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Job Search Resources Online

October 24, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Do you have your online profiles established to gain access to the ever increasing number of job search resources that continue to flood the internet? Companies and organizations are online. Recruiters and HR professionals are online. Job boards, professional networking events, industry groups, and your competition…are all online! The news is also online and what […]

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Discrimination in your job search

September 23, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Discrimination? Not in 2011! Unfortunately, regardless of moral or legal issues, facing discrimination in your job search can never be totally abolished. There will always be those with differing opinions from others. HR professionals, recruiters or senior executives do not always share the same opinion. There are many who will not consider a candidate without a degree and […]

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What Color Is Your Parachute?

August 31, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Richard Bolles has done it again, What Color Is Your Parachute?, A Practical Manual For Job-Hunters And Career-Changers 2012. Revised and updated annually with over 10 million copies sold, it is the best selling job-hunting book in the world! Martin Buckland is proud to be mentioned in this 40th edition as the Canadian career expert! […]

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Guerrilla Marketing

August 23, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Guerrilla Marketing For Job Hunters 3.0, written by Jay Conrad Levinson and David E. Perry, “How to Stand out from the Crowd and Tap into the Hidden Job Market Using Social Media and 999 Other Tactics Today” Martin Buckland, Principal of Elite Resumes and Executive Career Management Expert is one of many contributors to another […]

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Microblogging Career Strategist

August 22, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Microblogging Career Strategist

  Microblogging Career Strategist Joins Elite Group When Martin Buckland looked for even better ways to serve career-minded professionals, he decided to pursue world-class training through The Academies, Inc. With reports of as much as a 10-to-1 jobseekers-to-jobs ratio in today’s economy, job seekers have a new ally on the job hunt. Martin Buckland, Principal […]

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Still time to land your next job

August 15, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

There’s still time to land your next job before the competition explodes! Many North American job seekers are strongly influenced by our seasons, our holidays and our children. A limited summer season sees the cottage country population increase substantially and you can be assured that many in career transition are relaxing on the dock and have put their […]

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Job Seekers Disagree With Recruiters

August 9, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

As a job seeker, is it in your best interest to disagree with recruiters? As with any endeavour, not exclusive to a successful job search, it is imperative to listen and learn! Whether you agree or not is not always relevant to achieving the intended goal. You can disagree with what recruiters are looking for but that won’t change the […]

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How do you look?

August 4, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

As you walk in to your job interview you can be assured that your physical appearance will strongly influence the decision makers. Current style, well groomed and a professional attire will all contribute to a positive first impression. But how do you look online? Melissa Bell, The Washington Post’s article, Online Exploits Can Derail Hiring […]

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Beat the Competition in a Summer Job Search

August 3, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

You still have time to beat the competition in a summer job search! Of course you are a confident job seeker and believe you are the best candidate for the position. Unfortunately, you are only one of many who are all assuring recruiters and employers that they are the perfect candidate to fill the job. […]

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Networking Nets Jobs

August 2, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

How much of your job search are you investing in networking? There is no doubt that networking is a key component of any job search. Online resources continue to flourish with a recent Jobvite Survey revealing 89% of recruiters are, or will be utilizing the information provided by millions of professionals to source and validate potential […]

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89 Percent Will Use Social Media for Recruiting

July 14, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

A recent Jobvite survey showed 89% of employers will use social media for recruiting this year. For those currently using social media, 64% said they had hired people through a social network. John Zappe, ere.net provides an exceptionally informative article, More Employers Than Ever Recruit On Social Network elaborating on data from the Jobvite survey […]

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Job Search Over 40

July 13, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

The number of job seekers over 40 continues to rise and some employers are clearly acknowledging the trend with initiatives and programs to assist older employees according to a recent article in the Globe and Mail, Top Employers for Canadians over 40 based on results evaluated by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Managing a […]

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Job Search Discrimination

May 31, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Senior level job seekers may not complain as loudly as their junior counterparts but overall the general consensus is most recruiters and HR professionals are guilty of discrimination. Missing out on a job opportunity is often heard to be the result of an organization’s discriminatory hiring practices. With age and gender cited most often the […]

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Clearly and Concisely Attracting Attention

May 27, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

We could compose an endless list of all that is necessary to manage a successful executive career but if we look only at the top of the list, it will begin with a professional resume and following that is a Linkedin profile. In order to generate opportunities a resume must attract the attention of decision makers but equally important is the […]

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Job Search Then and Now

February 2, 2011 by Martin Buckland 1 Comment

Conducting a job search many years ago would have involved following up with family members and neighbours or a quick read of the local newspaper. Job listings may have included openings for a typist, stenographer, milkman, elevator operator or perhaps a senior level position that required travelling to another country. Travel that would require weeks, not hours as the mode of transportation […]

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Let your presence be known or send out a red flag

January 3, 2011 by Martin Buckland 1 Comment

Welcome to 2011! If you have not recognized the emerging career trends over the past few years, this will be the year that you will need to take note or risk limiting your executive career opportunities. Whether in career transition today or possibly in the near future, competition in your job search will be fierce. In order to gain […]

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Job Search Tools Evolving

November 23, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

A one page bio continues to evolve as the most requested job search tool by HR professionals and recruiters. That’s not to say you no longer require a professional resume. Job search tools have been evolving in response to an increasingly competitive job market and wide spread use of the Internet. Those in career transition are expected to provide further evidence of their […]

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Words are a vital component in a job search

November 22, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

What words are you using to sell yourself? If you are in career transition or consulting experts within the career industry, you have likely been asked, “what words describe you?” The consistent use of significant words and a catchy, enticing tagline will help in establishing your brand and increase your visibility to stand out from the competition. As with […]

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Recruiters Don’t Ask Job Seekers to Pay

November 16, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

There is one piece of information you need to remember in your job search; recruiters don’t ask job seekers to pay a fee. Their client is the  company that is in need of filling a position and the recruiter is compensated for seeking out a suitable candidate. Legitimate “recruiting organizations” will NEVER ask a job seeker for money and […]

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Job Seekers Over 50

November 12, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

As our “over 50” labour force continues to increase in North America more and more resources are becoming available for job seekers. HR50, is “a new and unique, specialized Canadian employment, career and human resource centre for the 50plus age worker and employers who recruit and retain them.” click on image Here are just a […]

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