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by Kurt Schmidt

Chasing Cars – What do you do when you catch one?

This started on LinkedIn as a simple post about the fact that Indeed is a great source for finding jobs but it’s also a pretty crowded space.  Everyone’s using Indeed to find jobs and apply to them, often as many as they can. [...]

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Empathy and Understanding Resistance

A few years ago I received an eight page resume. Let me explain, I’m an executive recruiter. I see a lot of resumes. The only thing that made this one unusual was the fact that it was eight pages long. [...]

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Quora: What career path should a college student take to become a recruiter?

Quora Question:  What career path should a college student take to become a recruiter? To become a recruiter in the technology industry, what path should a college student take when leaving college? What skills are important, and what sort of [...]

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Quora: How can I become a better interviewee when job hunting?

Quora Question:  How can I become a better interviewee when job hunting?  I am qualified but believe I interview badly. ***************** Answer:  Everyone knows that they are supposed to “prepare” but what does that mean? First, yes, do the obvious things: [...]

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Thank you NOVA!

Every seat was taken.  The organizers were a little surprised and I was a touch intimidated.  I’m not a practiced public speaker (but I will be soon).  I agreed to do the event a month or so ago and assembled [...]

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An Early Eulogy and a Not-So-Secret Secret

I know a secret, sort of, kind of a scary one. I think once everyone knows what I know, the recruiting business of today will cease to exist. I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened already but it will, and in [...]

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From LinkedIn: I call BS: Bad Advice and Recruiters

I don’t have a lot of time for blogging but wrote this for LinkedIn recently and wanted to publish it here as well: Lately there have been what seems like a lot of “articles” published on LinkedIn that are highly [...]

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MoJo Search Holiday Promotion – Starting at $0.99!

Still shopping for Christmas gifts?  Know someone looking for a job?  Get the unemployed person you love Modern Job Search and help them get their job search on the right track! Modern Job Search goes on sale starting Friday, December 19th at [...]

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LinkedIn Update: The “Friend Invitation”

Aren’t new features great?  Well okay, not all the time…but this time I think so! You may not have noticed but LinkedIn recently made a very significant change to the categories used to validate invitations to connect with other members [...]

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IMPORTANT: Never resign until you know for sure!

Susan Adam’s recent Forbes column, “How A Criminal Background Check Can Cost You The Job” is a necessary read for pretty much anyone who is looking for a job in today’s market.  All of my large corporate clients do background checks and [...]

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