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			<title><![CDATA[The New Permanent - Peter Weddle - Weddle's]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday&rsquo;s <em>New York Times</em> had an article entitled &ldquo;Not Taking &lsquo;Not Hiring&rsquo; for an Answer.&rdquo; Its theme was that &ldquo;baby boomers were more persistent job-hunters than other age groups.&rdquo; The tactics they&rsquo;re using, however, can be just as effective for Gen Ys and Millennials.
<p>In particular, the article noted that more and more people are turning to a temporary job not only for income, but perhaps more importantly, as a bridge to a permanent position. It&rsquo;s an effective strategy&mdash;one I&rsquo;ve recommended myself from time-to-time&mdash;but only if you understand the new definition of the term &ldquo;permanent.&rdquo;
<p>Traditionally, we think of permanent jobs as those that are long lasting. We know it&rsquo;s unlikely that we&rsquo;ll work for a single employer for thirty or forty years, but permanent employment seems much more durable than &hellip; well than a temporary job. We don&rsquo;t expect it to end in a couple of months or even in a couple of years.
<p>In the 20th Century job market, such expectations were probably not unreasonable. On average, people changed jobs four or five times during their career or about once every six or seven years. That&rsquo;s why most of us liked them so much. They gave us something we could count on&mdash;so we could buy a house or save for a child&rsquo;s college education.
<p>Today, however, a permanent job means something else altogether. The volatility produced by a highly interconnected global marketplace and the frenetic introduction of new technology has installed a pattern of much more frequent job changes. Instead of making such moves every six or seven years, we will now probably do so every three or four years. In effect, impermanence is the new norm.
<p>What&rsquo;s that mean for those of us in the workplace?
<p>We&rsquo;re going to have to adjust our own expectations and those of our families.  Taking what the <em>Times</em> called &ldquo;an honest-to-goodness, full-time, permanent job&rdquo; no longer provides any meaningful security. Employers can promise it, but they can&rsquo;t deliver it. If you have any doubt about that, consider this: the average tenure of a CEO is now down to under four years. If it can happen to them, it can happen to anyone and everyone else.
<p>Does that mean there is no security in today&rsquo;s world of work? No. It means we have to rely on ourselves for protection. We have to provide our own security.
<p>How do we accomplish that?
<p>By staying in the hunt even as we&rsquo;re holding down what&rsquo;s called a permanent job. Or to put it more bluntly, we have to make our job search permanent because our job isn&rsquo;t.
<p>Thanks for reading,<br />
Peter]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:50:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Holiday Time is Goal Setting Time! - Jessica Garvar - Jobing.com Community Relations South Florida]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<strong>With 2009 winding down, it's the perfect time to reflect on this past year and turn the focus to your goals for 2010!</strong>
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<p>While you are enjoying time with your friends and family this holiday season resist the urge to postpone your job search until after the new year. <strong>Many job seekers will be easing up on their job hunting strategy during this time, which means less competition for you!</strong> The new year also tends to bring new training classes and new hire orientations, so <strong>employers will be focused on filling those seats before year's end</strong>. So, here are a few tips we have gathered to help make your holiday job search even better:<br />
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    <li><strong>Create a Holiday Plan </strong>- Set specific goals for what you would like to accomplish. How many resumes do you want to send out per week? How many <a href="http://broward.jobing.com/events">networking events</a> will you attend? How many hours are you going to dedicate to online research? Having a plan will help keep you motivated and moving in the right direction.</li>
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    <li><strong>Take Advantage of Holiday Events</strong> - There seems to be no shortage of holiday parties and <a href="http://broward.jobing.com/events">events</a> this time of year, which means more opportunities for you to expand you professional network. Keep in mind that holiday events are much more casual than regular networking events, so a more casual approach will yield better results.</li>
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    <li><strong>Reach out to Your Network - </strong>The holiday season is a great time to reach out to your professional network. Sending a short note thanking your contacts for thinking of you when opportunities arise, is a good way to stay top of mind and send a little holiday cheer! <a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs">Maximize and engage in the social media networks</a> you have been building.&nbsp; Send positive messages of hope and cheer!</li>
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<p><strong>Review, Refresh, Recharge</strong> - Remember to celebrate! You have worked hard this year! Take the time to review all of your accomplishments.&nbsp; While it has been a challenging year, dig deep and honor what has been positive. You have made it through!
