'Our system for hiring employees is broken. What’s more, I’m not sure that anyone knows how to fix it. Take a look at a very scary chart from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. So, of everyone who is currently unemployed, almost 40% of them have been out of work for more than six months. This has never happened in any of our lifetimes. MORE >>

'The use of pictures in a job search is an ongoing debate on career service blogs and LinkedIn groups I follow and there is no shortage of opinions on this topic so I think I’ll chime in today with my thoughts. The proverb “Confucius say picture is worth a thousand words” is really “Use a [.]. Resumes Perry Newman SEO1 MORE >>

'We see the word sustainability a lot today.  Mostly focused on environmental issues but I’m seeing it more and more being played out as a “human” issue – meaning what we do to “sustain” ourselves. But I think we can confuse sustainability with the idea of “static.”. Change will happen.  We can change and still be sustainable. You can’t.  This…. MORE >>

'If you are on Twitter, you know I am a fan. At At a dinner with HR friends earlier this year, someone told me I am one of the most transparent people on Twitter. guess that’s true. wish everyone was like that all the time. It would make life so much more simple and refreshing. There would also be a lot of over sharing. My tweets are my own. MORE >>

'Generation Y is accustomed to a much more lax atmosphere where sending text message-like emails from their smart phones is second nature. Recent grads are becoming more laid back, but their future workplace may not be. The job market is as competitive as ever. Appearance (25.3%). Communication skills (24.9%). Time management (20.8%). MORE >>