by Jason Alba (recruitingblogs.com)
In my job search, six years ago, I thought I knew what recruiters were for: to get me a job.
I thought it was your job to take my resume and find that perfect fit for me. I found 30 local recruiters and shared my resume with them, sure they would be wowed, impressed, and fall all over themselves to place me so they could get a fat commission.
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By KAZIM LADIMEJI
I was intrigued by a recent press release which concerned the ‘Resume-less’ hiring practices of IGN Entertainment, the world’s leading video game company. They created the Code-Foo challenge which was a ‘no resumes allowed’ recruitment program which they were using to find exceptional coding talent, irrespective of education, degree or experience. How did it work? Interested parties had to ‘submit a statement of passion for IGN’ and answer 4 coding based challenge question. Last year they had 75,000 people view the ‘resume-less’ application form, 104 completed it, 30 participated and 8 people were took on. They are repeating the process this year, which implies it was a success.
By Alison Green
A reader writes:
I recently responded to a job listing on a recruiter’s website. I was called in for an interview, which consisted of me sitting in the waiting room for an hour and a half to talk to someone for three minutes, in which I pretty much just read her my resume. Continue reading
You’ve had enough of your current job. As a matter of fact, you’ve had enough of your current career. It’s time for a change. But what about all that valuable experience you’ve been stockpiling while toiling away at your job and the jobs that came before it? Do you really have to throw it all away and start from scratch? No you don’t. That’s where transferable skills come in. Continue reading
By Manuel Valdes, Associated Press
Resume, references, password: Job seekers get asked in interviews to provide Facebook logins
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SEATTLE (AP) — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.
Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn’t see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information. Continue reading