An interesting issue is starting to brew for job seekers, where does one store their online professional profile? For most people they would say LinkedIn, or for the more technically minded maybe a personal web site along the lines of http://yourname.com.
But with the launch of Facebook’s personalised URLs does this mean Facebook could become your online profile?
At Jobseekr our recommendation is no. Keep a professional and a personal profile. Other than the simple Facebook is more a personal tool there is key reason to not use Facebook.
Googlejuice!
Facebook is a walled …

Building a relationship with a recruiter is essential in your job search. You need to have respect for your recruiter. No matter what you have heard about recruiters or what you think of them, they are providing you a service and they could be your vehicle to a new job. I honestly think this is probably THE most important factor in building the relationship, and something that has been lacking whilst the market has been so buoyant.

As a Corporate Recruiter now, I see a change in people’s …

What an interesting thing to ask. Well firstly, there are a lot of different types of Recruiters, however for this question we will focus on the 2 main types. Agency and inhouse or internal recruiters.
Contingency Agency Recruiters
Who hasn’t had a bad experience with one of these? Well let’s breakdown the myth. Firstly not all of them are failed used car salesmen, who would sell their grandmother for a quick dollar. They are not that bad (most of them). But make no mistake they are sales people. They get judged by …