JobsDirectUSA.com - America's #1 Source for Jobs » Recruiting http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog Online job board and staffing firm founded in 2008. Search millions of local career and employment openings throughout the United States. Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Do’s and Don’ts of Professional Networking http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/the-do%e2%80%99s-and-don%e2%80%99ts-of-professional-networking/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/the-do%e2%80%99s-and-don%e2%80%99ts-of-professional-networking/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:32 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2348 The ability to network is not an innate, God-given quality. It is simply the process of developing mutually gratifying/advantageous relationships with like-minded people and businesses and, more importantly, can be learned, honed and developed. Networking is a marketing tool; crucial to the success of you and your business that can take a variety of different [...]

The Do’s and Don’ts of Professional Networking The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/the-do%e2%80%99s-and-don%e2%80%99ts-of-professional-networking/feed/ 0 How Graduates Can Make the Most of LinkedIn and Twitter http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-graduates-can-make-the-most-of-linkedin-and-twitter/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-graduates-can-make-the-most-of-linkedin-and-twitter/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:30 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2447 “77% of recruiters suggest that they would run an online search for the candidate” “Only 29% students use social networking sites to promote themselves” The UK economy is set to go into a double dip recession (BBC, 2012), as the market shrinks by 0.2%. Although this is set to be revised at least twice, this [...]

How Graduates Can Make the Most of LinkedIn and Twitter The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-graduates-can-make-the-most-of-linkedin-and-twitter/feed/ 0 How Agency Recruiters Can Use LinkedIn [Presentation Deck] http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-agency-recruiters-can-use-linkedin-presentation-deck/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-agency-recruiters-can-use-linkedin-presentation-deck/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:22:26 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2419 Here’s a LinkedIn for recruitment agency briefing delivered by Link Humans in London last week at an APSCo and M Squared event. The brief was to talk about the bigger picture as in stats, why people use LinkedIn, the future AND to throw in some tips and tricks there. If you are interested in learning more about [...]

How Agency Recruiters Can Use LinkedIn [Presentation Deck] The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-agency-recruiters-can-use-linkedin-presentation-deck/feed/ 0 How the Swedish Army Uses Social Media to Recruit [Video] http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-the-swedish-army-uses-social-media-to-recruit-video/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-the-swedish-army-uses-social-media-to-recruit-video/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:58:29 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2412 The Swedish Armed Forces are very keen on using social media to drive recruitment. They have used Facebook for recruitment for years and they have been experimenting with some very creative recruitment campaigns. This campaign was all about making a difference. The title was “Who cares?” and it aimed to see who would be keen [...]

How the Swedish Army Uses Social Media to Recruit [Video] The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-the-swedish-army-uses-social-media-to-recruit-video/feed/ 0 7 Ways To Improve Your Resume While Employed http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/7-ways-to-improve-your-resume-while-employed/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/7-ways-to-improve-your-resume-while-employed/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 19:12:35 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2350 It’s a competitive job market out there. When you apply for a job, no matter how qualified you are for the new position, it’s absolutely imperative that your resume stands out from the crowd. After all, it’s your resume that will get you noticed out of a stack of resumes on a future employer’s desk. [...]

7 Ways To Improve Your Resume While Employed The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/7-ways-to-improve-your-resume-while-employed/feed/ 1 INFOGRAPHIC: The Most Common and Uncommon Interview Questions http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/infographic-the-most-common-and-uncommon-interview-questions/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/infographic-the-most-common-and-uncommon-interview-questions/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:21:02 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2358 Here are your essential parts and pieces to impressing your future employer, thanks to this infographic from our pals at HighestPayingCareers. Key takeaways: 65% of bosses say the dress could be the deciding factor between two similar candidates The average interview is approximately 40 minutes long First impressions matter; it takes about 90 seconds for [...]

INFOGRAPHIC: The Most Common and Uncommon Interview Questions The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/infographic-the-most-common-and-uncommon-interview-questions/feed/ 0 How To Get a Job When You’re a Royal Princess http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-to-get-a-job-when-you%e2%80%99re-a-royal-princess/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-to-get-a-job-when-you%e2%80%99re-a-royal-princess/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 17:30:05 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2387 In March, The Telegraph featured a story on the troubles of some of the ‘minor royalty.’ The Queen has been charged with reforming and reorganizing the Civil List and to find places in overall spending by the British royal family to trim off some £6 million from the budget by 2013. Prince Charles announced that [...]

How To Get a Job When You’re a Royal Princess The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/how-to-get-a-job-when-you%e2%80%99re-a-royal-princess/feed/ 0 INFOGRAPHIC: Top 20 Best UK Companies to Work for http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/infographic-top-20-best-uk-companies-to-work-for/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/infographic-top-20-best-uk-companies-to-work-for/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:11:14 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2361 The best employers to work for in the UK have been revealed by Reed.co.uk and their Employer Brand Index 2012. It reveals the organisations UK employees most want to work for. Over 2,000 workers shared their top employer brand, favourite business personality and the reasons why they mean so much to them. Key takeaways from [...]

INFOGRAPHIC: Top 20 Best UK Companies to Work for The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/infographic-top-20-best-uk-companies-to-work-for/feed/ 0 LinkedIn Gets a 1980s Makeover with WayBack Machine [Video] http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/linkedin-gets-a-1980s-makeover-with-wayback-machine-video/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/linkedin-gets-a-1980s-makeover-with-wayback-machine-video/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:18:15 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2337 Some social media users  argue that LinkedIn in its current form looks very dated compared to Google Plus or Pinterest. What if we rewind 20 years and see what LinkedIn could have looked like in the eighties? Our friends at Squirrel Monkey have dreamt up how LinkedIn would have looked like in the decade of [...]

LinkedIn Gets a 1980s Makeover with WayBack Machine [Video] The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

]]> http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/linkedin-gets-a-1980s-makeover-with-wayback-machine-video/feed/ 0 What Every Applicant Ought to Know About HR People http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/what-every-applicant-ought-to-know-about-hr-people/ http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/blog/2012/05/what-every-applicant-ought-to-know-about-hr-people/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 15:40:16 +0000 Jorgen Sundberg http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/?p=2341 If you are an applicant, I’m sure that you are busy finishing your resume and you are even practicing mock interviews with your friends. That’s a good sign. But do you know that your resume and way of speaking is not enough for you to pass the interview process? I conducted some small chit-chats with [...]

What Every Applicant Ought to Know About HR People The Undercover Recruiter - Career and Recruitment Secrets Revealed

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