<p align="center"><strong><a href="javascript:void(0);/*1259559866592*/">Please share with our community your 2010 goals on our Facebook Fan Page.&nbsp; Get ideas from each other and solicit the help of your fellow job seekers.</a></strong>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[HRPBC Message From the President - Lara Donlon, Esq., SPHR   - Human Resource Association of Palm Beach County]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As I write this message, I am frustrated.&nbsp; Well, to be perfectly honest, I'm kind of ticked off.&nbsp; My evening started out great.&nbsp; I finished my original president's message for October, got home at a reasonable hour, had a nice meal, and then sat down with a favorite magazine that had been sitting unopened on my coffee table since it arrived in my mailbox a few weeks ago.&nbsp; &quot;You are not going to believe this,&quot; I told my husband with a few added expicatives.&nbsp; Before I continue, you should know that my husband is not particularly interested in the magazine I was reading, and looked at me with apprehension when it appeared I wanted to discuss one of the articles.&nbsp; You should also know that I had been crafting the original president's message since I returned from a fabulous two-week vacation in mid-September, but had not yet started putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) until last week.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Imagine my surprise, and dread, when this article had a similar theme and actually referenced a &quot;do over&quot;. I was, and even now that three hours have passed, pretty peeved.&nbsp; Although, I was mildly satisfied that a &quot;real&quot; writer was published using a theme similar to the one I used in my original message.&nbsp; My first thoughts were all of the why's.&nbsp; Why couldn't the article have been published in some magazine that no one reads, like Aviation Week or Popular Science (my apologies to Dad and to any other engineers who might happen across this message who enjoy those publications)?&nbsp; Why me--aren't I too busy to write another message?&nbsp;&nbsp; Next, I thought about using the original message with a footnote, briefly explaining the similarity in the event some of you subscribe to the same wildly popular magazine.&nbsp;&nbsp; But, then I did what HR professionals do.&nbsp; Adapt.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Instead of tossing and turning about how unfortunate it was to have that author come up with a similar theme for her article, I got out of bed and started writing.&nbsp; HR professionals have to adapt every day, sometimes multiple times in one day.&nbsp; I bet you've gone into work with your plan for the day mapped out and then, BAM, your CEO takes half of your morning to flesh out her latest and greatest ideas that she will need your immediate assistance to implement.&nbsp; Or, you've been working on a project preparing employees for an upcoming organizational change and then, BAM, you're told the change is not going to occur in the same way (or at all) and you need to somehow communicate this to employees in a way that doesn't make the organization look, well, unorganized.&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp;<br />
One way to make sure you continue to adapt to the ever-changing landscape we operate within today is to stay on top of legislation affecting our profession.&nbsp; While you need to know this information to perform your job effectively, you need to understand it in a way that will allow you to educate your executives and leaders at your organization.&nbsp; At our <a href="http://hrpbc.org/cde.cfm?event=281456">November 19 Dinner Meeting</a>, Eric Gordon and Arlene Kline of Akerman Senterfitt will present The Obama Agenda: Recent Changes and Pending Legislation in Employment Law.&nbsp; <a href="http://hrpbc.org/cde.cfm?event=281456">Register today</a> to ensure you have a seat at this great event.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Our members in transition have probably the most relevant and recent experience in adaptation.&nbsp; Many of these members managed their organization through mass layoffs during the past year and assisted in the transition to a smaller workforce, including elimination of their own human resource function.&nbsp; The Water Cooler Series is back this month, at 4:30 pm before the dinner meeting, as a free benefit to our members in transition.&nbsp; Marilyn Durant, of Durant Resources, will be facilitating an open forum for our members in transition.&nbsp; While the series is free of charge, members must register through our website to attend.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
One way we all have learned to cope with the challenges of being an HR professional, and the constant adaptations, is to commiserate, I mean... network.&nbsp; We would love to have you attend our <a href="http://hrpbc.org/cde.cfm?event=280676">holiday party at the Chesterfield Hotel</a> in Palm Beach on December 10 at 6:30 pm.&nbsp; We have arranged for cocktails and hors' dorves by the pool prior to the dinner inside the Leopard Lounge.&nbsp; If you have not had a chance to meet many other members, this is a great time to get to know your fellow HR professionals.&nbsp; But, please register soon because we anticipate a sold out event.&nbsp;
<p>The <a href="http://www.hrpbc.org">HRPBC</a> Leadership Team is in the process of creating a brief survey for you to ensure we adapt to your needs.&nbsp; Your thoughts and suggestions regarding the chapter and our events are very important to HRPBC&rsquo;s success.&nbsp; When you receive the survey, please be sure to fill it out.&nbsp; Whether you regularly come to our events or not, we want to know what you think.&nbsp; The survey should not take you more than a few minutes.&nbsp; We are very interested in hearing from you.&nbsp; Please keep in mind that you do not need to wait for a survey to let us know your thoughts.&nbsp; You are always welcome to <a href="mailto:donlon@torcivialaw.com">contact me</a> or any other member of the <a href="http://hrpbc.org/displayboard.cfm">Leadership Team</a> at any time.
