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I use LinkedIn to advertise open positions in my company, but, I do it for free, instead of paying for them (we also use Craigslist and the University of Texas Access website for former graduates, since we’re in Austin). All of these options are free. Craigslist and UT Access are great sources of [...]

I’ve got two job openings that I’m trying to fill:
A Sales Manager position and an Account Manager or Coordinator position (if you’re looking in Austin, shoot us your resume … contact info on those job postings - or if you can find my email address on this site (it’s on here somewhere, but I don’t [...]

Here are some management lessons for anyone that runs a sales organization. No names will be used. If you know who I used to work for, I’d appreciate it if you kept it to yourself in the comments (or your own posts) on other weblogs about this entry.
These are the reasons I left [...]

Just a note to say I quit my job on Monday. Or at least I gave them two weeks notice.
I start my new job on May 22nd, and will post more then.
I’ll also say that my former company is enforcing my non-compete, which limited the offers I could accept (I had three on the [...]

Jeremy Zawodny moved jobs inside Yahoo recently, and his post about it hit me like a hammer (emphasis mine):
“And on that note, I love the fact that I can move around within Yahoo. Many companies talk about how employees are free to look at internal opportunities, but not all of them make it easy to [...]

Are you a web developer looking for a rock solid job with a great team that you’ll enjoy being a part of?
Apply for the job that Adrian has told the world is open:
Job: Web developer for World Online in Lawrence, Kansas
Alas, my friend and co-worker Simon Willison will be completing his year-long job [...]

The Rockport Institute has a six-part series on how to write a resume. (hat tip to Angie McKaig for the pointer.)
Their advice is fantastic, and capitalizes on the idea that you should do “active personal marketing” with your resume:
THE NUMBER ONE PURPOSE OF A RESUME
The resume is a tool with one specific purpose: to [...]

This post is a follow up to my original Some lessons for the Job Seeker post from August of 2003.
I’ve been interviewing to fill a vacant position in my sales organization over the past few months. The position has been advertised for about two months now. I’ve received about 100 resumes and have [...]

If you’re applying to a job, please keep the email account you’re using to collect responses to your application clean, so you can receive emails from the hiring manager. The fact that I got this message twice from the same candidate’s two different yahoo accounts listed in their resume just took that candidate off [...]

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been interviewing candidates for an open position in my organization. I’ve learned a lot as this is my first time to really hire someone into an organization. Here are a few thoughts and suggestions for those looking for a job and interviewing right now:
1. Make sure [...]