Friday, December 28, 2007
Video resumes offer a new tool to get your foot in the door with a growing number of employers today. But are they an advantage for you, the job-seeker?
posted in: Resume Tips
Thursday, December 13, 2007
It’s probably one of the most overused phrases in job-hunting, but also one of the most underutilized by job-seekers: dress for success. In job-hunting, first impressions are critical. Remember, you are marketing a product—yourself—to a potential employer, and the first thing the employer sees when greeting you is your attire; thus, you must make every effort to have the proper dress for the type of job you are seeking.
posted in: Interviewing
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
In the most basic sense, the current global nursing shortage is simply a widespread and dangerous lack of skilled nurses who are needed to care for individual patients and the population as a whole. The work of the world’s estimated 12 million nurses is not well understood, even by educated members of society. But nursing is a distinct scientific field and autonomous profession whose skilled practitioners save lives and improve patient outcomes every day in a wide variety of settings.
posted in: News
Monday, November 19, 2007
More and more people are turning to professional networking sites, such as LinkedIn, to reach out to customers, exchange ideas with colleagues and form impressions of potential hires.
When used correctly, online networking can enhance professional relationships and broaden business horizons. But if you’re not careful, these sites can also leave co-workers and customers with a negative impression of you.
posted in: Networking
Thursday, November 15, 2007
One morning in August, Robin Dayer arrived at the Chicago headquarters of Abbott Laboratories to interview for a financial-analyst job. By nightfall, she’d landed the position.
Ms. Dayer, 45-years-old, was one of four candidates who interviewed around the same time for the job. They were all part of a new program, launched in July and designed to accelerate the pharmaceutical company’s recruiting process. Before then, candidates were expected to participate in two or three interviews over a span of several weeks before an offer was made.
Welcome to the world of speed interviewing.
posted in: Interviewing
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
In a recent report by the AACN, 42,866 qualified applicants were rejected in 2006 from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs because of not having enough “faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors and budget constraints.” Seventy-one percent of the nursing schools that responded to the survey indicated that limited space in their nursing department was because of lack of faculty.
posted in: News
Friday, November 09, 2007
Regardless of where they go, young health-care professionals have an edge on those in other jobs because of the high demand. Demand is so high, in fact, engineers, teachers, retired military members and others from unrelated fields are entering training in the health-care industry.
posted in: News
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Are you in need of resume advice? No job-seeker should ever be without a strong resume, so we have reproduced some examples of professionally-developed resumes for you—free of charge.
posted in: Resume Tips
Friday, November 02, 2007
Is something not quite right in your job? Are the other folks in your office the ones who get the promotions, big bonuses, or high-profile assignments while you sit by quietly (or not so quietly) steaming? Read on to find out if you are sabotaging your career, and if so, what you might do to rectify the situation.
posted in: General Job Seeker Advice
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Find some great tools and resources for exploring careers—whether a student searching for your first career or an established job-seeker considering a career change.
posted in: General Job Seeker Advice