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November is here and we are ready for another great TRA lunch and learn! This month we will be with our friends at Workforce Solutions - Capital Area.   Last month we enjoyed Adriana Hook of the Ginac Group, and pics from that event can be found here on TRA Oct Event Set.  For the November's event we're so excited to have Carl Dodd who is the President of People Velocity LLC.  Mr Dodd helps organizations save time and money by developing their ... (Read More)

(This post is based on some of the principles included in my new book, Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough which I wrote with San Diego-based executive coach, Duncan Mathison. For a free sample chapter, visit the book's official site: www.unlockthehiddenjobmarket.com ) If you’ve been following my posts, you’ll know that I’ve been writing about networking a lot lately. Or at least it seems like it. ... (Read More)

This is a post by Jobing.com Social Media Manager, Brett Farmiloe.  Thanks Brett In case anyone was wondering what the fuss is with social media, here it goes. What is social media? Social media is an integration of words, pictures, video and/or audio with an element of human interaction. (Essentially, the words, pics, videos are the "media"...the human interactivity of commenting on a Twitter status update, tagging someone in a Facebook photo, watching ... (Read More)

As part of my job here at Jobing.com I receive a lot of feedback and comments from job seekers.  The number one comment lately has been a lack of communication from employers.  People who interview for positions aren’t hearing back from the employers.  Often times, the interviewee has been told, “We’ll follow up with you either way.”  These job seekers use words like frustrated, insensitive, demoralizing and inconsiderate.  ... (Read More)

What does it mean to “sell yourself”? It’s ensuring that your resume makes it to the top of the stack, or that your name is on the short list of preferred candidates. Sure it starts with a good cover letter. But does it really start there? It’s having confidence in yourself and your abilities in order to convince others that you are the perfect person for that incredible job that you really want. In order to be the best, you have to know that ... (Read More)

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false  In recent weeks I’ve been watching events unfold in Sedona  -- that whole James Arthur Ray thing and how people died in an ersatz sweat lodge.  I suppose for many people, a terrible event such as this (where people paid $9,000 for the privilege of dying a horrible death, surrounded in the gloom by their vomiting and fainting companions) is so exotic to most ... (Read More)

Do you work with global HR in either a large or small capacity?  Whether you work as a generalist, in global tax, compensation, benefits, finance, or manage international assignments you must attend Texas State Council’s “Global HR: Survival of the Fittest” Global HR Conference in Houston on January 14th, 2010 at the DoubleTree Hotel at Houston Intercontinental Airport. Attendees will have a chance to learn from experienced HR ... (Read More)