<p>Well, I feel better now that I have vented and, essentially, written a second message to you.&nbsp; And, if I could do it all over again, I would have written and distributed my original message before that darn magazine landed in my mailbox.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Lara Donlon, Esq., SPHR<br />
Chapter President<br />
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Experimentation Comes Innovation and Learning - Jessica Garvar - Jobing.com Community Relations South Florida]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was reading a<a href="http://www.ere.net/2009/11/16/understanding-the-available-social-media-recruiting-strategies-leveraging-your-employees%E2%80%99-time-part-1-of-2/"> fantastic article</a> on <a href="http://www.ere.net/2009/11/16/understanding-the-available-social-media-recruiting-strategies-leveraging-your-employees%E2%80%99-time-part-1-of-2/">ERE</a> the other day about social media recruiting strategies. There are a lot of blogs and articles on this topic lately and I often share my thoughts as well. This one was especially poignant because it spoke directly to strategy. Everyone is talking about what we should do and here is a great strategy to help get us there. For me, the biggest trigger to launch into a conversation about social media with recruiters is when they mention an employee referral program. <strong>Using our best to hire the best is nothing new. Using the social media networks of our best to hire the best is.</strong> It's about transitioning the traditional mindset into new media ways of communicating, and thus recruiting top talent.
<p>There are no experts in this arena. Those who are finding success are doing so from shared and learned experiences. Just as <a href="http://www.ere.net/2009/11/16/understanding-the-available-social-media-recruiting-strategies-leveraging-your-employees%E2%80%99-time-part-1-of-2/">the article</a> states,<strong> &quot;From experimentation comes innovation and learning!&quot;</strong>
<p align="center"><img width="109" height="99" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:XbFyapWCjKE3-M:http://www.wburnettllc.com/Fotolia_4862353_XSExperiment.jpg" /><img width="112" height="100" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cRINbJ5SZfyG0M:http://www.bizextra.biz/files/images/innovation.jpg" />
<p><strong>Employers, recruiters, business owners....<a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs">What are your thoughts?</a></strong> I ask because for some time now we have heard speaker after speaker share on social media and I have noticed a definite change in our community in regards to the willingness to want to get started and a lot of reservations in regards to just not being sure where and how to start. So again....<strong>From experimentation comes innovation and learning...<a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs"><em>What are you doing to experiment?</em></a></strong> Have you started by building your own online social network? This will help you get comfortable and engaged in the social media world. Talk about your experiences and share with others.&nbsp; Then watch and recognize how the brainstorms will just start to flow. <a href="http://www.ere.net/2009/11/16/understanding-the-available-social-media-recruiting-strategies-leveraging-your-employees%E2%80%99-time-part-1-of-2/">Get engaged in our fan page</a>....and share your innovations and learnings....<a href="http://www.ere.net/2009/11/16/understanding-the-available-social-media-recruiting-strategies-leveraging-your-employees%E2%80%99-time-part-1-of-2/">Post a comment now</a> and be one step closer to a great new world of user generated real time communication!
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs"><img width="230" height="230" alt="http://www.cisco.edu/s/926/images/editor/Join%20the%20Conversation%20Logo_edited-1.jpg" src="http://www.cisco.edu/s/926/images/editor/Join%20the%20Conversation%20Logo_edited-1.jpg" /></a><img width="321" height="233" alt="http://www.masternewmedia.org/images/crowdsourcing.jpg" src="http://www.masternewmedia.org/images/crowdsourcing.jpg" />
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs"><strong>Facebook.com/SouthFloridaJobs</strong></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:56:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Gotta Read Books for the Serious Job Hunter - Jorge Lazaro Diaz - Career Jockey]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For this article, I went through the dozens of books I&rsquo;ve reviewed in <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/tag/book-reviews/" title="Job search book reviews">Career Jockey&rsquo;s Book Review topic</a> and forced myself to pick only three books.  (BTW, <a alt="Career Jockey" href="http://www.careerjockey.org">Career Jockey</a> has been totally revamped.  You might want to check it out.)  I had to make some tough calls, but these are the ones that together contain the meat of what every job seeker needs to know.
