Helen Rosen's Blog (3)

"I KNOW SOMEONE . . .

“I know someone who’s looking for a job” says a friend of a jobseeker.

“I can’t use them” replies the headhunter.

I was listening to this conversation between 2 people on the train ride in to work recently.

“Most of the unemployed are unemployable. They’re not technologically current, and they look deplorable” the conversation continued.

I didn’t throw my 2 cents in to this conversation, because if I had – I would have been arrested for creating a disturbance.… Continue

Added by Helen Rosen on October 28, 2010 at 11:52am — 1 Comment

JEANS THAT ARE TOO SMALL

I recently came across an article about another disturbing new trend in the job market of how employers are now asking their employees to do more than one job. This was my reply:

"There are only so many hours in a day that you can get things done. I have been a financial controller for many years. The last couple of companies I've worked for I've been "asked" to also "fill in" as the HR person for that company,…

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Added by Helen Rosen on October 25, 2010 at 4:23pm — No Comments

NEW IDEA

The same old job boards don't work (including spiders). We need to have a website with a new methodology to be able to connect candidates with job openings with more selectivity. Instead of hiring managers receiving hundreds of resumes (most don't qualify) - they would receive ONLY the qualified ones (a much smaller quantity).

Added by Helen Rosen on October 27, 2009 at 11:58am — No Comments