The job market is looking up…so don’t miss out. This weekend we are publishing the largest hotlist of open job opportunities we’ve ever seen at STRe. To get a copy send an email to hotlist@stresolutions.com.
It’s important to evaluate your career goals to determine if you are on the right track. Many careers [...]

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Winners and Losers: Wow, I’m sure it was a great day for Google employees when they heard about their 10% raises and the holiday bonus (and a great day for consumer spending!). And a great day for recruiters, because it confirmed that there still is a war for talent going on. [...]

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We all learned Friday that job growth is not where we want it to be yet…at least not in the private sector. So there are still lots of people interviewing, trying to “get on the right bus”. I saw a blog called “Don’t Wait by the Phone” and it got me thinking, and [...]

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I’ve gotten more questions recently from candidates wondering what the job market is like. Some say they’ve seen an increase in activity, others have been out of work for more than a year and are considering expanding their search to areas outside of Silicon Valley. As usual, there’s not a simple straightforward answer.
Let’s [...]

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I was just reading a blog for candidates entitled “Why finding a recruiter/headhunter should not be your first move”. I wondered what he was saying about my industry, so I read on. You can read the blog by clicking here.
While I agree that calling a recruiter probably shouldn’t be your first move, it [...]

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Everyone is interested in understanding the state of the job market, including me. With unemployment in the double digits, we all want to know when employment will turn around. So I thought I’d check the numbers and see what I could find. Here is some data on the temporary employment market:
• U.S. [...]

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With the release of the 2 American journalists held in North Korea, it’s a day for good news, so let’s continue. In case you missed one of today’s top articles, there is certainly some good news on the job front. Almost half of workers who got laid off in the last 3 months [...]

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I was on vacation last week and was catching up on email last night when I came across an interesting article that is a great follow up to the WSJ article “Only the Employed Need Apply.” Paul Boutin in Wired writes, if you’ve been laid off in Silicon Valley, don’t fret – it just [...]

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Bet you can’t guess what the topic of this article is from the title…..No, I’m not going to write about how you can log on and submit comments to my blog. But talk about creating a story that creates water cooler conversation (i.e. comments in today’s Web 2.0 world), the Wall Street Journal article [...]

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