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Clean Up Your Social Media and Get a Job!

In a recent poll, 18 percent of employers reported finding content on social networking sites that caused them to avoid hiring a candidate. Let’s face it: if you don’t want a future employer to see it – don’t post it! Or, if you’ve already posted it, here are a few tips for cleaning up your social media […]

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How To Make Your Online Job Application Shine

When it comes to applying for jobs online, it is essential to stand out from the other applicants. Online job postings can attract thousands of applicants, making the odds of getting an interview very small. In fact, only about 14 percent of all job seekers find employment through ads and the Internet. On the other […]

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Learning Why You Need to Say No to Workplace Nepotism

In many circles, the word NEPOTISM is known as a veritable four-letter word. Nepotism is officially defined as the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs, which can make online recruitment a job posting HR compliance nightmare. There is nothing wrong with a family-owned and run […]

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Hiring Tips Human Resources

Why Buying Eggs Is Like Hiring for a Job in Today’s World

When you’re faced with hiring employees, it’s a lot like buying eggs. First, you have to decide what kind of eggs you want to buy. Are you going to go with high quality, organic brown eggs? Or, are you on a tight budget and going to go with the regular white eggs on sale? The […]

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Companies Need to Re-Think Weight-Based Discrimination

When hit film director Kevin Smith was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight in 2010 after the carrier declared him too overweight to fly, it dramatically illustrated the routine humiliations millions of Americans face. Research from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity reported that weight discrimination increased 66 percent from the mid-1990s to […]