The days of posting your employment ad on the weekend are over. I think the whole weekend approach is a hangover from the Sunday paper days of job hunting. Nowadays, few – few – people look for a job on the weekend. According to The Career News newsletter (sorry, no link): In a trend that has held true for three years, job hunting takes off on Monday, peaks on Tuesday and is still very busy on Wednesday, according to Monster.com. Job hunt traffic on Tuesday is 28 percent higher than on Friday, said Steve Sylven, a spokesman for Monster. EQuest, which manages job boards for companies, used to see Tuesdays… Read More
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Remember when the Sunday paper was the big employment section? It wasn’t that long ago. I don’t remember posting any job ads on a different day – it was simply call in your ad by the Thursday deadline and approve the proof you received via fax (including the cryptic shorthand used to save space/lines). That whole process is probably foreign to Gen Y…and that’s a good thing. Anyway, I was perusing the postings this weekend and found this title: Sales Represenitive The title simply cannot have errors. None. Period. Also on titles, there is no simpler clue to these pyramid deals than to see a long description for a title.… Read More
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