MN Headhunter
A blog written by a Minnesota IT Recruiter about Minnesota jobs and business news, covering Recruiter, HR, career, job search, networking and social media topics, technology and the tech startup community. And a little Gopher football.
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Support The United Way And Join A Dream Team
PLEASE NOTE: Today (Sept 2, 2010) is the last day to join a team The Greater Twin Cities United Way has been for the past month or so running a “competition” of sorts to draw awareness to four main issues in our community: Hunger, Literacy, Shelter and Wellness. They turned each issue into a “team” with captains who are well known local TV anchors and reporters. Here are the Dream Teams: Team Hunger sponsored by Land O Lakes Captain: Jason DeRusha, WCCO 4 TV Team Literacy sponsored... |
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Job Search Tip: CNN's Advice for How to Overcome the Stigma of Unemployment
If you've been another victim of our terrible economy in the last few years, you're not alone. Thousands of people have been laid off across all industries in a major shakeup of our workforce. If you've been out of work for a while, it can take a toll on your finances, certainly, but also on your morale and your job hunt itself. There's a stigma that can become attached to candidates who've been out of work for a while. Employers think, basically, "If that person is so good, why hasn't... |
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Five Easy Ways To Get Your Resume Back Onto One Page
The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap: Does your resume “bleed” onto two pages (or three pages) and you can’t quite figure out how to eliminate those few extra lines to bring it back onto one page? There are several tricks to get rid of wasted space and make your resume appear more sharp and concise (and more likely to be read). 1. Minimize the contact information. You don’t need to list your address, three phone numbers, your fax, and an email address. Now that... |
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Free Webinar: Optimizing Your Job Postings
Minnesota Recruiters and Monster.com are hosting a free webinar tomorrow, August 31st from 1-2 PM Central time titled “Optimizing Your Job Postings”. You do not need to be a member of Minnesota Recruiters and heck, if you are outside of Minnesota and reading this join in on the session. To register click --> Optimizing Your Job Postings Webinar Information: What do job seekers look for in a job posting? How do they search, when do they search, and what turns a job... |
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Best Places To Work In Minnesota: Business Journal Survey
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Best Places to Work survey results are out. They are recognizing 30 small-companies, 15 medium-size companies and 10 large companies. Here are the top 5 in each category: Small Companies (10-100 full-time Minnesota employees) 1. CureIS Healthcare Inc. 2. First Financial USA 3. Travel Beyond 4. Reside 5. BERG Professional Staffing Medium companies (101-1,000 Minnesota Employees) 1. Sierra Bravo Corp. 2. Winthrop & Weinstine... |
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Yes You Need A Resume
Minneapolis is blessed to have a great creative community filled with marketing, public relations, social media, designers, technologists and more. We are also blessed to attract national speakers and thought leaders from all disciplines and with this comes a higher level of knowledge in our community than most other places. Minneapolis/St Paul is a sweet place to be. I am a HUGE fan of Seth Godin and Jeff Pulver who are both in Minneapolis today. Unfortunately I have a head set screwed into... |
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Minnesota Recruiter And Staffing Association 2010 Annual Event
The Minnesota Recruiter and Staffing Association is having their Symposium and Industry Partner Showcase on Tuesday, September 14th 2010. If you work for a search firm, staffing or employment agency, consulting firm this is a great opportunity to get some great training (and networking too) without leaving Minneapolis. To register click Event Calendar Event information: Annual MNRSA Symposium and Industry Partner Showcase Tuesday, September 14th 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Featuring Neil... |
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Job Search Tool: Company Lists Like The Inc 500
News Flash: This just in... there are other ways to find jobs besides job boards. Seriously, there is. I swear. And no, this is not another the job boards are dead post. Job boards are a necessary tool in the job search belt. So are lists of companies. The most recent list comes from Inc.com. and their annual (this link goes to the 2010 list) Inc 500/5000. I posted the Minnesota companies --> 6 Minnesota Companies In The 2010 Inc. 500 | 83 In the Inc. 5000 The Inc list is of the fastest... |
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6 Minnesota Companies In The 2010 Inc. 500 | 83 In the Inc. 5000
The 2010 Inc 500 | 5000 has been released with the fastest growing privately held Minnesota companies. Minnesota had been very consistent with the number of companies in the Inc 500/5000 but this year, noticeably fewer companies. From 106-166 to 83. Hmm… Here are the last three years lists: 13 Minnesota Companies In The 2009 Inc. 500 | 106 In the Inc. 5000 5 Minnesota Companies In The 2008 Inc. 500 | 106 Minnesota Companies In The 2008 Inc. 5000 10 Minnesota Companies In The 2007 Inc.... |
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Doing A Job Search? Do Not Act Like A Secret Agent. Be James Bond
DISCLAIMER: Clearly what I am about to say is for those doing a job search after a job loss, upcoming layoff, etc. A few times in the past week I have been asked the question, “What is the first thing I should do when starting a job search?” I am going to make an assumption that you already have a resume. First thing to do is... are you ready for it? TELL EVERYONE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB!!! That was me yelling at you. I do not understand why job seekers try to do a job search... |
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Minnesota Cup Announces 2010 Division Finalists
The Minnesota Cup has announced finalists for it’s sixth annual event. Click About the Competition to learn more about this very cool program and Meet the Review Board and Meet the Partners to check out the list of volunteers, sponsors and hosts. August 31st the division finalists present and September 1st division winners are announced. On September 13th the division winners present to a review board and that evening the grand prize winner will be announced at an event held at the... |
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Credit Checks Are Impacting Job Seekers? WCCO TV Interview With Paul DeBettignies
A few months ago after seeing an interview on CNBC and an article from SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) on how some states are trying to limit this practice I wrote the blog post Credit Checks As Part Of Employer Background Checks: Fair? Since that post Oregon has joined Washington and Hawaii in their ban of credit checks on most job reference checks. A bill in Congress has been tied up in a committee for a little more than a year. A question I often get is, “Should... |
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Are You Ready For The Big Time?