<h3>Book #1 - What Color Is Your Parachute?  2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles</h3>
<p>I wrote my <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/parachute-book/" title="What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bolles">What Color Is Your Parachute book review</a> within three weeks of launching CareerJockey.org.  I&rsquo;ve recommended it to almost every <a href="www.backontracknet.org" title="Back on Track Network career support ">Back on Track Network</a> job seeker I&rsquo;ve met. (Back on Track Network is the nonprofit that lit my passion for helping job seekers.)  Every one of my networking articles and presentations references the book&rsquo;s first chapter to explain why networking through contacts is your best job hunt technique available.
<p>I&rsquo;ve developed several job hunter and career changer presentations using material from different this book.  They are:
<ul>
    <li>The Five Worse Ways to Job Hunt.  The Five Best Ways to Job Hunt</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/written-goals-article/">The Importance of Goal Setting</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/parachute-for-finding-your-calling/">Finding Your True Calling</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/career-crossroad-article/" title="Ideas for getting past a career crossroad">Career Crossroads?  Let Me Show You What One Looks Like</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/parachute-for-finding-your-calling/">Finding Your True Calling</a>, I put myself through a Parachute&rsquo;s career discernment exercise that helped me discover how strong a set of interpersonal skills I really had.  It inspired me to consider a career change from software engineering to technical sales and marketing a few years back.
<p>You can find <a target="_blank" href="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580089879?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=carejock-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1580089879&quot;&gt;What Color Is Your Parachute?  2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=" title="What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bolles" style="">What Color Is Your Parachute 2010</a> on <a target="_blank" href="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580089879?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=carejock-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1580089879&quot;&gt;What Color Is Your Parachute?  2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=" title="Amazon books" style="">Amazon.com</a> or at any book store.   You can find older copies in just about any used book store.  You don&rsquo;t even need the current year&rsquo;s version.  I still use my 2008 version because I can&rsquo;t pry myself away from all the book marks, highlights and dog ears that help me get to the sections I need quickly.
<p>(Note: Bolles also publishes a <a target="_blank" href="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580087132?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=carejock-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1580087132&quot;&gt;What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens: Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=" style="">Parachute for Teens</a> that I've also<a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/parachute-for-teen-book/" title="What Color Is Your Parachute for teens book review"> reviewed</a> aimed at the high school and college crowd.)
<h3>Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi</h3>
<p>A sales lead exchange group buddy of mine recommended this one to me a few years back.  &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great networking how-to book,&rdquo; he told me.   As a software engineer turned technology sales rep, I thought this was an area where I needed help so I went out a got me a copy.  (This was also first <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3435102-10444609">Audible.com book download</a><img height="1" border="0" width="1" src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-3435102-10444609" alt="" /> for listening on my IPOD &ndash; great for the car.)
<p>In Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi explains how his networking skills helped propel him from his blue collar upbringing to his Yale, Deloitte and now Ferrazzi Green Light successes.  This book is NOT a how-to book on better brown-nosing and kissing up to people in a self-serving way.  It is filled with practical advice including how to effectively work a room and how best to follow up and stay in connected with people. More importantly, Never Eat Alone shows why it&rsquo;s important to understand people&rsquo;s needs and take an interest in sincerely helping them.  He stresses how people can see through hypocrisy so your work must be driven by a desire to serve others.  That&rsquo;s the quality that leads to networking success.
<p>In my <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/never-eat-alone-book/">Never Eat Alone book review</a> I explain how I have used what I learned in my personal and professional dealings and how it can fuel a job hunt.
<p>(I&rsquo;ve also <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/whose-got-your-back-review/">reviewed Ferrazzi&rsquo;s Who&rsquo;s Got Your Back</a> and met him in July during his book tour.  Follow these links and you can see <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/whose-got-your-back-article/">Keith&rsquo;s Good Morning, America appearance</a> and his <a href="http://www.careerjockey.org/keith-ferrazzi-larry-king-interview/">Larry King&rsquo;s Ferrazzi interview</a>.)
<h3>Real Life: Preparing for the 7 Most Challenging Days of Your Life by Dr. Phil McGraw</h3>
<p>Losing a job can be one of life&rsquo;s most punishing blows.  It strikes at the core of how many of us define ourselves.  It forces us to grieve, face our anger, consider our inadequacies and outright messes with us close to home.  A former work associate of mine took his own life and his unemployment played a part in that.
