What Is a Digital Resume—and Do You Need One?
by Juliana Weiss-Roessler A statistic came out a few years ago about how the first thing 70 percent of people do when looking for local businesses is fire up their browsers and head online to do a...
View Article3 Tips for Using Social Media in Your Job Search
As a modern day career counselor, nothing is more fascinating to me than the opportunities that social media can give job seekers. Any of these online networking sites can lead to internship and job...
View ArticleHow to Change Careers: A Hop, a Skip and a Jump
The New York Times recently reported on a shifting dynamic in how companies are finding employees: a significantly higher reliance on internal referrals, and a further retreat from applications...
View Article8 Ways to Take Control of Your Career--At Work
By Sean Conrad, Halogen Software We often think of switching jobs as one of the best ways to advance our careers. And while that may be true-a new job does often offer new opportunities to learn and...
View Article4 Tips for Beating the Curse of Long Term Unemployment
If you're out of work, there's one major factor that can predict how successful you're likely to be in your job hunt: the length of time since you last held a job-with an almost mystical dividing line...
View ArticleLess Is More: 7 Advantages of Tweeting for a Job
Twitter is becoming the new job board-or so says the Wall Street Journal. The sprawling site, with its disjointed snippets of conversation, endless links and retweets, and tangled webs of followers can...
View ArticleHow to Save a Bad First Day
Get off to a bumpy start? First, watch this video: it will help put your minor disaster into perspective. Then, reflect a little with these questions: 1. Was it really that bad? Sometimes we forget...
View ArticleWhy Good People Can't Find Jobs -- What You're Up Against
There's a serious disconnect between companies and potential employees in the United States-one that may be holding our entire economy back. And, contrary to the conventional wisdom, it's a problem...
View ArticleStar Jones: "Simple Seven" Tips for Success
What do you think is holding your career back? That's the question Star Jones, spokeswoman for National Association of Professional Women, asks her audience at the organization's "Spark: Ignite Your...
View ArticleWhy Women Struggle With Networking: Lessons from NAPW
Many connections were being made at NAPW Spark: Ignite Your Network Conference, but, as Bonnie Marcus notes in her workshop on using networking to become "The Transforming Leader," many of those...
View ArticleLinkedIn: The King of Social Recruiting
LinkedIn recently turned 10 years old. And the Mountain View, Calif.-based social network has much to celebrate. Founded in 2003, LinkedIn now has 225 million users worldwide, and its share price has...
View ArticleDear Class of 2013
Dear Class of 2013, I know what you're thinking. 'Why didn't I just drop out of high school, create a simple blog service, then sell the darn thing to a company down on its luck for a...
View ArticleDoes an Ivy Education Get You Better Job Prospects?
"To get to Yale, you effectively must pass through a fifteen year funnel. No company can match that kind of screening rigor, so why not leverage it?" That is the key argument in a Yale student's Hacker...
View ArticleRegister Now for the Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair!
Registration is now open for the eighth annual Legal Diversity Career Fair, sponsored by Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). The Fair, which will be held on Friday, August 2nd,...
View ArticleVault Launches Redesigned Website
On May 31st, Vault.com launched the first significant redesign of its website in more than four years. Along with a new look, the redesigned site provides a better overall user experience and expands...
View ArticleDidn't Get the Job? Why Not to Agonize
It's the hardest part of job hunting: never knowing. Never knowing if you resume was even seen, then never knowing if you'll get the interview. Then, if you do, never knowing why you didn't get the...
View ArticleIs Your (Illegal) Unpaid Summer Internship Worth It?
Ever since the decision on the 20th Century Fox intern lawsuit, reactions have mainly fallen into two categories: "WOOHOO, finally!" and "How else are kids supposed to get any experience?!" No one...
View ArticleFind Your Employer “Culture Fit” With Social Media
Make no mistake about it: finding a job is tricky business. You search online job boards, go to career fairs, network with your connections-all hoping that you'll find the right job for you. When you...
View Article3 Reasons A Strong Online Photo Prompts Career Gold
These days few jobs require a candidate to put a photo on their resume for reasons which include discrimination, technology glitches, and misjudgments. Ultimately the aim is to power a career through...
View ArticleJobs and Social Media--From the Other Side of the Desk
When you're searching for a job, it's easy to develop tunnel vision. In the flurry of jobseekers' Twitter accounts, RSS feeds, and email alerts, it can be useful to take a step back and remember that...
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