One can’t help but be unsettled by announcements of major layoffs in January 2023: Google (12,000, 6% of workforce), Microsoft (10,000, 4-5% of workforce), and Amazon (18,000, 1-2% of workforce). But despite the wave of layoff announcements at major tech companies, it’s still a good time to get a job. Continue reading Good time to job search in spite of layoffs
Tag Archives: recruiters
QUIET QUITTING AND THE SILENT EMPLOYEE EXODUS
You won’t see “quiet quitting” on any attrition reports. But if unaddressed it has the potential to cause employees to disengage and leave. Continue reading QUIET QUITTING AND THE SILENT EMPLOYEE EXODUS
QUITFLUENCERS
Every department has a quitfluencer. They are those individuals who noticeably interrupt work to field calls from recruiters, peruse online job boards, and interview when they work from home. Continue reading QUITFLUENCERS
10 Ways to Increase Your LinkedIn Profile Search Results
Increasing search appearances is an ongoing process. Each LinkedIn member receives search results customized specifically for them, based on their LinkedIn network (connections) as well as what LinkedIn calls “relevancy to the searcher.” You can successfully optimize your Profile and increase search appearances by consistently doing the following: Continue reading 10 Ways to Increase Your LinkedIn Profile Search Results
Think Career Brand Not Just Resume
Task on Monday. Talk on Tuesday.
Motivation level is high on Mondays to contact recruiters at companies you’ve applied to (especially in the New Year 2023!). It’s hard to resist the temptation after the silence of the weekend but don’t give in. Continue reading Task on Monday. Talk on Tuesday.
The New Normal Staffing Agency
The official number of unemployed Americans is 10.1 million, according to the Labor Department. But there’s another government data source that indicates a much higher number of unemployed at 18.3 million people. As more Americans get vaccinated and we begin to see Covid-19 start to appear in the rearview mirror, we should anticipate almost 20 million people starting to return to the workforce, many leaning heavily on staffing agencies to reenter the career marketplace. How these agencies reposition and rebrand themselves will determine their productivity, profitability, efficiency, growth, and even survival. Continue reading The New Normal Staffing Agency
Your resume and cover letter are the cornerstone of your proactive career search efforts. But, in the bigger vision of your next professional iteration, they are just a part of your overall career brand. Continue reading Think Career Brand Not Just Resume →