Oh, You Mean That Job Market?
There is another job market. It's not the be-a-good-boy-or-girl job market of Black Hole resumes lobbed over the transom and ignored forever. That job market is broken. Forget about it.
There is another job market. It's not the be-a-good-boy-or-girl job market of Black Hole resumes lobbed over the transom and ignored forever. That job market is broken. Forget about it.
Liz Ryan | Posted 02.11.2010 | Business
Don't you love shiny, sparkly people who use up your time and flatter you with cappucino and ask your opinion? They are getting what they want -- your time and good ideas -- and you're getting bupkus.
Liz Ryan | Posted 01.27.2010 | Living
Getting a job might require you to step outside of the rules ... She (a job-seeker): Liz, I know you tell us to avoid the "Black Hole" when we're job...
Liz Ryan | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
We need to take the employer's perspective, and come up with a job-search branding message that focuses on how we make our employers' or our clients' businesses thrive.
Liz Ryan | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
Look, I said, that's what those Black Holes are made for. They're designed to eat resumes the way prom-goers suck down calamari at the Olive Garden.
Liz Ryan | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business
My friend Mollie called and she was mad, mad, mad. You won't even believe this, she said. I've been waiting for this job interview for two weeks, and ...
Liz Ryan | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business
A lady called me on the phone and said "Help!"What's up? I asked. This guy who used to work for me, she said, he's using me as a reference. I don't wa...
Liz Ryan | Posted 02.23.2010 | Business