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24 May ' 21:59
May 24, 2012
Status of the Backlog: I have reviewed everything submitted before March 23, 2012, and there are 285 requests in the queue.
- Engineering: Bioengineering / Biotechnology / Biomedical Engineering / Medical Technology -- added a link to AAMI, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Certification, training, standards, and a nice career center.
- Lawyers & Legal Professionals: Job Sites and Recruiters -- added LegalWeekJobs, from the UK publication dedicated exclusively to commercial lawyers in the UK and major international jurisdictions. Terrific job listings, and definitely not specific to the UK, although that is the largest representation.
- Finance & Accounting: Actuaries -- added Actuaryjobs, with opportunities for actuaries and trainee-actuaries in the UK as well as many other areas of the world. I have also listed it under our resources for British Isles: Finance / Accounting / Fraud / Risk.
- British Isles: General Resources and Recruiters -- added ContractJobs, a site based in the UK but listing short-term and contract opportunities around the world. I also placed this with our resources for Freelancing Resources.
- Job Search Guidance: Tips and Pointers -- added a great article from LifeHacker.com titled "Top 10 Ways to Get a Better Job".
- Canada: Fraud, Scams, and Where to Turn-- I have created thsi new section and linked to ConsumerInformation.ca and as well as English and French language versions of The Little Black Book of Scams (Canadian Edition), published by the Competition Bureau Canada. This is based on a similar publication from Australia (just below)
- International: Australia -- added SCAMwatch, from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and the original version of The Little Black Book of Scams.
- Scams: non-US Resources for Fraud -- added the Canadian and Australian resources to this list so you can find them more easily.
I re-listed 3 sites which were pulled in the past few months because of connectivity problems. I also deleted 2 listings from 2 different pages and updated 9 links on 8 pages.
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17 May ' 16:38
May 17, 2012
Sorry about last week. I needed to spend a lot of time working on music for one of my orchestras, which took me away from this work. That is all settled now.
Status of the Backlog: I have reviewed everything submitted before March 14, 2012, and there are 293 items in the queue. sigh My concert season ends June 10, then I have a conference in Atlanta, but by July I am hoping to start to catch up on things.
- Healthcare & Medicine: Recruiters / Job Sites -- added Odell Medical Search, a recruiting firm specializing in the healthcare industry, and FindHealthcareCareers.com, working to match healthcare professionals to opportunities across the US.
- Local US: Oregon -- added OregonCareersinHealthcare.com, working to placed healthcare and allied professionals in positions in this state.
- Local US: Washington (state of) -- added WashingtonHealthcareCareers.com,
- working to match healthcare professionals to opportunities across the state of Washington.
- Western Europe: Belgium -- added Only Sales Job.be, a website dedicated to sales and marketing positions in (or very near) this country.
- Executive Job Search Resources: Interim Executives -- added Russam GMS, a long-established interim management provider in the UK serving top level clients. Women executives -- they have a special division devoted to you. (I also listed Russam GMS with our Executive Resources for the British Isles.)
- British Isles: General Resources and Recruiters -- added ClickNow4Jobs.com, a free job board started by a debt litigation company to help their clients find new employment. There is a catch, so read my annotation before you register.
- Personal Services: Caregivers -- added Rewarding Work, a website dedicated to matching personal aides / caregivers with those who need them. At this time it is limited to Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont, but it would be great if they expanded. Since the geographic reach is limited, I also listed it with our resources for New England / Mid-Atlantic.
- Help with Your Resume: Tips & Pointers -- Added a great article discussing Resume Fads from the point of view of the recruiter. Sometimes those designer resumes work, sometimes they don't.
- Executive Search Firms: PQR -- added Regal Executive Search to our list.
- Networking: Tips and Pointers -- added a great article titled "Your Relationship and Reputation Credit Score: How You Earned It and How It Affects Your Relationship Karma". This is something to think about as you turn to your network to assist you in anything!
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03 May ' 19:42
May 3, 2012
I have decided that despite the assurances from my optometrist that I don't really need new glasses for the computer, the "minor changes" are enough to give me problems. I will go get new glasses tomorrow.
: I have reviewed everything submitted before March 6, 2012, and there are 248 messages in the queue.
- British Isles: Healthcare / Medical / Scientific -- added Carrot Pharma Recruitment, recruiting within the pharma and healthcare industry for all career fields, including healthcare advertising, marketing, pharma market research, medical communications, value communications, Market Access and HEOR industry. They cover the UK plus much of Europe.
