News
Under Cover Recruiter -The Wall Street Journal
- To Fill That Open Position, These Guys Go to Extremes
No Excuses DrivesRecruiter - The Wall Street Journal
- Recruiter David Perry’s do-whatever-it-takes search style is in his blood.
HR Influencer: David Perry – Salary.com
- David Perry shapes the profession’s reputation by working outside of the established envelope. It would be nice if more folks focused on the industry’s external reputation.
The Guerrilla Fighters – Human Resource Executive
- With aggressive but effective tactics, “guerrilla” recruiters can help companies secure top executives, but critics say such behavior can be unprofessional, hurt a client’s image and even harm recruitment of executives.
HR Wrestles the Guerrillas - Human Resource Executive
- This story accompanies The Guerrilla Fighters.
Outside the Box - New York Post
- To the jaded hacks at @work, it often seems there are as many job-search experts as actual people looking for jobs. While some of their counsel is terrific, it’s rare to find an expert whose advice is novel and tangible. So much career counseling tends to be one or the other — or neither.
How to get a job – Fortune Magazine
- COVER STORY APRIL 2009 It’s brutal out there. But the people getting hired aren’t necessarily the most connected – they’re the most creative. From food diarists to Twitter stalkers to candidates tapping the “hidden” job market, here’s what’s working now.
When the jobs are hidden – Fortune Magazine
- To get a job, you have to find the openings that no one’s advertising, and really impress your potential employer.
It’s All About Who You Know — and Who They Know – Washington Post
- In job hunting, networking is the name of the game. And it’s also the name of the game at Facebook and LinkedIn, two of the most popular social-networking Web sites.
Job Hunt Makeover: How Far Should You Go? - ABC NEWS
- David Perry, managing partner of Perry-Martel International Inc., a headhunting firm in Ottawa, Canada, agrees that a winning appearance is critical but warns that it won’t get you far if you don’t have the solid skills to back it up.
Extreme job hunt: Applicants ditch resumes for guerilla tactics . Christian Science Monitor
- When traditional job-hunting methods fail, some are turning to the unconventional.
Learn how to jump-start your career – London Evening Standard
- He had read every book he could find about changing career, saved his money and finally drawn up a list of things he wanted to do. With this in hand, he resigned and began his long march away from Wall Street.To borrow a manufacturing term now widely used to describe career transformations, he set about “retooling” himself for the rest of his life.
How To Make Your Job Outsource-Proof - Forbes
-“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change,” Charles Darwin once wrote. In today’s global economy, when jobs can vanish down a fiber-optic cable to India before breakfast tomorrow, it’s not how strong or smart you are that matters. It’s how adaptable you are to change.
The Two Websites Every Job Seeker Needs to Join – CIO Magazine
- You probably know about one of these websites, but you may not know about the other. Neither is a job board.
Give Your Resume Sex Appeal – CIO Magazine
- Flamenco dancers are sexy. So are languid summer nights and first dates with a new crush. But résumés? Not so much. If you want your résumé to get you to first base with a potential employer, it has to push the all the right buttons.
Globe & Mail
On the job hunt? Ditch the bunny suit
-Job seekers are resorting to extreme tactics to stand out. Pros evaluate memorable measures that hiring managers have seen
No shame in self-promotion
- Dawn Montgomery is a savvy saleswoman. Her product? Dawn Montgomery.
When skills aren’t a perfect fit
Buttondown firms want their MTV, too
Excerpt: “Your brand is your edge to stand out from the crowd”
- July Friday, July 10, 2009
Excerpt: “Handling rejection”
- Friday July 17th, 2009