Tampa Bay Jobing Community Blogs

Some of the auto repair shop owners, I talk with on a daily basis report that work is increasing. That is a good sign for technicians looking for work. I do read the comments you send in. I am sorry I can not help all of you. I am thinking and trying all the time. Sometimes your resume can be overwhelming. I have to skip over some of it, you can do it right into the jobing website. Some of us need to do more reading to find the things we need. Read Angela Rosario's blogs ... (Read More)

Are you changing careers in this tough economy? The key to successful career transition is identifying and developing your transferable skills from past careers so that they apply to your new career.  So what are transferable job skills? According to Dr. Katherine Hansen, Director at Quintessential Careers (www.quintcareers.com), transferable skills can be grouped into the following five categories: Communication - the skillful expression, transmission ... (Read More)

People who know me have experienced my excitement watching local employers dive into the new Jobing Technology Services.  For years now we have been hearing about social media and recruiting. Dinner meeting after dinner meeting we hear of what's coming and where our recruitment world is headed and what we WILL need to be doing.  Until now there just hasn't been a platform that can make it accessible and easy to implement and measure.  While I do work for ... (Read More)

1. Follow companies that you are interested in and pay attention to their jobs, their values, and their accomplishments. Re-tweet and respond when appropriate (For example re-tweet news of a great accomplishment or milestone and be sure to congratulate them). 2. Share your search with your network (tell people what you are looking for). For example. "I am a graphic designer with 5 years of experience looking for a growing company to flex my web design skills. ... (Read More)

Nothing is a sure thing, but one good approach is to be as active as possible while you look for work. Volunteer, make new connections, and make sure you stay in touch with people that are engaged in helping you in your search. Here are great organizations that might need your support and connect you with other local professionals. It can be easy to get discouraged and withdraw from the activities that could help you most, so be aware of how you spend your time. In times ... (Read More)

Have you progressed past 76% of LinkedIn users? Only 24% of LinkedIn users do more than set up a basic profile, most likely because they didn’t know what to do, or are unaware of LinkedIn’s powerful benefits.  Whether you need a job, you are looking for a better job, you want to prepare for future job searches, you want to start or grow a business, or you want to build your professional network, LinkedIn is the most powerful tool available today, and ... (Read More)

Peo­ple like to com­plain about Work As many of you know, I switched the domain address for my Human RaceHorses blog from here last August.  I imported all the posts and every­thing, but I never took down the old site.  I still aver­age about 10 –15 hits a day to that site, dri­ven pri­mar­ily by search traf­fic, or the occas­sional mis­use of the old URL hat I can’t seem to cor­rect like ... (Read More)

February 2nd marks National Job Shadow Day and the public release of Pursue the Passion, a book I wrote that chronicles our cross country roadtrip where we interviewed over 300 professionals to find what drives the passion of people who love what they do. The 16,000 mile journey led us inside the corner offices of CEO’s, through unconventional workplaces such as a rural goat farm, and gave us access to large corporate campuses like Nike, Microsoft, EA Sports, ... (Read More)

February 2nd marks National Job Shadow Day and the public release of Pursue the Passion, a book I wrote that chronicles our cross country roadtrip where we interviewed over 300 professionals to find what drives the passion of people who love what they do. The 16,000 mile journey led us inside the corner offices of CEO’s, through unconventional workplaces such as a rural goat farm, and gave us access to large corporate campuses like Nike, Microsoft, EA Sports, ... (Read More)

1. Give us your feedback.  You're the boss and we want to WOW you.  This is a chance to provide us with your feedback on Jobing.com and share with us any concerns or questions you may have.  2. Employment marketing news and insight.  The war for talent is just that, a war.  Even though we may temporarily enjoy a buyer's market, technology and the economy is rapidly changing the way companies hire.  Those with the best talent will win, and ... (Read More)

1. You can see jobs first. Sometimes we announce positions first to our facebook fans before we post them on our website, giving you the opportunity to be ahead of your competition. 2. Unique career advice. You can receive job search tips on our facebook page that you can't find anywhere else. 3. Relevant videos. You will have the opportunity to watch employer videos to learn what it's like to work at specific local companies. 4. Get an "inside look" at ... (Read More)

Are you a professional in operations or supply chain and underemployed or unemployed?  Are you interested in making a career transition?  Have you been searching for a job for months with no success?  Searching for a job today is very different than looking for a job a few years ago.  Many techniques have changed; some are no longer productive.  “Job Search Guidance for the Operations Management Professional” is being presented at ... (Read More)

One of the most important areas of life, is finding one's work. Yet when job seekers are asked, "What type of work are you looking for?" They frequently say they don't know or "Whatever I can get to pay the bills!" But the fact is, you can not expect people to help you find work if you can't clearly describe what type of work you are seeking. So the big question is, How do you decide what type of work you are looking for? The best way and ... (Read More)

Many job seekers typically look for work 180 degrees out of phase from how employers look for employees. Employers would much rather know a prospective candidate, or at least have them referred to the organization by another employee or someone who can vouch for their character, personality, corporate “fit”, or other characteristics that can’t easily be determined by simply reading a resume and maybe conducting a short interview. Companies hire people ... (Read More)

I hear it more than once a day. Everyone says to me, I have lost my job from cut backs, and I am out of work. My reply is "did you look on JOBING.COM". Most answers are, I have looked everywhere on the Internet. Then I question them about the JOBING web site, and they never even looked at it. Then I write it down for them, or if I am near a computer I pull up the site. Then they are always impressed. Then I question are they really looking for a job or just ... (Read More)