Archive for March, 2007

The Degree on Their Resume–Fact or Fiction?

We found this on the Courier Post Online. EDUCATION: Poll: It’s best to get a business degree If hindsight is 20/20, new students may want to heed the advice of their predecessors, according to the staffing firm Accountemps. Thirty-nine percent of executives said if they were in college today, they would choose a degree in [...]

Longer Resumes Give HR Managers More Information to Verify

Resumes Inching Up; Survey Shows Longer Resumes Now More Acceptable BI) Michael Worringer MENLO PARK, Calif. — The “keep your resume to one page” rule may be on its way out, a new survey suggests.While more than half (52 percent) of executives polled believe a single page is the ideal length for a staff-level resume, [...]

You Need a Talented Bloodhound to Find the Fox

We found this article on Inc.com Find the Fox Someone on your target’s team wants to help you. By: Stephanie Clifford Selina Lo Ruckus Wireless Selina lo rarely has an easy sale. She sells an imperfect product–a newfangled wireless router that handles video, voice, and data–to U.S. and global markets that aren’t always geared to [...]

Few Hires Means Better Selection of Candidates

We found this article on Political Gateway. Report: U.S. employers to ease hiring MILWAUKEE — U.S. employers plan to ease hiring this spring, a quarterly employment-outlook survey from the Manpower Inc. employment agency reported Tuesday. “A look at the last three quarters of survey data suggests that employers are shifting into neutral when it comes [...]