- British Isles: IT / IS -- listed Carrot Digital, offering permanent and freelance opportunities for programmers, designers, project managers, directors, and more who work with and in the digital world.
- -- added Third Sector Jobs to our list, a specialist job site for the charity, not for profit and voluntary sectors from Haymarket Business Media.
- Executive Search Firms: M N O -- We have added Matteson Partners to our list. They offer retained and other searches in Engineering, Business/Financial, and Education fields in the US and internationally. Because of their extensive Engineering specialty, I have also listed them under Engineering: Recruiters and Search Firms
- Veterans / Transitioning Military and Families: Job Search Advice -- Found a great article from a veteran of the US Army with wonderful suggestions for those of you seeking employment with the US Government.
- Evaluating Job Offers: Negotiating -- added a great article titled "Tips for Negotiating the Salary You Deserve". Great advice!
- -- added CAN: Christians are Networking, a free networking and support group sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, VA. All are welcome to their weekly meeting in Alexandria, VA, and it appears a second group may be meeting in Culpeper.
Because of time issues, I only reviewed the weekly link report for major problems. I deleted 1 site that seems to have disappeared and updated 1 link that changed.
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26 Apr ' 15:49
April 26, 2012
: I have reviewed all but 2 requests from February 2012, and there are 236 requests in the queue starting March 1. My concert schedule is pretty light, so hopefully I will get a lot done in the next couple of weeks.
- Job Search Guidance: Tips and Pointers -- added a link to the Complete Job Search Guide by Eric Shannon, operator of JustJobs.com, LatPro.com, and several other job search sites. You will appreciate his personal search as well as his current view from the side of the hiring guy.
- Internships / Fellowships -- added a link to the US version of StudentJob, a site with internships as well as full and part-time work for students. They operate other sites for various European countries.
- Medical: Radiation / Nuclear / Imaging -- added the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine to our list of resources dealing with these medical imaging and treatment specialities
- Medical: Orthopedics -- added OrthopedicJobs.net, offering professional recruiting and placement services specifically for the Orthopedic Surgery Physician market
- Computing / Technology: More Recruiters / IT Job Sites -- added a link to FDM Academy, a training and work-experience opportunity offered by FDM Group to not only give you the training you need but also the hands-on experience.
- Networking Tips and Pointers: Tips for Working Conferences and Meetings -- added a great article from Chronicle.com on expanding your network during professional conferences.
- Career Guides: What to Do with a Major In... -- added the new bigfuture career selection tool from The College Board. You can approach it by major or by career option.
- Job Banks: Career Search Engines -- added Jobs.ZipRecruiter.com, a career search engine from ZipRecruiter.
Not too bad a week. I relisted 1 recruiting firm whose website was down for over a month, updated a few links, but I also deleted 6 listings that seem to be down (or may have disappeared). As always, I will watch those for a while to see if they are truly gone or just having technial problems.
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19 Apr ' 15:52
April 19, 2012
Not much accomplished this week other than a huge review of links. I must admit that music has been taking up a lot of my time (3 concerts this weekend).
: I have 232 messages dating back to February 21, 2012, to review. Yes, I will be working next week (and I only have 1 short children's concert).
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- Hospitality -- added a great article on what it takes to be a successful Wedding Planner, courtesy of DiversityJobs.com
- Explore Career Options: Choosing a Career Path -- added an article that discusses Career Satisfaction vs. Money and one person's experience when she decided to go for what she loved. Courtesy of JustJobs Academy.
I go away for a few weeks, and look what happens to the Web! I updated 28 links and deleted another 25 listings across 33 pages.
Status of the Backlog: I have reviewed everything submitted before April 2012!
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22 Mar ' 14:08
March 22, 2012
I'm doing this quickly because I have to get ready for a presentation.
- Scams: Executive Marketing / Employment Services -- added a link to a CBC Marketplace story titled "Recruiting Rip-Off". The talk to victims of fraudulent recruiting/career marketing firms and expose the firms themselves. The page includes numerous good resources and information on spotting and avoiding these guys and filing complaints (in Canada). Nick Corcodilos of AskTheHeadhunter.com is interviewed as well, and we have a 2nd link to his page on this story, which pulls together all of his info on these schemes as well. I also linked that CBC Marketplace report on our page of resources for Canada.
