Employees Biggest Fear is Making Mistakes

While everyone makes mistakes, employees are scared of making them on the job.  Learn more in the following post.

It’s not ghosts or goblins or even public speeches that scare workers the most this Halloween: In an Accountemps survey, more than one in four (28 percent) respondents said making a mistake on the job is their biggest workplace fear. Continue Reading

Number of Apply Clicks and Cost Per Click for Job Posting Ads

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A commonly used cliche has the buyer of advertising stating that he knows that half of his advertising is working but he just wishes that he knew which half. That cliche pre-dates the Internet as today’s marketers should and sometimes do know which of their ads is working. But even then, how do you define “working?”

One of the interesting developments since CollegeRecruiter.com went live way back in 1996 is the increased attention employers are paying to metrics so they can better understand where their money is being well spent. For 16 years we’ve heard employers say that they use niche job boards such as ours because they care more about quality than quantity yet when it came time to decide whether to renew a job posting package our sales team would invariably hear yes or no based upon how many applications the employer received from our candidates. Those employers were saying they were basing their decisions on quality but actually were basing them on quantity. Continue Reading

How to Turn a Seasonal, Temporary Job Into a Permanent Career

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Thirty-nine percent of employers who are hiring seasonal help plan to transition some employees into full-time, permanent staff, up from 30 percent in 2011. To stand out as a candidate for a long-term opportunity, hiring managers recommended the following:

• Provide above and beyond customer service. Offer help instead of waiting to be asked for it – 53 percent
• Proactively ask for more projects – 46 percent
• Let the employer know up front that you’re interested in permanent employment – 46 percent
• Present ideas on how to do something better or try something new – 34 percent
• Ask thoughtful questions about the organization – 32 percent

Source: Careerbuilder

5 Top Cities For Job Seekers Looking for Seasonal Work

Retailers are stocking their stores with more than just merchandise going into the holiday season – they are also adding more seasonal help, according to a new survey. Thirty-six percent of retailers plan to have extra hands on deck around the holidays, a healthy jump from 29 percent in 2011. The survey was conducted for Careerbuilder by Harris Interactive among more than 2,400 employers between August 13 and September 6, 2012.

While seasonal hiring is expected across the entire country, the five cities with the largest economies and plans to hire include: Continue Reading

4 Best Practices to Promote Your Image As A Great Place To Work

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One of the most frequent topics for discussion at recruiting conferences is employer branding. Employers large and small have come to understand that their employer brand is separate from their business-to-consumer, business-to-business, or business-to-government brands. And for organizations with multiple products or services, each of those brands is separate from their employer brands as well.

Every employer wants to be known as a “great” place to work. Not every employer is. If you aren’t, don’t try to pretend you are as you’ll do more harm than good as now you’ll be known for lying in addition to whatever other negative issues may exist. So fix whatever problems you have until you truly are a great place to work and then promote that image to the students and recent graduates you most want to hire.

NACE’s 2012 Student Survey offers four excellent suggestions for how you can boost your recruiting according to the preferences of the college students your organization is recruiting: Continue Reading

10 Careers That Didn’t Exist When You Were In Middle School

Annie Favreau

Whether you’re hunting for your first job or need to turbo-charge a career change, you want to pick a field with a good future.

One way to tackle this challenge? Choose a career in a new or evolving field. Thanks to cultural shifts, unforeseen disasters, and technological changes, there are job postings for careers that didn’t exist a decade ago. And these on-the-rise roles are often in such new territory that the job market isn’t (yet) drowning in competition.

Check out these 10 career choices that have taken off in recent years: Continue Reading

Friends and family may not be the only ones clicking on your Facebook page

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College applications, demanding course load, sports practice, extra-circular activities, and a busy social life. Looks like those fun and rebellious summer night’s are sadly in the past for now, safely stored away in a Facebook album. But are they really safe? Are they really in the past? Continue Reading

Top Twitter Education Hashtags

If you are on Twitter and searching for information on education, the following infographic features the most popular education hashtags and more. Continue Reading

How to Make Sure “Binders Full of Women” Get Equal Pay

Jim Hopkinson, Salary.com contributing writer

Politics. Women. Money.

When you’re talking about those three subjects, you’re either watching a Presidential debate or sitting at a very interesting dinner party.

One of the hot topics coming out of the October 16 town hall presidential debate was the subject of fair hiring practices for women. As Mitt Romney told a story about his push to hire more women in his cabinet, he uttered the phrase “Binders full of women” in reference to the stacks of resumes of qualified candidates that were brought to him. Continue Reading

How Are Student Bank Accounts Different than Other Bank Accounts?

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When you are a young person, getting the best financial advice for your individual needs can be a challenge. Even if the financial advice you are getting is from trusted sources, it’s not always best for your situation. After all, you are the only one who knows the particulars of your situation — money from parents, jobs, student loans and other sources. Still, there is one piece of financial advice that seems wise either way you slice it: the benefits of student bank accounts. Continue Reading