The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap: "If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back." - Winston Groom I remember my first "real" job after college (even though it feels like it was a million years ago). It was a surreal experience, because I realized for the first time that I was an adult and was expected to take on "adult" responsibilities. This, I decided, was the "big time".... |
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2010 U.S. And Minnesota IT Jobs See Increase In Q3 To Continue In Q4
While the Minnesota and U.S. IT employment did not get hit as hard as the 2001-2003 recession no doubt many jobs were lost. Here in Minnesota we saw a noticeable tone change to the positive this spring, specifically March 2010. By noticeable I mean it went from “sucks” to “eh, the light at the end of the tunnel may not be a freight train coming at us after all.” Yeah, it was that bad but we have seen a significant number of jobs posted and filled in Q2 and Q3 and expect this to continue... |
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Minnesota Recruiter Jobs
The following new Minnesota Recruiter Jobs have been added to the Minnesota Headhunter Recruiter Jobs Page: University Relations Program Specialist - Full Time Job - Accenture - HR BPO Services Senior Recruiter - Full Time Job - Life Time Fitness Talent Sourcer - Full Time Job - Deluxe Corporation Click Minnesota Headhunter for most recent blog posts. Stay in touch with me by clicking Blog Posts by RSS, Blog Posts by Email and/or the From The Desk Of... |
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Minnesota Jobs And Employment Report: July 2010
It’s been a while since I blogged about jobs reports and with some mixed signals we are getting in the local and national economy it is time to start following them again. Today the State of Minnesota (all states), Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), released job numbers for July 2010. 9,800 jobs were created for the month. June numbers were revised up from -3,700 to -800. The unemployment rate is at 6.8% unchanged from June. The U.S. unemployment rate is... |
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Minneapolis Ranks #1 In Medical Device & Minnesota #6 In Quality Of Life
Business Facilities magazine (July/August 2010) ranks cities and states on a number of different categories. We missed on a few I thought we should be on and a few we need to get better with so we can be ranked. From the 2010 Business Facilities Rankings Report: Metro Rankings Top 10 Metro – Medical Devices and Equipment #1 Minneapolis, Minnesota #2 New Haven, Connecticut #3 Salt Lake City, Utah #4 San Jose, California #5 Madison, Wisconsin Top 10 Metro – Quality... |
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40% May Do A Job Search This Fall, Time To Start Talking About Retention
Maybe because I hang out with recruiters and HR folks who focus on recruiting I am missing out on the conversation but are there any circles talking about retention? Not an article here or there but substance. Or a HR event topic? Try this: you are hiring Software Developers (or accountants, customer service associates, project managers, etc.) so you post jobs on your site, place some ads, engage the referral network (and a number of other tactics) and start looking at companies in your area... |
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Beloit College Mindset List: Class Of 2014
Since 1998 Beloit College has put out a yearly list of things that describe what the incoming freshman class at college and universities have experienced culturally. Having now stepped “Over the Hill” some of the items below freak me out. See when these kids were born I was more than half way through my college days. As I get ready for another year of volunteering at the University of Minnesota this helps put into perspective why sometimes I wonder if I landed on Mars. It also puts into... |
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Would You Hire You?
One interview question (or some variation) job seekers frequently get is, “Why should we hire you?” This has to be one of the toughest questions we face because we are now self promoting and selling ourselves. My suggestion to get comfortable in answering it is ask yourself this question ahead of time, “Would you hire you” and why? If you cannot sell yourself you have little chance of selling anyone else on your abilities. So think about your work experience. Think about what you... |