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| UPDATE: 25th Annual Call-In Offers Help For Unemployed Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:44 PM PST  CHICAGO (CBS) - With so many people looking for work, it may seem impossible to set yourself apart from the rest. But according to Chicago's Challenger, Gray & Christmas, there are ways to do it. The firm is offering job-search counseling free of charge to anyone who needs it, CBS 2′s Mai Martinez reports. As soon as the phone lines opened Monday morning, people looking for a leg up in the job market started calling. Perry Ditore was just one of the job-search coaches trying to get them on the right track. He says many are surprised by how much the job market has changed, and how old-fashioned face-to-face networking has become the best way to find out what's really out there. "If they spend 90 percent of their time networking, that's where the 'hidden' job market is," Ditore said. "That's where 80 percent of the jobs are." Also, the Internet's not the job source it used to be. "Unless you are a perfect fit for an online job position, something's that out there on the Internet, you're just going into like the pool of a million people. It's crazy," another job-search coach, Maralyn Meshenberg, said. The job coaches say in this tough market knowing yourself and what you have to offer is the key to getting hired. "You have to be able to tell them what you bring to the table," Meshenberg said. The coaches say the easiest way to do that is identify your strengths and skills, then figure out which are transferable to the job you're seeking and — more importantly — how they can help your prospective employer. Practice saying it out loud in 30 seconds or less. "You're marketing yourself, absolutely," Ditore said. "So what does your brand look like?" This is the 25th year Challenger, Gray and Christmas has offered the free job search advice. The phone lines will be open again Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The number is (312) 422-5010. New this year is are dedicated lines for military personnel for veterans, reservists and service men and women approaching the end of their service period. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Job Search Television Network Wins Prestigious Award for Human Resources Technology Innovation Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Job Search Television Network presented with an inaugural HR Software-as-a-Service TekTonic Award for company's ground breaking video technology. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 21, 2010 Job Search Television Network (JSTN) announced today that HRO Today Magazine has recognized JSTN as one of the year's most innovative human resource technologies. The company was awarded a prestigious HR SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) TekTonic Award for its unique video-centric recruitment products. The award was presented to JSTN at the HR Demo Show, a major annual trade show of human resources technologies hosted by HRO Today Magazine and held in Las Vegas, NV, on December 8 and 9, 2010. The mission of the award is to "identify those solutions shaping the future of HR and (that) will usher in the next era of HR service delivery," according to conference presenters. "JSTN has a fresh approach to recruitment content presentation that suits our fast paced information age and embraces multi media better than anything we have seen. Their customer feedback is what really swayed the panel and why their product was overwhelmingly popular at the HR Demo Show," according to Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today. JSTN received the award in the category of Talent Management and Recruiting, for its unique video-centric recruitment products and technologies. JSTN offers a 60-second Job Report and 3-minute Company Profile that can be viewed on cable television, web sites, and social media. In addition, JSTN offers clients the ability to link their videos directly to job mentions on any Internet site, smart phone, and all social media platforms including Facebook and LinkedIn. The company also conducts custom video-enabled Internet career fairs that allow major brands to recruit candidates "face-to-face" nationally at low cost. Among the company's growing list of clients are: Allstate, US Cellular, Cleveland Clinic, Fannie Mae, McDonald's, Pinstripe, and TMP Worldwide. "We are extremely pleased to be recognized by HRO Today Magazine and the HR Demo Show conference," said JSTN CEO Roger Stanton. "The award is confirmation of JSTN's leadership in developing high quality video recruiting products that are affordable and leverage the power of cable television, the Internet, social media and smart phones. However," noted Stanton, "its not just about the technology - its also about the results. Not only are we seeing incredible response rates to JSTN videos posted by clients, but these responses are from qualified candidates. JSTN helps companies recruit far more cost-effectively by successfully targeting candidates they want to hire." With over 70,000 readers in the human resources industry, HRO Today Magazine is the leading publication focused on trends in the industry including recruitment and talent management, the category for which JSTN was recognized. This press release was distributed through PR Web by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above. # # # Lindsay Stanton This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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