This is a guest post by Sandi Vidal. If you’d like to be a guest writer here on Jobtrakr, we would love to have you.  Just follow these guest writer guidelines.   Job Search is not for the Lazy or Faint of Heart Alright, I know I am putting myself out there. You won’t admit [...]

It’s called the job market for a reason.  You need to sell yourself.  Think outside the ‘traditional’ jobseeking box and come up with new ways to sell yourself as a unique, innovative product. These days, there are better ways to impress employers than just a resume that reads well.  Desperate times have called for desperate [...]

It doesn’t matter whether you’ve chosen to look for a new job or have been laid off and need to find another one, your search for work will need you to keep focused and have a clear plan and job goal.  Of course no one can guarantee that you will get the first job that [...]

It’s the question that seems to be on everyone’s lips, the topic of most conversations and probably the focus of the 2012 election.  Getting a job in a good economy had it’s challenges, but these are unprecedented times, and conventional methods are out the window.  So how do you get a job during a recession? [...]

We get a lot of questions in regards to fake or shady job posts.  They’re annoying at best, illegal at worst – but not hard to spot if you know what to look for.  Job seekers want to believe the perfect job is out there for them, which is why they are more prone to be targeted with these [...]

The internet is clearly the go-to method of choice for most job seekers these days which means its even more critical not to make any mistakes that could hinder your success.  Anything posted online tends to take on a life of its own, including job postings.  Searching for a job can become a mundane activity, [...]

The interview is your one opportunity to demonstrate to a potential employer how your unique set of skills will help to solve any deficiencies they may have.  So why on earth would you wast those precious minutes with canned comments or clichés?  Interviews are difficult, and I don’t think anyone really enjoys them, but it’s [...]

Getting your resume in front of a hiring manager has become so difficult, that when you finally hear back and get an interview it almost feels as if you’ve been given the job.  You’ve invested time, money and have prepared enthusiastically for the big day, and when you leave the interview you feel as if [...]

Job search engine and aggregator,  Simply Hired has integrated with international professional social network Viadeo.  This new integration will allow its users to see which business contacts work at companies that come up when a search is preformed on SimplyHired.  SimplyHired has recently added similar support to LinkedIn and  Facebook. Viadeo isn’t as recognizable as its chief rival [...]

Working out is no different than looking for a job.  There are days that are more difficult than others, and it could take weeks to find out what strategies work best for you.  If you don’t see results as quickly as you would have hoped, you may be more inclined to give up.  As in [...]