Tag Archives: employment

How to Get Your Resume Past the System and Into Human Hands | Mashable

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Landing an interview for a position in a giant organization can feel impossible if you don’t have any personal connections. People often blame the sheer volume of resumes that are submitted — HR simply can’t review them all with enough detail to see what a perfect candidate you are.

And this is partially true — one study suggests that recruiters spend only six seconds looking at each resume. However, many resumes are trashed before they’re even seen by human eyes. How is that possible?

Here’s how: Many large organizations rely on applicant tracking systems (ATS) to help pre-filter resumes. The systems work by scanning resumes for contextual keywords and key phrases, mathematically scoring them for relevance, and sending only the most qualified ones through for human review. [C]heck out these tips for writing a resume that an ATS will approve — and a hiring manager will love.

The article suggests 4 tips.

Read: How to Get Your Resume Past the System and Into Human Hands | Mashable

5 Innovative Ways for Job Seekers to Stand Out | Mashable

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  1. Find Ways to Let Your Creativity Shine
  2. Think Outside the Box
  3. Social Media Espionage
  4. Study the Company’s Top Performers
  5. Be Proactive

Read: 5 Innovative Ways for Job Seekers to Stand Out | Mashable

Cramming for Career Fair | Information Space

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Cramming for Career Fair | Information Space

Seven informative tips for LIS students planning to attend career fairs. Although the article is specific to the SU iSchool most of the information is general in nature. I wish my school had held one for LIS students while I was completing my MLIS.

7 Tips for Creating a Social Workplace | Mashable

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Each year, reports on employee dissatisfaction show workplace issues cause workers to feel stressed and undervalued. According to a survey by the American Psychological Association, employee dissatisfaction is often related to employer issues. 43% cite lack of opportunities for growth and advancement. 43% say a heavy workload leads to stress. 40% point to unrealistic job expectations. 39% bemoan long hours.

Creating a more social workplace may be the solution. Opportunities for teamwork and collaboration can help employees stop seeing themselves as individual task-doers and start seeing themselves as valuable team members, leading to a boost in employee morale and, ultimately, motivation and productivity.

Here are seven tips for eliminating employee dissatisfaction and creating a more social workplace:

1. Provide Workplace Perks
2. Offer Opportunities to Collaborate
3. Create Online Communities
4. Allow Growth From Within
5. Recognize Everyone, Not Just Star Players
6. Focus on Outplacement Services
7. Keep in Touch With Worker Needs

Read the full story: 7 Tips for Creating a Social Workplace | Mashable.

Job Hunters’ Web Guide Guide | Hiring Librarians

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We’ve been featuring different websites for LIS job hunters for about six months now, and I thought it was time to share our list. 

So, in alphabetical order, here are the websites we’ve featured since starting with INALJ on December 6, 2012.

See the list of links: Job Hunters’ Web Guide Guide | Hiring Librarians.

Didn’t Get the Job? You’ll Never Know Why | WSJ.com

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You aced the interview, your résumé sings, but in the end, you didn’t get the job. Chances are, you’ll never know why.

It is a painful conundrum of the job search process: Rejected candidates want to understand why they didn’t get hired, but employers, fearing discrimination complaints, keep silent. And those who do speak up offer little more than platitudes.

Without specifics, candidates are left to repeat the same mistakes, while hiring managers complain they’re swamped with applicants who miss the mark.

Read the full story: Didn’t Get the Job? You’ll Never Know Why | WSJ.com.

The HLS Guide to Library School | Simple Book Production

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This ebook contains some new content but mostly posts that have appeared previously on the blog. It is not necessarily a compilation of the best of Hack Library School or even indicative of the breadth of our content; instead, we have selected content based on the most practical advice we could give to others to–you guessed it–hack library school. We’ve divided the content into three main sections: Before Library School, During Library School, and After Library School. Within these sections, you will also find sub-sections intended to help organize the content meaningfully.

See more: The HLS Guide to Library School | Simple Book Production.

The Hack Library School blog is a great resource for library school students. They posts interviews with LIS professionals on employing and interviewing LIS graduates. There are also posts by guest editors. Here’s a direct link to the pdf of the free eBook.

Hack Library School Guide to Library School (PDF)

20 Jobs of the Future | sparks & honey

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Job Seekers Recruited via Social More Likely to Be Hired [INFOGRAPHIC] | MashableJ

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As newly graduated students and the recently unemployed look for open positions in a difficult job market, companies are on the lookout for new employees. Many employers are using social recruiting, in which companies find potential job candidates on social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

What might be surprising is social recruiting is more likely to get you hired, plus it can help you stay employed longer.

Jobvite recently released a survey showing more people get hired from online referrals and company career pages than from job boards. As shown in the infographic below, almost half of the social recruiting hires remained in their positions for over three years.

Jobvite: A Proven Asset

via Job Seekers Recruited via Social More Likely to Be Hired [INFOGRAPHIC] | Mashable.

Surviving the All-Day Interview | Hack Library School

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A sizable number of library students graduated in May or over the summer, and many of us were then faced with the prospect of finding that perfect job. Hack Library School has tackled other sides of this topic before, with Madeline’s post on the quick-turn after graduation, and Joanna’s post on eResumes, among others. I wanted to add my perspective after landing a number of all-day on-campus interviews for other jobs and collecting advice from many friends and colleagues I greatly respect. In true librarian fashion, I’ve synthesized their advice and built my own list.

via Surviving the All-Day Interview | Hack Library School.