<p>Please don&rsquo;t discount this book because of its author.   Dr. Phil's done a good job here.  It made my list. I read and <a href="http://test.careerjockey.org/real-life-book/">reviewed Dr. Phil&rsquo;s book</a> this past Spring (2009) and really like how to laid out the grieving process that goes on when one suffers a loss.  Four out of the book's seven most difficult days address issues most or all job seekers experience and especially those like me that have dealt with more traumatic firings involving personal friends.  (We can sit down when you have some time and I&rsquo;ll share my story with you.)
<p>Together this collection of books covers three areas job seekers need to master in order to get through it all successfully.
<p>Hope this helps.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[THANKSGIVING REALLY APPROPRIATE THIS YEAR - Gail Abraham - CSI Caregiver Institute]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I sit here in my office, with a job, with a home, and not having to chose between eating this week or taking prescribed medicine... and I think of next week. The meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday was never really something I did. I always thought about the food, and having the day off, but not about being thankful. Now... it is different this year. I am rrrrreeeeeaaaallllyyyyy thankful and aware of what might have been. What has gone on for the past year doesn't really equate to the uncertainty the original pilgrims went through, they faced death by starvation or disease or being killed by natives. The economic 'down turn' (who thinks up these euphemisms for skirting around words like economic recession or even depression) wasn't that. But with so many of my friends and acquaintances losing so much, having worked so hard for it in the first place, has slapped me in the face with my good fortune.&nbsp; Oh I lost also, my 401K is still black and blue from the hits, so my retirement is going to have to be pushed back... it would have left me furious and scared before, but now instead I think, heck be grateful&nbsp;I have a 401K, and be grateful for&nbsp;the&nbsp;job I still have, that pays the mortgage for the home I still own.&nbsp;
<p>Next Thursday I will still be grateful for the day off and the food, but I will share my table with some who will also be grateful for a lot less than I have.&nbsp; It will definitely be a day for looking at the glass half full and ignoring what isn't so great in favor of seeing all that is and saying thanks.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:37:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Set of Master Keys in Words  - Peter Weddle - Weddle's]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Keywords are a central feature  of our business day.&nbsp; We use them to search our resume databases  and to parse through the profiles and resumes posted on job boards and  social networking sites.&nbsp; The problem, of course, is that we pesky  humans have a bad habit of using different words to express the same  idea.&nbsp; That variability in human expression makes it difficult  to know which keywords will actually identify the best candidates for  each of your openings.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">So, what should you do?&nbsp;  How can you select the right keywords when there are so many competing  alternatives?&nbsp; The answer, I think, is to create a keyword taxonomy&mdash;an  annotated list of search terms&mdash;that is rich in the language of the  top talent in the specific career fields for which you are recruiting.&nbsp;  Think of it as a &ldquo;set of master keys in words&rdquo; that can unlock the  candidate databases you are probing.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Creating such a tool is not  particularly difficult.&nbsp; Doing so, however, is a departure from  the current practice in many organizations.&nbsp; It involves temporarily  stepping outside the press of individual, day-to-day assignments and  taking a longer term view of how keywords can best serve your recruiting  strategy.&nbsp; Here&rsquo;s what I mean.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The rule of thumb in developing  a list of keywords has usually been to rely on the information provided  to us in a job description or requisition.&nbsp; The problem with this  approach, of course, is that those documents are typically formulated  by hiring managers&mdash;one of the least articulate populations on the  planet.&nbsp; The terminology they provide, therefore, is necessary  but insufficient to unlock the best talent in an ATS or job board database.&nbsp;  It is a part of the master keyword set, but not all of it.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>How can you fill in the  gaps?</strong></font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I suggest you borrow a page  from your colleagues in sales and marketing and form a focus group.&nbsp;  Such a group is only useful, however, if it is composed of the right  participants.&nbsp; You&rsquo;re trying to uncover the language used by  the best talent for your openings, so your focus group should be populated  with the same kind of people.&nbsp; And, you have a ready source of  such individuals among your organization&rsquo;s &ldquo;A&rdquo; level performers  in the career fields for which you&rsquo;re recruiting.&nbsp; They, better  than anyone else, know exactly which terms their peers will use to describe  their qualifications.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Top performers are usually  very busy, however, so you may have a hard time breaking them free for  such an exercise.&nbsp; If that&rsquo;s the case in your organization, you  can also build your set of master keywords by conducting a similar survey  with your new hires during their orientation.&nbsp; This approach is  clearly more challenging to implement, however, because you will have  to base your selection of the group&rsquo;s participants not on their demonstrated  excellence at work, but on your judgment of how they are likely to perform  once they are on-the-job.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">In either case, your focus  group will yield the best results if its work is conducted in three  steps.</font>
