Overqualified Applicants: We are terrified of you
I don’t know whether the New York Times is trying to shed light on the growing unemployment situation or to poke fun at job hunters and employers. In a story yesterday ($13 an Hour? 500 Sign Up, 1 Wins...
View ArticleTheLadders’ Marc Cenedella makes a phone call
Paying members of TheLadders often shoot off angry e-mails to CEO Marc Cenedella and complain he never responds. Ask The Headhunter readers sometimes send me copies of these e-mail exchanges (along...
View ArticleAn open question to Robert McGovern, CEO Jobfox
Dear Robert, I just went to the Jobfox web site to send you an e-mail, but your profile page doesn’t provide an e-mail link. I wasted only about two minutes searching elsewhere on the site but gave up....
View ArticleTheLadders: Would DaVinci buy a resume from Marc Cenedella?
When is TheLadders’ CEO Marc Cenedella gonna give it up? This latter-day P.T. Barnum knows no shame. On January 21, 2010 I posted How to apply for a job: The Working Resume, highlighting a job...
View ArticleStupid interview animals: No soap, RADIO!
MediaBistro led me to the latest career advice in Fortune.com’s Ask Annie column: Employer’s Wacky Interview Questions. I don’t know what’s wackier: the questions, or that Annie Fisher really believes...
View ArticlePissing on the applicant
In a private response to HR’s #1 job: Poisoning the well?, a reader sent me this question: Is there any point in attempting to negotiate with thug companies that agree on a rate, say they’re going to...
View ArticleWashington Post: Monster.com is no joke any more!
Gimme a break. The Washington Post reports: Monster.com finally vindicated. Say what? Two reseachers, UC Santa Barbara’s Peter Kuhn and UC Denver’s Hani Mansour, asked this question in a study they...
View ArticleThe First Job Interview
In a hidden valley many thousands of years ago… “So, where do you see yourself in 50 moons’ time?” : :
View ArticlePoachBase: Another stupid recruiting start-up
You can’t make this stuff up. Now your company can recruit losers, and hire recruiters who can do it more easily. Featured at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference: A pitch by a start-up calling itself...
View ArticleAll recruiting campaigns suck
The best recruiting campaign is a manager that calls you on the phone, tells you he loves your work, and invites you to lunch to talk about working together to make more money making better products....
View ArticleFederal Court OK’s Suit Against TheLadders: Breach of contract & deceptive...
During the many years this blog has reported the questionable practices of TheLadders, angry Ladders customers who felt scammed often commented that someone should file a class action against the...
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