for their department. One by one they give their opinions. Then the hiring manager says: “It’s clear that either one of them could do a good job. Both of them could do the job in their sleep, but we need someone who can represent the department in a favorable light, someone who is calm and diplomatic.”
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Identifying the Gems In Your Personal Talent Pool
A job search workshop leader asks his audience to: “Describe what unique value you offer.” Minutes later a participant asks what others are wondering. “How is what I have to offer really unique? Maybe it’s the editor in me, but I wouldn’t say what I have is unique.” The workshop leader explains that he is referring to a combination of skills and talents unique to the individual who uses them.
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New! – Jobfully Guest Bloggers Series
We’re excited to announce a new Guest Bloggers Series here at Jobfully’s website. We are inviting guest bloggers to contribute to Jobfully’s blog and write about things that matters to job seekers today. You will be seeing these guest bloggers entries popping up soon.
Looking for VP of Sales and VP of Marketing
Jobfully.com is looking for a Vice President of Sales and a VP of Marketing for its upcoming launch of the next generation job search platform. Ideal candidate should have experience in both consumer marketing and enterprise sales experience, and have a success track record of leading marketing and sales effort at internet startups.
Jobfully is also looking for Social Media marketing interns.
Details about these positions can be found under our Jobs page.
New Job(less) Figures – What’s next?
New goverment report on job figures came out this morning. There are several Wall Street Journal articles today reflecting on this new data. Here are the links and some excerpts:
Recession Jobs Losses Top 5 Million
Unemployed Lose Fallback Options
Thinking About Grabbing Top Talent In This Market?
Yesterday’s WSJ had a good article on star performers – “The Myth of the Lone Star: Why One Top Performer May Not Shine as Brightly as You Hope”.
If you’re in that great position to be thinking about using this downturn as an opportunity to recruit some star performers, you should definitely read this article. To cut to the chase –
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A must-read article – “The Big Fix”
I just highly recommend this article in last weekend’s New York Times Magazine, The Big Fix (What can Obama do to transform an economy that can no longer count on Wall Street or Silicon Valley?), by David Leonhardt.
Jobfully.com – Journey so far…
Hello, World!
Earlier this year, we recognized the growing needs for straightforward, streamlined help for tired and frustrated job seekers. We took on this mission to design and build a system that will provide job seekers the type help they need at a price they can afford. We are super excited about the adventure ahead of us.
Stay tuned…
– Jobfully.com team