<ul type="DISC">
    <li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>First, build    your baseline.</strong>&nbsp; Ask the participants to list all of the terms    they would use to describe the qualifications required for an individual    to be able to perform their job effectively.&nbsp; These attributes    can include specific skills, occupational and/or industry knowledge,    prior work experience, personality and any other factors that would    bear on their ability to contribute.&nbsp; If the group has a hard time    knowing where to begin, ask them to review one or more of the keyword    references that are currently available.&nbsp; These include Google&rsquo;s    Keyword Tool, which will suggest keywords based on previous Google searches;    Wordtracker, an online research tool; and WEDDLE&rsquo;s 3 volume set, <em>   Finding Needles in a Haystack</em>, which lists over 25,000 keywords    and keyword phrases, across 5400 job and position titles in 28 industries    and professions.</font></li>
    <li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Second, restate    the terms in order of their importance.&nbsp; </strong>   Ask the group to prioritize each of their terms according to its impact    on an individual&rsquo;s job performance.&nbsp; While there may be some    disagreement among the group about the placement of specific terms,    encourage them to arrive at a consensus rank ordering of the overall    list.</font></li>
    <li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Third, group    the terms into search baskets.</strong>&nbsp; The best way to probe a resume    or profile database is to conduct your search in concentric circles    of ever greater specificity.&nbsp; This approach enables you to hone    in on and eventually determine a reasonable slate of the most qualified    prospects in a database.&nbsp; Therefore, ask the group to break their    list into the following categories: absolutely critical, very important,    somewhat important and nice to have.</font></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Those four baskets of search  terms should then be added to the terms you derived from the hiring  manager&rsquo;s job description or requisition.&nbsp; If those documents  enable you to do so, assign each of those terms to one of the categories  used in Step 3 above.&nbsp; If not, the most politic course to assign  them to the absolutely critical category.&nbsp; The resulting integrated  list of search terms is your set of master keywords. </font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The above process is clearly  labor and time intensive so think of it as an investment to develop  an asset.&nbsp; The product you create&mdash;your keyword taxonomy&mdash;is  just such a resource.&nbsp; It is a state-of-the-art search tool that  can be used over and over again by the entire recruiting team.&nbsp;  No less important, that tool gives them a genuine competitive advantage  because it will increase both their efficiency and their performance.&nbsp;  It should, therefore, be password protected and carefully monitored.&nbsp;  As with all assets, it will require updating from time-to-time, but  the effort involved will be substantially less than of the original  development.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Keywords are typically viewed  as one of the basic tools in our profession.&nbsp; For better or worse,  everybody uses them so it&rsquo;s easy to assume they have little or no  differentiating value.&nbsp; When forged into a powerful asset, however,  keywords can help an organization unlock talent other employers can&rsquo;t  reach.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s why no recruiting team should be without &ldquo;a  set of master keys in words.&rdquo;</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Thanks for reading,</font>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Peter</font>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Visit me at Weddles.com</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Peter Weddle is the author  of over two dozen employment-related books, including <em>Recognizing  Richard Rabbit</em>, a fable of self-discovery for working adults, and <em> Work Strong, Your Personal Career Fitness System</em>.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&copy; Copyright 2009 WEDDLE&rsquo;s  LLC.&nbsp; All Rights Reserved.</font>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Things We Wish We Had Known  - Peter Weddle - Weddle's]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The positive growth turned  in by the American economy in the third quarter of this year suggests  that maybe, just maybe this Great Recession is now in our rear view  mirror.&nbsp; As it fades away, of course, the tales will begin about  what we did during this terrible time.&nbsp; While recounting those  legends is surely important, so too is sharing the insights we&rsquo;ve  acquired from our experience.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Cataclysmic events often alter  our perceptions of the world around us.&nbsp; That was true during the  Great Depression, and it will be true as we emerge from this Great Recession,  as well.&nbsp; Some of these new views are opinions about what happened  and why, but others are actually lessons that we&rsquo;ve learned about  how best to survive and prosper.&nbsp; They&rsquo;re the things we wish  we had known before the event occurred because that knowledge would  have undoubtedly enabled us to fare better than we did.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I think the sharing of this  wisdom is good for us&mdash;it&rsquo;s cathartic to acknowledge that we&rsquo;ve  earned an advanced degree in the school of hard knocks&mdash;but it&rsquo;s  even more helpful for our kids and grandkids.&nbsp; In a very real sense,  we are giving them a gift, a roadmap for the future that may help them  avoid the dead ends and dangerous potholes they are sure to encounter.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Each of us has our own view  of the lessons we should pass along.&nbsp; For me, the following four  insights are among the most important.&nbsp; They are realizations everyone  must have in order to chart a successful and fulfilling career in the  21<sup>st</sup> Century world of work.