Posts Tagged Career-Changes

• How to Use Social Media to Find a Job

  by Aliah Wright

  A 67-year-old man was worried that his age would hurt his job search. So, says Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR, “he sent out a simple e-mail to five people and attached his resume. [The e-mail] read, ‘Hey, I’m looking for a job and here are four companies I…

  March 2, 2012  |  in Trends

• 5 Ways to Change Careers

  by Craig Fisher

  The problem with trying to change occupations or industries, is that most people don’t have the skill set to support a broad leap in jobs. So they end up willing to do practically anything other than what they are currently doing, and subsequently flounder in their job search. …

  February 16, 2012  |  in Workforce

• Personality Tests for the Hiring and Promotion of Employees SHRM Poll

  by SHRM Staff

  A majority of organizations (82%) do not use a personality tests in the hiring or employee promotion process. Of the few organizations that indicated using personality tests, the majority use them for mid-level managers (56%), followed closely by executives (45%) and entry-level exempt jobs (43%). The majority of HR professionals (71%) indicate that personality tests…

  January 31, 2012  |  in Workforce