The job application process has been simplified down to a single button today, thanks to LinkedIn’s new embedded “Apply with LinkedIn” app. Here’s how it works: A company adds the “apply” button to job postings pages. These postings can be anywhere, on any site. And if you use an ATS, the LinkedIn app will integrate [...]
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Get the Job
I recently had a back-and-forth with a father of a 26 year old who recently turned down a job—in this market—because, presumably, the job was “beneath” him. Take the job or wait for the better offer? This is a scenario I understand from both perspectives. I went the entrepreneurial route after graduating from Wharton rather [...]
Should you lose that accent to land a job?
Common mistakes job seekers make (video from FOX Chicago interview)
When it comes to the job search, everyone’s with the lists: how to get a job; mistakes people make; ways to ace an interview; things you need to do today. Enough. There is a problem with all these lists. The problem is not that there’s not some good insights in some of them. It’s that [...]
In case you missed it, here is the Fox News coverage from June’s Out of Work Chicago event: The full article can be found here. Jason Seiden is Co-founder and CEO of Ajax Social Media, a training company that shows professionals how use social media to work more effectively.
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