Tag Archives: hiring

What’s Wrong with the Job Market?

September 18, 2013 by Savvy Job Search
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What’s wrong with the job candidate/hiring equation?  (Hint:  It’s out of whack)  We talk about how employers have gotten spoiled.  The job market shifted and it’s referred to an “employers’ job market” right now.  Lots of applicants for few positions – on average, 200 applicants for every open position.  A perfect over-supply, limited demand situation […]

Resumes and a False Sense of Security

March 24, 2013 by Resumes - etc.
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I had to write about this today (even though I promised a while ago I’d write about it) because just today I received a shockingly bad example of why I hate resumes (yes, I think they are very, very ineffective). Here’s another reason I hate resumes — very few people land jobs because of one. […]