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Seeking job security makes  you vulnerable.</strong>&nbsp; In today&rsquo;s turbulent economy, employers  have no idea what will happen tomorrow or the day after.&nbsp; They  may promise you job security, but they can&rsquo;t deliver it.&nbsp; So,  counting on it is likely to put you out for the count.&nbsp; A far better  objective is career security&mdash;the ability to stay employed in a job  of your choosing regardless of the condition of any single employer  or the economy as a whole.&nbsp; Unlike job security, career security  is a state you create for yourself.&nbsp; You don&rsquo;t have to rely on  the good will of some employer.&nbsp; You anticipate the changes in  your career&mdash;the timing of a move from one boss or organization to  another, the refocusing or reskilling that&rsquo;s necessary to accommodate  shifts in your industry or profession&mdash;and then you plan and execute  those changes so they benefit you.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Recognition is something  you give yourself.</strong>&nbsp; Most managers and supervisors mean well,  but if you wait for them to recognize your accomplishments at work,  you&rsquo;re likely to be disappointed.&nbsp; Some have the social skills  of a brick and others are too worried about their own security to take  care of yours.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s important for you to keep track  of your own &ldquo;career victories.&rdquo;&nbsp; Sure, it takes a little effort  to maintain a contemporaneous record of what you&rsquo;ve done and how well  you&rsquo;ve done it, but that account will give you more satisfaction than  most managers ever will.&nbsp; Don&rsquo;t just write it out, however; also  review it regularly.&nbsp; Take the time to remember what you&rsquo;ve done  and pat yourself on the back when you deserve it or give yourself a  little counseling if you&rsquo;ve let yourself down.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Working tirelessly is a  sure way to get tired.</strong>&nbsp; Sadly, many people in today&rsquo;s world  of work find themselves wired up with no place to go.&nbsp; They&rsquo;ve  learned the hard way that staying continuously in contact with the office  doesn&rsquo;t protect you.&nbsp; It exhausts you.&nbsp; We&rsquo;re all worried  about the H1N1 flu becoming a pandemic, but workaholism already is.&nbsp;  If you have any doubt about that, look left and right the next time  you&rsquo;re lying on the beach.&nbsp; Every other person will be glued  to their Blackberry or iPhone checking their email.&nbsp; The impact  of such behavior on both individual performance and wellbeing is already  acute and likely to get worse.&nbsp; In a knowledge-based economy, your  worth is measured not by your connectivity, but by your contribution.&nbsp;  And, your contribution suffers when you don&rsquo;t give your mind and body  a chance to rest.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Taking care of your career  is the best way to take care of you.</strong>&nbsp; The conventional approach  to career self-management has been to get an annual checkup and leave  it at that.&nbsp; Historically, we paid attention to our career just  once each year&mdash;during our performance appraisal and salary review.&nbsp;  That approach was dangerous then; today, it&rsquo;s a sure-fire way to induce  career cardiac arrest or what most of us call unemployment.&nbsp; The  only safe course in a workplace as turbulent as the one we now have  is to develop career fitness the same way you develop physical fitness.&nbsp;  You have to commit yourself to building up the strength, endurance and  reach of your career every single day.&nbsp; Yes, that&rsquo;s a lot of  work, but it&rsquo;s also a smart investment.&nbsp; You spend one-third  or more of your day in your profession, craft or trade, and you deserve  an experience during that time that is every bit as good as the rest  of your life.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We have acquired many insights  from our experience over the past two years, but these four maxims are  the key lessons we have learned.&nbsp; They are the things we wish we  had known so they are now the things we want others to know.</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Thanks for reading,</font>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Peter</font>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Visit me at Weddles.com</font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Peter Weddle is the author  of over two dozen employment-related books, including <em>Recognizing  Richard Rabbit</em>, a fable of self-discovery for working adults, and <em> Work Strong, Your Personal Career Fitness System.</em></font>&nbsp;
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&copy; Copyright 2009 WEDDLE&rsquo;s  LLC.&nbsp; All Rights Reserved.</font>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:58:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[IS IT TRUE? - Jessica Garvar - Jobing.com Community Relations South Florida]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This weekend I was introduced to <a href="http://thework.com/about.asp">Byron Katie</a>.  I am so grateful and thought instantly that I had to share her with our South Florida job seekers.  Byron Katie provides a process to challenge our thoughts, our beliefs, our stories if you will.  For me, quite often I find myself totally engaged in my head in a conversation with someone that hasn't happened or worrying about a situation that has not even occurred or thinking about what I think of something that someone said, etc.  This is human nature, yet some people get  &quot;stuck&quot; in it and some move through it.  &quot;The Work&quot; of Byron Katie gives a process, <strong>she provides a solution</strong>. <a href="http://thework.com/thework.asp">&quot;The Work&quot;</a> is to simply question our thoughts.  Pretty simple, right?  On the surface sure, but making it a habit is the challenging part.&nbsp; I was thinking about how this could support all the job seekers in our community who are struggling to stay focused and positive and even get an interview.
