Steve Levy's Blog – March 2009 Archive (25)

More green jobs - if only the government was more efficient

Seems as if the Department of Energy has $25 Billion to make loans to financially viable companies to use to fund development of electric powered cars. The program was developed in 2007 and has yet to dole out any money - money that would undoubtedly create jobs for recruiters as well.

The program’s small staff — around a dozen part-… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 2, 2009 at 10:36am — No Comments

Everything I ever learned about recruitment advertising I learned from real estate brokers

Selecting the right key words is critical to achieving visibility in online searches. Ms. Kory recently learned that rather than pull in buyers, creative copywriting can keep them away. "I have a wonderful apartment on Central Park West that has park views," she said, referring to a two-bedroom prewar co-op apartment currently listed at $4.15 million. "I was so tired of using the words 'park views' that I decided to write 'park vistas.' But it didn’t show up on any keyword search. People… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 1, 2009 at 4:57pm — 2 Comments

Recruiters sending out resumes in Silicon Valley

It is hard to think of any job-hunting skills that Alexis Lovell lacks. As a recruiter for Silicon Valley technology companies, and before that, for retailers, she has advised job candidates on résumé preparation, personal presentation and interview skills for the last eight years. Networking strategies and trolling social networks and online job sites are the tools of her trade.

Yet none of those things is helping one candidate in need of a job these days: Ms. Lovell… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 1, 2009 at 2:33pm — 1 Comment

Peeling back layers

Forced from executive pay to hourly wages

We've all heard that a good number of the unemployed decide not to seek part-time work because it might interfere with their job searches. But Mr. Cooper rises every day at 4 a.m. and, after a time of prayer, devotes two hours to his job hunt on the computer. He prints out a detailed call list of prospective employers to take with him, squeezing in phone conversations… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 1, 2009 at 2:16pm — No Comments

Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me

First John Dickerson rants about Obama and his budget and then offers up this about Twitter:

One day we're going to wake up and every Twitter post will simply be, "Me, me, me, me." Outside will be a howling wilderness of shriveled civilization bereft of ideas and reason.

I already see it happening except… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 1, 2009 at 1:41pm — 2 Comments