As he sat at the dinner table listening to his wife and kids talk about their days, John didn’t really hear a word they were saying, as he couldn’t keep his mind from wandering back to the big decision he
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Category: Job Search Process
I Filled a Job You Didn’t Even Know You Had.
OK, so you’re a hiring manager, and you’ve just arrived at the office, grabbed your coffee and opened up your email inbox. There–in boldfaced lettering–the subject line of my email screams “JOB PROPOSAL MEMO”. And you’re thinking…great. Another spam from
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The Top US Cities to Get Hired & The Top US Cities to Make a Hire [Infographic]
Nexxt’s Q2 2013 Career Trends Report Welcome to our latest analysis of the real best places to hire and get hired nationwide. See which metro areas came out on top in Q2 2013. This Nexxt employment data report analyzes where
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A Job Posting is a Brand Advertisement, Not a Requisition Form
FOR SALE: Carbonated beverage. Contains water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel coloring, phoshoric acid, natural flavors and caffeine. May provide energizing refreshment to end user who has acquired a taste. Mmmmm. Want to run out and buy a Coke? Of
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Nexxt Survey Uncovers How Veteran HR Professionals Really Feel about Job Seekers from Millennial Generation
Millennials struggle to overcome stereotypes to find employment. Nexxt, a recruitment media company, announced findings from a national survey conducted among 6,000 job seekers and veteran HR professionals, finding that Millennials (Generation-Y) have a pretty serious image problem. According to
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I’m Not in the Mood: Measuring Employee Happiness
“Feelings….nothing more than feelings…” The song “Feelings”, written in 1974 and performed by many artists since that time, is running through my head as I pen this post. And now, with the addition of some new “human capital emotional monitoring tools”
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Who will win the war for Resume 2.0? Ten Visual Resume Tools Reviewed.
Before it was easy to build your own blog, before Facebook was hot, before the ability to tweet a message to the world…getting your skills and qualifications in the hands of the right people was much different than it is
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Leading career network provides a new way for professionals to supplement their traditional resume with a dynamic infographic of their career history Nexxt, focused on helping people grow and succeed professionally, today announced that they have launched an all-new Career
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Hire or Fire: Who Would Job Seekers Pick for the Country’s Top Job? [INFOGRAPHIC]
With the Presidential Election just weeks away, job seekers (both active and passive) are feeling a wide array of emotions as a new or old President will take command. With the largest job interview (full of debates and campaigning) continues
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NEW STUDY: The Multi-Generational Job Search
Recently, Nexxt was approached by Millennial Branding to work together to have a better understanding of how different generations search for jobs. We surveyed close to 5,270 members of Nexxt and asked them to self-select themselves into a generation based
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