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Steer clear of false starts and launch a winning job search

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:10 AM PDT

Steer clear of false starts and launch a winning job s...

The days when a decent résumé could get you into the right position are gone.

Now more than ever, career experts say, you have to take a strategic approach to your job search and application process. And you have to pursue that strategy all the time, not just when you're in the market for new opportunities. The best candidates are always taking steps to manage their careers, assess the market and build relationships to keep them employed during good times and bad.

"You have to do everything you can to get the right job. You've got to maximize your opportunities. You've got to use all the tools at your disposal," says Allison Nawoj, a career adviser at CareerBuilder LLC in Chicago.

That's particularly true in this economy. Of the 2,090 manager-level respondents to Computerworld's 2010 Salary Survey, 47 per cent said their companies will hire new IT staffers in the coming year. However, cutbacks and layoffs have made competition for those positions fierce.

This new reality might push job seekers (particularly unemployed ones) to take whatever comes along. But that approach is short-sighted -- and old-fashioned, says Thuy Sindell, vice president of client services and a leadership development coach at Mariposa Leadership Inc., a San Francisco-based career consultancy for managers.

Companies in this modern global economy will create or tailor jobs for top-notch workers, if you know how to look for such opportunities, says Sindell, co-author of The End of Work As You Know It. "Sometimes jobs are created for certain people, so that means talking to a former colleague about current initiatives and then saying, 'That sounds very exciting, and here's how I can help,' " she says.

But because most people don't get hired that way, Sindell says savvy job seekers pursue all channels to find positions that could be good matches for them. They check in with current and former colleagues, recruiters and search firms, visit job sites and attend career fairs.

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Falls libraries renew director search as Shaw rejects job

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:47 AM PDT

Lewiston librarian opts for post heading Elmira-based system

NIAGARA FALLS — In a surprise move, the director of the Lewiston Public Library has turned down an offer to take over the Niagara Falls Public Libraries, sending the Falls Library Board back to Square One in its search for a new executive director.

The Library Board expected to ratify a contract with Ronald W. Shaw at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, but its members learned instead that Shaw had turned down their job offer. They immediately began a new international search for an executive director at an annual salary of about $70,000.

Interim Director Daniel R. Killian told the board that Shaw had decided to accept an appointment as director of the Chemung County Library District, headquartered in Elmira. Killian said Shaw was the only local candidate among the 12 people who had applied for the Niagara Falls directorship in a recently completed search.

Killian said only three of the 12 met the qualifications for the job, which included seven years of administrative experience. The search for applicants was confined to the Northeast.

Dolores Marino, board president, said the new search would be expanded to include the entire United States and Canada, in the hope of attracting more qualified candidates.

"We have to expedite this," said Don King, a board member. "We are on a time schedule." Agreeing that "we have to work under time constraints," Merino said the deadline for new applications would be April 30 or May 1.

Time is of the essence since, for personal reasons, Killian can remain on duty as interim director only until about the end of June.

Killian has been filling in during the search for a director since Betty Babanoury resigned in November for personal and family reasons after about 15 years in the position.

Until Shaw turned down the Niagara Falls offer, Killian had expected him to move into the new job here early next month. The appointment would have been provisional, pending the results of a state civil service examination for the post.

The director here would be in charge of the main Earl Brydges Library, 1425 Main St., and the LaSalle Branch Library, 8728 Buffalo Ave.

Killian said the Niagara Falls libraries have a collection of about 230,000 books and 50,000 audio-visual items. He said library cardholders borrowed about 239,000 items last year.

In an entirely separate action Tuesday afternoon, trustees of the Orrin Dunlap Trust Fund formally accepted a substantial bequest from an unnamed donor. The amount of the bequest was not disclosed.

The trust is separate from the library itself, but it supports the library's local history section. The library trustees, with others, serve on the board of the trust fund.

Marino said the trust was established in memory of Orrin Dunlap, a widely known photographer of his time. Many of Dunlap's photos, often printed from glass negatives, are on display in the main library, where his daughter, Helen, worked as a librarian in the 1960s. She died in the 1970s, and the trust fund was established by the Dunlap family.

Dunlap's historical photos have been widely published, including a memorable picture of then-President William McKinley visiting Niagara Falls on Sept. 6, 1901, the day he later was fatally shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.

McKinley died of his wound on Sept. 14, 1901, and was succeeded by then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

rbaldwin@buffnews.com

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Alicia Keys Launches Search For Monster Blogger

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Last updated 3:30 p.m. PT

By GLEN BOYD
BLOGCRITICS.ORG

Multiple Grammy award winning R&B siren and singer/songwriter extraordinaire Alicia Keys is looking to hire a full-time blogger and has turned to the internet to find the right person for the job. Keys has paired with internet job giant Monster.com to conduct a national job search for the position of "head blogger" for her new website IAAS.com (I Am A Super Woman). Keys says one of the main focuses of the new site will be to motivate and encourage women all over the world, and that she is looking for just the right person to be its main voice. "With IAAS.com, I'll be displaying my 'voice' in a different way and need just the right person to help me express a point of view that I don't think exists yet in the blog world," Keys said in a statement posted on her website. "Combing the country is a big undertaking and I'm incredibly grateful to have Monster.com as a partner in this extensive and exciting process!". The way the application process works is first you have to post a searchable resume on Monster (private and non-viewable resumes will not be considered). From there, applicants will need to find the job-post (hint: it can be found here). Once your resume has been posted, Alicia Keys and an "Advisory Board" of social media experts will review the entries to determine a field of final candidates, who will than be asked to submit their blogs or social media sites for final review. The blogs will than be judged for things like uniqueness of writing voice, design quality, and how well subject matter directly addresses IAAS's ideology. A field of final candidates will then be interviewed in New York sometime in early May (and seen on national television during a segment on a major TV network morning news show). The final three candidates will then be flown to London, England where they will be interviewed by Keys herself in late May. The "winner" will then be announced on National television the week of June 21st. To be considered for the position of head blogger for Alicia Keys IAAS.com (I Am A Super Woman) site, bloggers must be willing to travel to both New York and London for the interview process should they be chosen, and have the necessary passports. They must also be authorized to work in the United States, and willing to relocate to New York should they land the job (which is a full-time position). Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Keys to the kingdom could be yours, and the line forms here.

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