Tag: JOBS

We've covered the various ways in which Facebook can cost you a job, either getting you fired or keeping a potential employer from hiring you in the first place. While it's clear that social networks can hurt your employment opportunities, one recent grad wondered if it could help. Thomas Pardee, who graduated from Columbia College Chicago this December with a degree in journalism (one of the ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/01/28/happy-data-privacy-day-70-of-job-applicants-rejected-over-onli/'; Share We know you've probably had the date circled on your calendar for months now, but, in case you needed reminding, today is the 4th annual Data Privacy Day. The Microsoft-sponsored non-holiday was created exclusively to raise the public's awareness of major online privacy issues. ...

With the job market more competitive than it has been in years, people must get creative, whether hiring or searching for a position. We all know that Twitter can be used for nefarious means, but, as it turns out, the social networking site has emerged as a useful tool for employers and job candidates, alike. Thanks in part to job search engines like TwitJobSearch, more and more people are ...

Back in the days of yore, everything was just a bit harder. People had to do things like get up to change the channel, walk 10 miles to school (uphill both ways), and spend hours poring over resumes and cover letters before applying for a job. Nowadays, it seems like all you need to land your dream job is a Twitter account and a preternatural gift for 140-character prose. That is, if your ...

Part of being a professional is knowing how to separate work and play. For example, if you're a network systems administrator that's interested in extraterrestrial life, you shouldn't search for signs of it while on the clock. Unfortunately for Brad Niesluchowski, common sense is illusive. According to the Arizona Republic, Niesluchowski resigned from his position with the Higley Unified School ...

Many of us are fascinated by Google's super laid-back, just-wanna-have-fun work environment, especially when juxtaposed with its massive financial success. The company having long been considered one of the world's best employers, dorks people like us have always wondered what it takes to land a cushy position in those San Francisco offices. Now, thanks to the release of some alleged sample ...

During tough economic times, businesses want to tighten belts, and prospective employees clamor for any position, even if it's unpaid. Combine that with the ease of communication afforded by the Internet, and a whole new niche in the job market emerges: virtual internships. According to CNN, businesses, particularly small ones, are tapping into new pools of employees around the world by hiring ...

While usually well-intentioned, geeks are often awkward in social situations. (No, Facebook doesn't count.) We're talking about face-to-face conversation. Short of a permanent power outage, it might be the geek's worst nightmare. We understand nerves can get the best of a person sometimes. Nonetheless, there are times when direct communication is simply unavoidable. For example, a job interview. ...

A mere 15 years ago, job hunting required serious work. The unemployed and the discontent were forced to endure extensive letter writing, cold calling, and frequent trips to the copy store to create professional resumes. Don't even get us started on job fairs. The Internet age has completely altered that job-hunting dynamic; faxing a resume to everyone in the yellow pages, scouring paper ...

After hearing this story, many folks will never again look for jobs on Craigslist. A kind-hearted woman looking to make an extra buck was duped into playing along with a man's fetish. According to a report by Florida's WKMG last month, Janet Schulte, of Melbourne, Florida, answered an ad on the classifieds site to care for a man's older brother who supposedly had a "diminished mental capacity." ...

Yacoset, a Google-hosted site that provides "Software Engineering Tips," has released a guide for recently graduated students who are about to experience their first taste of the real world. Yes, the actual world of employment, where they'll get up early every morning, put on a (non-popped) collared shirt, and toil for nine long hours in an office where, according to Yacoset, "Nobody knows what ...

Coffee shops, typically welcoming refuges for lonely bloggers, Web entrepreneurs, and monetarily-challenged job hunters, are turning away laptop users and implementing restrictions on computer time during prime business hours. According to the Wall Street Journal, an increasing number of New York coffee shops are covering their electrical outlets, requiring customers to actually eat something or ...

It's 2009, and surfing the Web during work is pretty much an accepted activity, but take heed -- when you're on company time and dime, you may still want to stick to the straight and narrow. According to the 2009 Electronic Business Communication Policies & Procedures Survey, 26-percent of bosses have fired workers for e-mail violations and 52-percent have fired workers over inappropriate ...

Despite its raging popularity, Twitter often receives criticism for being the realm of the narcissistic and self-indulgent. Combine that with a proliferation of celebrities and extreme overexposure in the media, and it's easy to see why a hard-working, everyday American might dismiss the site as totally worthless. Before you judge too quickly, the New York Times earlier this week reported that ...

By now, we've seen plenty of people fired thanks to their online antics on social networks like MySpace or Facebook, but this latest story takes that idea and puts something of a twist on it. According to Canwest News Service, Crystal Bell was a worker at a Canadian spa who logged in to Facebook one morning back in November before heading to work. She had a message waiting in her inbox from her ...