Job Seeker Blog

Are Video Resumes for You?

2007-12-28T14:22:01Z

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?

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When Job-Hunting: Dress for Success

2007-12-13T19:04:01Z

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.

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What is the nursing shortage and why does it exist?

2007-12-04T19:01:01Z

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.

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Making a Good Impression When Networking Online

2007-11-19T12:48:01Z

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.

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Speed Date a Potential Employer

2007-11-15T14:45:00Z

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.

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Nursing program produces RNs fast

2007-11-13T14:40:00Z

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.

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Health care professional shortage: Students face high demand

2007-11-09T14:31:00Z

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.

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Professional Resumes

2007-11-06T14:29:00Z

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.

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Are You Sabotaging Your Career?

2007-11-02T14:25:00Z

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.

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Career Exploration Tools and Resources

2007-10-31T14:22:00Z

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.

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Schools Receiving Nursing Grants

2007-10-29T14:18:01Z

Texas handed out nearly $7 million to state nursing schools to help hire faculty and to increase the number of nurse graduates, but only two out of five schools in San Antonio were able to collect. This seems to be the pattern in schools across the US.

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Study addresses shortage of nurses

2007-10-25T14:17:00Z

The shortage of registered nurses in the United States could be lessened by adopting tactics used successfully in other segments of the economy, such as incentives to keep experienced nurses on the job and attract those who have left the profession, according to a University at Buffalo study.

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What Every Nursing School Graduate Should Consider When Seeking Employment

2007-10-22T18:50:00Z

Finding the right practice environment that values your education is essential to your long term success and job satisfaction as a nurse. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has developed this brochure to assist nursing students, educated at the baccalaureate level and above, in making the best decision on where to practice following graduation.

AACN has identified 8 key characteristics or hallmarks you should examine when screening potential employers. Each hallmark identified in this brochure is followed by suggested questions that you may ask during an interview.

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Job-Hunting Samples and Examples

2007-10-19T18:43:00Z

If you are a job seeker, you have many needs. A big part of the job search is successfully contacting the employer, sending a resume, interviewing, etc. Here is a great resource for all of these and more!

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Nurses hit the streets

2007-10-16T18:32:00Z

The heavy rain was probably appropriate, given the mood of the demonstrators. Nurses in Bonavista, led by their union president Debbie Forward, demonstrated outside Bonavista Hospital and Golden Heights Manor last Tuesday. They also took their demonstration to two busy intersections in town, spreading their message of ‘more nurses needed’ to the general public.

Their gathering was part of a provincial rally, aimed to focus attention on what nurses are calling a “crisis.” The say there’s a severe shortage of nursing staff across the province and government needs to do something about it.

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