Tuesday, February 24, 2009

How useful is Visual CV?

I just ran across a new service being offered by one of the major executive search firms. In case you have not heard, many of them are looking for way to diversify their offerings. Many of us think that retained search needs to adapt to some significant changes in our market.

In an case, the new service being offered is called Visual CV.

If you have signed up, please let me know. I am currently investigating this service and would welcome any input!

Monday, February 9, 2009

Job search tips you will not find anywhere else

The market is cluttered with job searching advice. Not all of it is useless, but most of it won't help very much.

Below is a link to the best advice that I have seen yet. It reveals some hard truths about looking for a job, and a does of reality about working with recruiters. But take heart, there is some very helpful information about executing an effective job search.

I have sent this link to a few friends on a very limited basis. It took me a while to get over making this information public, but here it is. My thanks to Harry Joiner:

97 Job Search Tips

On a related topic, think about this before you begin networking:

Robert DeNiro on Interviewing