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Be Careful What You Post Online: 7 in 10 Hiring Managers Are Watching

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Survey key findings: 74% of hiring managers say they use social media to screen candidates 68% of hiring managers overall say they use social media to find answers to illegal interview questions 85% of those who screen using social media have passed on candidates due to information obtained What exactly are employers looking for on social media?

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The Secret behind Reference Checks

Job Advice Blog

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection The Secret behind Reference Checks On July 31, 2010, In Interview Skills by Alex Freund , By Alex Freund 0 Reference checking is not standard.

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How to Build a Sales Team

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The person you hire needs to have excellent communication skills , especially listening skills. During a job interview, you want to elicit information to determine that these attributes exist. Verify the right references. The salesperson you want needs to have passion and energy. Let’s look at the likely scenarios.

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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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But I do know that it changed me and my life forever, the day I now refer to as “The 2×4 Day”—when I got hit upside the head by a 2×4. Over the years, I’d developed contacts, partners and skills, and I had the industry reputation necessary to put together a contract this big. And it did.

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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

BMT Office Administration

Is it related to the employee’s performance, knowledge, skills, abilities, or behavior? Exit interview. Reference and background check results. That is fine as long as the process is organized, systematic, and — above all — legal. To that end, items frequently found in such files include: Job application.

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Lets enjoy our day together.© 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

They discouraged listing duties, but rather suggested setting out your skills and strengths in point form right up front so the potential employer can see if you have the skills for the job. For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that]. accessed August 3, 2007).

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