This isn't a pleasant topic and not one that I would normally write about... However, after all of well-deserved outrage from the "unemployed need not apply" sentiment, I think certain people may still need to be reminded of who these people are and why they deserve better.

The gut-wrenching question...

Ik krijg net het overzicht binnen van de Performabeurs. Dé HRM-beurs die 13 en 14 oktober aanstaande gehouden wordt in de Jaarbeurs te Utrecht. Een mooi programma, maar als je er wat dieper induikt valt me toch iets op. De onderwerpen gaan allemaal over de organisatie zelf, naar binnen gericht....

Most Sundays I join in with #blogchat. If you’re in my twitter stream, it goes out at 2.00a.m. and although it’s scheduled for an hour, can go on from anything up to 2 hours more. Despite the time, I feel as if I’ve been to blogging college, and hope it is reflected in my blogs. [...]

Vandaag werd bekend dat de oprichters van het vier jaar geleden verkochte Corinthe Companies een nieuw recruitingbureau beginnen: Whyz Wij spraken erover met mede-oprichter Pieter Riedstra. Wat gaat Whyz anders doen dan al die andere recruiters? ?Wij gaan de methode van headhunting op de recruitmentmarkt toepassen. Dus geen massamodel. Whyz wordt een bureau dat zich [...]

What does this mean for you as a job seeker? Career Success Radio asks these questions amongst others to those involved in the employment and social media space across the globe. In this special 2 year birthday special Career Success Radio looks at where things are currently at in relation to employment in the UK, [...]

On the Compensation Café blog they have a very valid yet provocative post titled ‘Why are Mentors Worthless?’ Having participated in a few mentoring programs – both as a mentee and a mentor – this post by Jim Brennan really got me thinking as I had not even considered this fact before. Through his research [...]

Are you job-seeking right now? Perhaps you should be out marketing and selling yourself ? it is far more empowering! I have recently come to have issues with the term “job seeking”. The reason being is it’s not empowering to be seeking new employment. Seeking implies that you are out there trying – you may [...]