Career Cloud Radio - Job Search Advice & Tactics

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Karyn Glubis used a creative resume to get hired. And it only costed her 5 bucks! In this episode of How I Got My Job we'll get the scoop on how she got the job and get her advice for other job seekers.

In today's edition of How I Got My Job we profile Simone Sterling, a NYC based Sr Project Manager for a legal technology firm. Her job success came via a resume she had forgotten about on CareerBuilder. She'll share her advice for other job seekers and list other tools that proved useful in her job search. (18 min)

Kathleen Teixera is Social Recruiting Speaker Engagement Manager @BoostAgents.a company which is a recruitment provider to the Creative, Digital, Marketing & Communications industries in Canada.

Lauren Pedigo is a Marketing Associate at Kinvey in Boston. But she didnt get that job by browsing job boards all day. Instead she made twitter her primary job search tool. And it worked!

Diana YK Chan is a Recruiter, Trainer, Career Coach, and Speaker who has scanned over 10,000 resumes, conducted thousands of interviews, and recruited talent into top organizations like Google and the Ivey Business School. She founded her business, Magnify Your Marketability, with the goal of conquering rising unemployment rates by helping ambitious and passionate professionals differentiate, achieve their dreams, and make a lasting impact on the world! http://mymarketability.com/

Listen to a couple definitions about the phrase 'hidden jobs' and get a preview of CareerCloud's new Hidden Jobs App located at jobs.careercloud.com.

Gale Martin of Harcum College talks bout she got her most recent job. This time she happened to subscribe to an old fashioned list serve where she first learned about the job she eventually landed.

What does the future hold for the traditional resume. Will we still be using it the same way in 5-10 years. Listen as our CEO gives his take on this controversial topic.

Matt DeMargel spent 14 years working in marketing for minor league baseball when he decided it was time for a change. Listen as he upped his job search game to get the job he wanted off a craigslist ad. Its a great example of a job seeker being proactive and marketing himself!

Getting the attention of the hiring manager at a company is no easy task. Here's how one creative job seeker used a well written email to do just that.

Hope Barrett got a job by putting her resume on Dice and being found by a recruiter. Listen as she shares her advice and tips on how she became a successful job seeker after being laid off.

Dan Schawbel is the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm. He is the author of 2 books on personal branding... His latest book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success, is now on store shelves. Dan is a columnist at both TIME and FORBES, and has been featured in many media outlets, including Wired Magazine and the Today Show.

Stacy Zapar is in the top 10 most connected people on Linkedin. Hear how she did it in this podcast. She'll also answer questions like: How should a job seeker use linkedin vs someone who is happily employed? What are the 2-3 biggest mistakes people make on linkedin? Are we moving to an era where being found online is just as important to job seekers as it is actively searching for a job? Besides linkedin, what social sites should job seekers be using? Employers/recruiters...are they finally getting how to use social media effectively to recruit?

We asked David Krantz, a Mechanical Engineer how he got his new job after being layed off. It took about four months but after some networking it really paid off. Listen around minute 12 to hear a great interview question suggestion. (19 mins)

New series! Lets talk to job seekers who have had success landing a job and learn from their mistakes and advice. Today we'll chat with Akilah Charlemagne who got a job as an HR consultant with an Atlanta recruiting firm. (14 min)

Ever hear of a reverse job posting? Well Nicollette Weinbaum a freshman at the University of Villanova made one and landed an internship with it. Listen to this creative job search story. (15 min)

If you have ever been cold called or have to cold call as part of your job check out this audio. In it, Georges Janin, a startup headhunter in New York City talks about his techniques cold calling tech candidates. Its a pretty cool discusion that took place at the NYC recruiter meetup.

Linkedin trainer and evangelist Marc Halpert stopped by our offices to dish out some his advice on the popular business networking site. He has some great advice for the college grad and the older worker. Listen to this show and up your game for Linkedin! (approx 30 mins)

What happens when you make people apply to a job with a twitter hashtag? Vala Afshar, CMO of Enterasys Networks in Boston, Mass did just that and found the right person for free in just a matter of weeks. Is this the future of recruiting? What do job seekers need to learn from this experiment? Find out in this must listen episode!