- International: British Isles: Hospitality / Travel -- added a link to Chisholm & Moore Executive Recruitment, working to find top executive talent within the travel, tourism and hospitality industries both nationally (UK) and internationally.
- Hospitality -- I cross-referenced Chisholm & Moore to this page and added a second site, HotelJobs.com. Nice site, good jobs posted, and works in partnership with the International Hotel and Restaurant Association.
- Writing / Broadcasting / Journalism: Online Content / Social Media -- a new category which pulls together a few resources already on the page and adds Authentic Jobs, listing jobs for tech designers and developers, including UI, content, front/back/app development, and info architecture. Because of the technical jobs, I also listed Authentic Jobs on our page for Computing & Technology.
- US Jobs: New York -- added the Job Links page from the Onondaga County Public Library, serving the upstate area around Syracuse NY.
Two Week Hiatus
I have all kinds of family coming into town for the next couple of weeks, so I do not expect to be able to post an update until April 19.
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15 Mar ' 20:02
March 15, 2012
: I have reviewed everything submitted before February 14, 2012.
- Transportation: Trucking -- added TruckFLIX, a site using newer graphic/video technology to help recruit drivers. I will say that this site is much better organized than others in this niche.
- Self-Assessment: Other Tools and Resources -- We have updated our link to and the information on the Casey Life Skills assessment tool. It is still free, but they now ask that the provider create an account and then establish accounts for your clients. You can preview the assessment and also review a guide on taking the results and using them to create a learning plan for your client. It is still intended for persons from ages 14 to 21.
- Internships, etc.: Volunteer Opportunities -- added The Taproot Foundation, whose mission is "to lead, mobilize and engage professionals in pro bono service that drives social change."
- Protective Services: Industrial Security / Risk Mitigation -- added Pinnacle Placement, a full-service executive search firm specializing in meeting the unique management needs of the security profession.
- International: Finland -- added a link to Adecco Finland Oy, the regional operation for Adecco Worldwide. Portions of this site are in English, but you will need to be fluent in Finnish to review everything. People interested in other regions of the world can check out Adecco Worldwide
- Recruiters and Staffing Firms: I -- added Infinity Consulting Services (ICS), roviding consulting and staffing services to companies across the US, and offering you permanent/direct hire, contract / temp, and contract-to-hire opportunities in IT, Legal & Compliance, Exec & Admin Support, Accounting & Finance, and Sales & Marketing. They maintain offices in New York City, Chicago, and Minneapolis, but are not limited to services in just these regions.
- Interviewing: The Videoconference Interview -- added a great article from AskTheHeadhunter titled Are Skype Interviews Good for You?. Be sure to read the comments too as they have all kinds of great info.
- Medical Fields: Nursing -- added Kirby Bates Associates, a national retained search firm specializing in nursing executive search, healthcare interim management, and nurse leadership coaching and consulting services.
- International: British Isles: Healthcare / Medical / Scientific -- added Carehome.co.uk, a directory of care and homecare services and facilities and a resource for persons seeking jobs in this field.
- Veterans / Transitioning Military
- Coping with a Job Loss
- International Job Resources: The Caribbean and
- Central and South America - deleted 1 listing
- International: Canada - 2 job sites operated by the Federal government that were having problems are both up and accessible once again.
Finally, some US government sites which were hacked a while ago are finally back up and running, so links to their data have been restored on our pages for , "Is This Job Real" and Legal Issues in Employment and Hiring
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01 Mar ' 14:16
March 1, 2012
: I have reviewed everything submitted before February 2, 2012.
- Information Design, Delivery, and Management: Libraries -- added a link to the Job board operated by SLA, the Special Libraries Association.
- Information Design, Delivery, and Management: Knowledge Management / Records Management / Competitive Intelligence -- added this new category, relocated one resource from Libraries to this location, and added the job board operated by SCIP, the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals association.
- Nonprofits: Executive Search Firms -- added BSBsearch of New York City to this list and to our big page of Executive Search Firms: ABC
- British Isles: Industry-Specific Resources: IT / IS -- added CV Screen, a specialist IT recruiter for the UK with offices throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and NI. They are also listed with our resources for Computing & Technology: Recruiters / Job Sites
- British Isles: Industry-Specific Resources: Healthcare / Medical / Scientific -- added RIG Locums, providing doctors to the NHS, Private Hospitals & GP surgeries across the UK.
- Canada: Eastern Provinces -- added Clarity Recruitment, a finance and accounting recruiting company specializing in the placement of designated accountants (CAs, CMAs and CGAs) in the Greater Toronto Area.
- Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals: Legal Job Sites and Recruiters -- added Kinney Recruiting to our list. This is a legal recruiting firm based in Texas but handling searches worldwide. Terrific opportunities listed!
- Multi-National Humanitarian and Non-Governmental Organizations -- added the Jobs board hosted by AlertNet, the world's humanitarian news site.
- Engineering: International Development / Sustainable Development & Design -- added several new resources with job listings in this field.
- Executive Search Firms - deleted 1 listing which seems to have disappeared....
- Arts & Humanities - deleted 1 listing (their host suspended their account -- not good!)
- Resources for Canada - A few of the government job sites are experiencing technical problems. I'm leaving them up because they redirect to other available sites, but I'm watching.
- Allied Health Professions - updated 2 links
- Resources for the British Isles - deleted 1 listing, watching another that is having "technical problems".
- Local US: Midwest & Great Lakes Region - updated 1 link
- Diversity Resources -- deleted 1 resource which has changed and is no longer offering career info.
- Employment Trends - updated 3 links
- Jobs for HR Professionals - updated 1 link
- Education and Instruction - updated 1 link
- International Business Resources - updated 1 link
- Engineering -- deleted 1 resource
Update next week?
Right now I am not sure I will be able to update the site next week due to other day job / night job committments.
Status of the Backlog: I have reviewed everything submitted before March 2012!
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23 Feb ' 16:33
February 23, 2012
Status of the Backlog: I have reviewed everything submitted before January 23, 2012.
- Building, Construction, and Public Works -- added VTF Excavation, a full service heavy highway, municipal pipe, heavy sitework, and excavation company working in northwest/central Ohio and northeast Indiana. They actively seek new personnel and would very much like to hear from you! Based on their location, I have also linked them under Ohio and Indiana
- Local US: Colorado -- added a link to the Society of Hispanic HR Professionals in Denver. This group works to simplify the connection between the employer and the diverse community, and offers regular meetings, networking events, and career fairs. I have also listed them with our Diversity Resources: Hispanic / Latino.
- Arts & Humanities: General Resources -- added a link to The Art Career Project with some reservations. The information offered on the many visual arts is amazing (performing arts gets a small pass), but I have absolutely no information on who is operating the site.
- Engineering and Mathmatics: Other Resources -- at their request I have added a link to the consulting firm of Bury+Partners, based in Texas and working in the fields of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Land Planning, Project Management, Sustainable Solutions and Construction Management/Administration. Jobs and interships! And yes, I did add them to our list of resources for Texas.
- Networking Tips: Tips for Working Conferences and Meetings -- added a great article titled "15 Conversation Starters That Make Networking Events Great".
- International: Germany -- added Zig-Jobs, a career search engine specializing in opportunities and openings in Germany.
- International: Ireland & Northern Ireland -- added HRM Recruiting Group of Dublin, handling searches for senior executive, middle management, and executive support across numerous industry specialties. They also have interim management and contract opportunities, and not everything they are currently handling will be found on their websites, so consider registering your CV with them.
- International: British Isles: IT / IS -- added Redrock Consulting, assisting clients in locating the best IT and telecommunications experts for their businesses.
Hackers and technical problems have affected a few sites in the guide, so I hope they will be corrected before too long.
- Legal Issues in Hiring and Work -- a site operated by the FTC is down due to hackers.
- Scams & Schemes -- a site operated by the FTC is down due to hackers.
- "Is This a Real Job?" -- a site operated by the FTC is down due to hackers.
- Resources for Canada - Service Canada's Job Bank is experiencing technical difficulties. I'll leave it up with the hope it will return soon.
- Job Banks and Career Search Engines - Deleted JobConcierge which has changed its name and mission, and updated JobCentral to it's new name, US.Jobs.
- More Guides Like This One - deleted 1 listing
- Directories of Recruiters - deleted 1 listing
- Networking & Support Groups - deleted 1 listing
- Trade Shows & Career Fairs - deleted 1 listing
- Consider More Training - deleted 1 listing
- Cover Letters - updated 1 link
- International Resources: British Isles - updated 1 link
- Local US: New England and MidAtlantic - updated 1 link
- Local US: Midwest and Great Lakes - updated 1 link
- Local US: Mountain Region, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, & Pacific Islands - deleted 1 listing
- Government Jobs in the US - deleted 1 listing
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