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Responding to a need for job seekers to have references that can be linked from online applications and resumes, JobNab has provided an employer reference tool free to all users of the JobNab website.

How does referral recruitment contribute to job segregation, and what can organizations do about it? Current theory on network effects in the labor market emphasizes the job-seeker perspective, focusing on the segregated nature of job-seekers' information and contact networks, and leaves little role for organizational influence.

But employee referrals are necessarily initiated from within a firm by referrers. We argue that referrer behavior is the missing link that can help organizations manage the segregating effects of referring.

Online portfolios can be used to differentiate yourself from other candidates, by providing samples of your work product.

I've seen candidates completely turn around interviews just based on their work product - their personal portfolio.

Used by creative and graphics professionals for years, portfolios can provide an advantage to job seekers in most functions today.

Portfolios can bring a number of advantages to the job seeker willing to invest a little extra time into their marketing materials.

Some of these advantages include ...

Linkedin just released a suite of premium tools targeted to help job seekers. Good news - they have some truly helpful features ...

Bad news - They aren't free. For serious job seekers, I think it's worth the small monthly cost, giving candidates better viability and increased job search efficiency.

Linkedin helps job seekers accomplish two basic tasks - Finding target company contacts, and social branding.

Job Seeker Premium makes both of these tasks easier and more effective.

What does Google say about you? Why should a job seeker care?

Candidates should care, because employers care, recruiters care, HR personnel care.

Google can open opportunities for you ... or knock you out of contention.

Not having anything listed about you in the first few Google pages may work against you. Then again, having negative results show up in the first few pages of Google can be damaging to your job search.

Discover if Google is working against you, and learn how to get Google to work for you ...

Jason Alba of JibberJobber.com quoted stats generated by JobBait (a resume mass mailing company) claiming (tongue-in-cheek) that "Networking Doesn't Work".

Of course networking doesn't work if a job seeker under utilizes networking opportunities.

See some examples of what works and networking FAILs ...

Source: http://recareered.blogspot.com

Dear Santa, I've been a good candidate this year...but you would already know that, wouldn't you? Here's what I'd like this year:

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A killer "fishing resume", complete with...

Source: http://reCareered.blogspot.com

To write cover letters, or not? How do hiring managers actually use cover letters? Do they use them at all?

Do they hurt or help the job seeker?

Read Manuscript vs. Machine at: http://reCareered.blogspot.com

Learn how to find and use lists of top job posters, top recruiters, top hiring managers, and get listed as a top job seeker on Twitter.

Twitter just released powerful new capabilities, called Lists - this is a new feature that can really help job seekers.

Twitter Lists help the job seeker determine who to follow, and provides an aggregated feed of job ads...by list.