Last week at the job fair that we hosted with Senator Siplin, a gentleman rushed up to me during the course of the job fair and says, “I don’t get it.  I have a lot of experience and I think my resume is prefect, but I keep getting passed up for jobs.  I just don’t [...]

There has been a growing argument amongst career professionals as to the relevance of including a cover letter each time you submit a resume. Depending on who you ask, some may tell you it’s a waste of time and it doesn’t get read anyway. Others tout the importance of having a cover letter as it [...]

A fresh suit and a nice looking resume aren’t enough to cut it in your job search.  What I’m about to discuss today, goes far beyond just getting a job.  This is about landing a career.  A good paying career with all of the trimmings. When it comes to job searching, interviewing and salary negotiations, [...]

This is a post by Jobtrakr staff writer Rachael Del Pino, owner of  Accendo Careers. If you’d like to be a guest writer here on Jobtrakr, we would love to have you.  Just follow these guest writer guidelines.   There are a number of reasons to network.  Probably the most compelling from a job seeker’s standpoint is [...]

What do you do when you’re looking to get hired by a specific startup? If you’re Jeanne Hwang, and that startup happens to be Pinterest, well the obvious answer is create a Pinterest board saying as much. Jeanne Hwang is a Harvard Business School graduate, has six years work experience at Right Media, Yahoo, Accenture [...]

Times are tough for the 2 million students pouring into the job market this year. Despite new reports that Baby Boomers are retiring at record numbers, there still aren’t enough entry-level jobs to go around. What to do? Here’s a survival guide for grads on how to land that hard-to-find first job. [Source: Business Insider] [...]

The skilled trades shortage in Canada has prompted many companies to begin sourcing qualified workers from the United States in order to meet project requirements on time and on budget. “The shortage of qualified workers is something that’s affected Canadian hiring companies for years, but when there are mega projects being put on hold because there are no workers available, [...]

So let’s say you’ve been out of work for quite a while, and you’ve tried everything that you possibly could have to update and revise your resume.  You’re at the point where you are considering hiring a professional resume writer.  A simple Google search of “Resume Writing Service yields a treasure trove of companies ready [...]

We’ve covered here on a few occasions, why some job seekers aren’t getting the jobs they are going after.  The number one culprit is not following up after the interview. This is a fairly easy exercise and something that everyone should be doing.  In thinking about it, I think the reason a lot of people [...]

If you don’t have the exact skills or experience that an employer is looking for, you still may have a chance if you do adequate research.  Since you only have a limited amount of time to impress the interviewer, you need to market yourself strategically.  The key to this is doing your homework. You’re not completely [...]

A corporate veteran and founder of Career Fuel, has a savvy tip for the millions of job-seekers out there: Learn the art of follow-through.  So many applicants forget this all-too-crucial step, which eventually costs them the job offer.”It’s the single biggest issue I see,” AnnMarie McIlwain, Career Fuel’s CEO, explains. “Many job-seekers do not call or email [...]