Author name: Colleen Reyerson

6 Tips to Boost Your Job Search Using LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a valuable resource for executive job seekers on many levels: reconnecting with colleagues, building contacts, researching prospective employer companies, keeping abreast of industry trends etc. LinkedIn continues to expand its visibility and importance as a key element of a strategic job search, and feedback from our clients bears this out. However, many job […]

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Networking Etiquette

As networking (in-person and online) is a vital component of the job search, it’s important to use common courtesy when reaching out to colleagues and acquaintances in both situations.  In a face-to-face meeting, if you break the rules of networking etiquette – coming on too strong, telling an off-color joke, etc. – you’ll be remembered,

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Is Your Resume (and Job Search Strategy) Obsolete?

As a result of the economic downturn that began in full swing in 2007-2008, many previously secure executives unexpectedly found themselves caught in wide-scale reductions-in-force, plunged without warning into a fiercely competitive job market. While the economy has righted itself to some degree since then, many companies continue to operate in “lean” mode, and so

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Top Workplaces in Metro Atlanta

Earlier this year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution partnered with consulting group Workplace Dynamics to survey 40,000 employees of small, midsize and large Atlanta companies nominated as a Top Workplace. Employees graded the companies on six areas, including the direction of the company, execution, work conditions, career paths, management, and pay/benefits. The initial 495 nominated companies were

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Backshoring to Impact IT & Manufacturing

According to recent articles on sites such as CIO.com, some U.S.-based companies are canceling their offshore outsourcing contracts and bringing work back home, a process called backshoring (also called “on-shoring”). Economists are saying this trend is occurring in part to the consumer backlash against offshoring, and believe it will help the U.S. and other foreign

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