I mentioned the new Salesopedia JobsCentral board earlier today. As part of that board’s launch, I had the chance to record a podcast with Clayton Shold from Salesopedia and Jeremy Miller from LEAPJob.com.

We talked about a handful of sales hiring trends, Generations X & Y and our predictions of where we see the market going in the next 5 years. It was a good, lively discussion and worth your time to listen.

Please click here to listen to the entire podcast.

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I came across this quick info from The Career News newsletter (sorry, no link):

Job site CareerBuilder.com recently asked pollsters Harris Interactive to survey hiring managers and find out the wackiest resume items they’ve seen lately. Out of 2,627 responses, here are the top ten resume blunders made by job candidates:

1. Attached a letter from her mother.
2. Used pale blue paper with teddy bears printed around the border.
3. Explained a three-month gap in employment by saying that he was getting over the death of his cat.
4. Specified that his availability to work Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays is limited because the weekends are “drinking time.”
5. Included a picture of herself in a cheerleading uniform.
6. Drew a picture of a car on the outside of the envelope and said the car would be a gift to the hiring manager.
7. Listed hobbies that included sitting on a levee at night watching alligators.
8. Mentioned the fact that her sister had once won a strawberry-eating contest.
9. Stated that he works well in the nude.
10. Explained an arrest record by stating, “We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig.”

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I’m a bit late in posting on this, but Salesopedia has launched a new job board dedicated to sales positions. The niche job board market is one we have been dabbling in for the past year and are finding it to be far more fruitful than the large boards.

I have no doubt that Salesopedia’s JobCentral will be a tremendous tool for sourcing top sales candidates. We have already signed up and have our first ad running on the board.

Check it out when you have a moment.

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Can I just say that automated truncating still requires an editor?  In case you doubt me, check out this title for a sales position:

Sales Administrator/Sales Ass

Honestly, no one at the newspaper caught this?

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