Billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank member Mark Cuban is an Internet veteran. He knows a thing or two about the web and where social media is going. In this chilling video, he paints a dystopian picture of businesses (and governments?) using your social media friends and actions to perform predictive analyses straight out of the […]
“TotalPicture Radio” Host Peter Clayton Interviews #CareerGravity Recently, human capital expert Peter Clayton interviewed #CareerGravity’s co-founders, Jon DiPietro and Brent Skinner, for “TotalPicture Radio.” You may recall us mentioning so in a previous Weekly Roundup. The podcast is now embedded at our website. To listen, click on the link above. Self-Employment Is On the Rise […]
Chart of the Week: Employment Impact of Recent U.S. Olympic Games For this week’s chart, #CareerGravity Co-founder Jon DiPietro explored data on employment spikes associated with the most recent Olympic games to occur in the United States: the 1992 games, which took place in Atlanta, and the 2002 games, which were in Salt Lake City. […]
Web startup poachee insists that 80% of employees are unhappy with their job situation. According to them, “The reasons vary from small salary, an annoying boss, no opportunity for a promotion or many more. But most of them are not doing anything about it. They are employed, receive a monthly salary, have no ‘real’ pressure. On the […]
Each Sunday, #CareerGravity sends our heaviest articles of the week to our newsletter subscribers. Here’s our newsletter for the week of 29-July: Most Common Resume Mistakes (Chart of the Week) Typos top the list. Doh! Your resume should have no mistakes whatsoever, let alone typos. It’s a competitive job market, more so than in the […]
Each Sunday, #CareerGravity sends our heaviest articles of the week to our newsletter subscribers. Here’s our newsletter for the week of 22-July: Radio Interview on Friends of Kevin Early last week, #CareerGravity Co-founders Jon DiPietro and Brent Skinner appeared on “Friends of Kevin Radio,” which airs on WSMN 1590 AM in Nashua, NH. Kevin Willett, […]
When you need to find a job, the biggest limiting factor you face is time. A job search requires research, phone calls, networking, applications, emails, etc… But there are only so many hours in a day for all of those activities. And if you’re still working at the same time you’re trying to find a […]
On 16-July, 2012, Brent Skinner and I participated in a radio interview on the Friends of Kevin radio show on WSMN radio in Nashua, NH. In this 17 minute interview, we talk about the changing job search market, what #CareerGravity looks like and some reasons why people are hesitant to jump into the online fray. […]
The Success Reporter at The Citizen compiled a list of the first 10 things you should do after losing your job. It’s hard to get geared up for a job search after getting kicked in the gut, no doubt. But this article contains some practical advice and we throw in two bonus tips for good […]
Dave Fecak has been involved in technical recruiting since 1998. He has been writing monthly articles about job search strategy, interviews, résumés, salary negotiation, etc for several years. He has also scheduled thousands of software engineering interviews with hundreds of hiring managers at a wide array of companies and organizations. Fecak says, “I have learned […]