<p>A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about <a href="http://broward.jobing.com/blog_post.asp?post=22071">turning frustrations into solutions</a>.  Here is a great process to support moving out of the frustration, so for example:
<p><u>Frustrated thought:</u> <em><strong> &quot;I can't get an interview!&quot;</strong></em>
<p><a href="http://thework.com/thework.asp">The Work:</a>
<p class="main1"><span class="main1"><img align="absmiddle" width="20" height="20" src="http://thework.com/step1.gif" alt="" /><span class="kt">          Is it true? </span></span>
<p class="main1"><span class="main1"><img align="absmiddle" width="20" height="20" src="http://thework.com/step2.gif" alt="" /><span class="kt">          Can you <u>absolutely</u> know that it's true?</span></span>
<p class="main1"><span class="main1"><img align="absmiddle" width="20" height="20" src="http://thework.com/step3.gif" alt="" /><span class="kt">          How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? </span></span>
<p class="main1"><span class="main1"><img align="absmiddle" width="20" height="20" src="http://thework.com/step4.gif" alt="" /><span class="kt">          Who would you be without the thought?</span></span>
<p>After we answer these questions the next step is to <a href="http://thework.com/thework.asp#howto">Turn it Around</a> and look at it differently.  There are so many &quot;self help&quot; type of books, speakers, and exercises out there today and it's hard to distinguish between what's valid and what isn't.  All I can say is that <strong>this struck a cord with me and I invite you to check it out</strong>.  Then <a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs">please engage</a> in our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs">facebook fan page</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs">share your experiences</a>.
<p><strong>How might you and others benefit from relating this in the job search?</strong>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/southfloridajobs"><img width="410" height="123" alt="http://www.raddatzdance.com/files/facebook0.png" src="http://www.raddatzdance.com/files/facebook0.png" /></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Relevant Resume  It Works and So Will You! - Randy Anderson - Jobing.com Community Relations - ORL]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You are a unique, focused person with job experience that would apply to many positions.<span>&nbsp; </span>You have skills that would be highly prized by almost any employer.<span>&nbsp; </span>
<p>For these reasons and more, you would not say yes these questions:<span>&nbsp; </span>
<p>Are you generic?<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you have no experience that relates to the job you are applying for?<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
<p>However, if you use the same general resume for every application &ndash; your resume may be saying yes to those questions for you.<span>&nbsp; </span>
<p>If you find a position you want, take the time to tailor your resume to fit it.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here are some quick tips to make your resume relevant
<p>1.<span>&nbsp; </span>If you have a long list of old positions, unrelated to the one you are applying to, remove them.<span>&nbsp; </span>These positions are clutter and will do nothing to support that you are the right person for the job.<span>&nbsp; </span>
<p>2.<span>&nbsp; </span>If you have long lists of duties that are unrelated to the job you are applying to &ndash; refine the list to emphasize the skills, knowledge and traits specifically listed in the job description.<span>&nbsp; </span>
<p>3.<span>&nbsp; </span>If you were to remove the objective from the top of your resume &ndash; would a person be able to tell what it is?<span>&nbsp; </span>Make sure that your objective is both clear and supported by the every detail of your resume.<span>&nbsp; </span>Even if you are applying to a new field and the jobs on your resume are not the same as what you are looking for &ndash; if you emphasize the skills and traits that are transferable and support your objective, your career goals will be clear.<span>&nbsp; </span>
<p>If the job is unique, and you are a fit &ndash; bring your resume in line and your chances of success will improve!
<p>(Quick Jobing.com Tip &ndash; Save up to ten unique resumes using your My Jobing! account so your relevant resume is ready-to-go!)]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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