http://www.biospace.comBioSpace RSS GeneratorWed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:38 GMT20http://rss.biospace.com/images/BSPLogo.gifhttp://www.BioSpace.com/news.aspx?SectionId=1Copyright (C) 2011http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=227222&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Blink Relationships">By Peter Weddle for BioSpace<br><br>Someone once said that recruiting is a contact sport. The statement implies that success is simply a matter of connecting with the right people. If recruiting were that easy, however, wed all be...Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=226002&full=1By Peter Weddle<br /><br />You are destined to be nothing special, so you might as well accept it. That was the message from a prominent career counselor writing in a major news magazine this week. As he blithely put it, Failures may help you realize you are average; not everyone can be a star. And then, just to smack you down a little further, he adds the following obtusely patronizing observation...Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=225256&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" />By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>It was partly my own fault. I realize that now. I naively accepted an invitation on LinkedIn to connect with someone I didnt know. I did confirm that this person was in the employment field, and since Im terrible at remembering names, I...Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.fastcompany.com/1752902/the-secret-to-making-employees-energized-not-exhausted-by-difficult-workIf there were something you could add to your car's engine, so that after driving it a hundred miles, you'd end up with more gas in the tank than you started with, wouldn't you use it?<br><br>Even if nothing like that exists for your car just yet, there is something you can give your employees that will have the same effect ... interesting work.Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220872&full=1Every recruiter on the planet knows that were waging a War for Talent. We use the term so frequently, its become a part of our professional jargon. But what is talent? We all probably have at least a subliminal definition of the word, but more often than not, those definitions vary widely even within the same organization. And, when they do, our recruiting results suffer.<p></p>The prevailing...Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220874&full=1An important adjunct to learning how applicants rank themselves and their capabilities is learning how their present and former employers rank them. Seeing applicants as former employers have seen them can help prevent many a hiring blunder, so always ask applicants to bring copies of the performance reviews they've received. If applicants don't have copies, they can still tell you how they were rated...Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220877&full=1The first rule of achievement-based interviewing and evidence-based selection is this: Never stop asking for more information. Even when you offer applicants the opportunity to trade places with you and ask for the information they want, you can do it in a way that gets you even more hiring intelligence.<p></p>In <a href"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/rhw/newsletter/lights-camera-action.htm...Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220870&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213840"><font size"1"><b>WEDDLEs 2011 Survey of Recruiting Trends</b></a></font><br>By Peter Weddle for BioSpace<br><br>Every year since 1999, WEDDLEs has conducted a survey of the behaviors and beliefs of...Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220875&full=1Profit covers many sins. That means that many of us may have become a little complacent and tend to procrastinate when it comes to problem employees... Maybe we didnt quite run our business following absolute best practice. Maybe some of us overlooked less than the best performance expected from our employees. Maybe we were a little too compassionate regarding employee effectiveness and as a result...Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213843&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213843"><font size"1"><b>The Recruiter Who Kicked the Hornets Nest</b></a></font><br>By Peter Weddle for BioSpace<br><br>The third novel in Stieg Larssons global blockbuster of a trilogy, <i>The Girl Who...Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213840&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213840"><font size"1"><b>Recruiting Non-Generational Talent</b></a></font><br>By Peter Weddle for BioSpace<br><br>This column is the second in a two-column series which explores a contrarian idea: Rather than...Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207807&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Recruitment Blogging That Works</b></font><br>By Peter Weddle for BioSpace<br><br>To paraphrase Saul Bellow, <i>Its not enough to blog. You have to have something worthwhile to say.</i> That, of course, is the central challenge...Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207806&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Recruitment in 2011 - Starting Right </b></font><br>By Peter Weddle for BioSpace<br><br>It's human nature. The new year has arrived, the economy appears to be strengthening, so action seems both right and fitting. Besides...Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=202812&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>The Silver and Gold of Recruiting Technology</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>Attend any recruiting conference these days, and youll find the sessions on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook jammed and the sessions on anything...Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=202815&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Ranger Recruiting II: Coordination</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>This column is the latest in an ongoing series called Ranger Recruiting. Rangers are the elite of America's fighting forces. Their motto says it...Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=187103&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Ditching Active & Passive</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>Let's ditch the adjectives active and passive. They've become long in the tooth and less then helpful in describing and differentiating candidates. I know...Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=183698&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Branding From the Inside Out</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>There have been lots of good ideas offered about how to hone an employment brand for those on the outside of an organization. But, what about its inward...Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=180859&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Restraint of Vision: "Deals Closed with New Employees"</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>Vision without sufficient resources is nothing more than hallucination. As the economy strengthens, recruiting teams are tuning...Wed, 19 May 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=180857&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Goldieyes and the Golden Egg: "Not One Answer to Finding Great Talent"</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>There once was a recruiter named Goldieyes. 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GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=142425&full=1 <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type"text/javascript">var addthis_pub"bdwyer";</script><a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"><img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border...Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=141170&full=1 <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type"text/javascript">var addthis_pub"bdwyer";</script><a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"><img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border...Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=136165&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>We Don't Do Careers</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>We Americans have any number of attributes that uniquely define our culture. That's true in society at large and in the workplace. Normally, these characteristics...Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=132238&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Defibrillator Jobs -- Part III</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br><i>Editor's Note: Peter's last two columns introduced "defibrillator jobs" and described how to find them. See <a href"http://www.biospace.com/news...Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=130810&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>The Upside of Down</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>Deep economic downturns often change human and organizational behaviors forever. A generation of Americans kept their extra money secreted under their mattresses...Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=130149&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Defibrillator Jobs -- Part II</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>You can waste a lot of time looking for your dream job in todays rigor mortis job market. You can be just as frustrated if you settle for a stop gap job...Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=127912&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>Defibrillator Jobs -- Part I</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>This is the worst job market since the Great Depression. Each new day seems to bring another corporate bankruptcy announcement or another round of layoffs...Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=126898&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /><font size"1"><b>A Career Do-Over</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>One of John Lennon's most famous songs is entitled <i>Just Like Starting Over</i>. Its a love poem, but I think it holds a powerful lesson for many of us in the world...Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=125125&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Warren Buffet describes the impact of the current financial turmoil in banks and other financial institutions this way: You only learn whos been swimming naked when the tide goes out. Its a wonderfully instructive image. A high tide covers a lot of missteps and oversights, while a low tide makes them visible for all to see. Witness the emperors on Wall Street who are now running...Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=123544&full=1By Peter Weddle -- We humans are not all that different from animal species. We think we are, Descartes assured us we were, but recent research suggests that we're not. It's been discovered, for example, that chimpanzees use sticks to hunt for food, bees communicate with one another through complex dances, and birds act as "social tutors" for their young. Smart as we are, our furry, feathered and...Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=122828&full=1By Peter Weddle -- I've been unemployed in my career. Twice. So what I'm about to say is based as much on personal experience as it is on a lifetime of studying the best practices in career self-management. There's a single, profound truth in hunting for a job: youre only kidding yourself if you think it will be quick and easy. It won't.</p><p>Whether the economy is in recession or firing...Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=119876&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /> <font size"1"><b>The 18 Minute Expert Examination</b></font><br>By <b>Peter Weddle</b><br><br>The Information Age has done much to expand access to knowledge. Sadly, it has also undermined the value of information. We've become a nation of indiscriminate...Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=117907&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" hspace"5" vspace"3" border"1" name"Weddle's Wisdom" alt"Weddle's Wisdom" align"left" /><b>Weddle's Wisdom</b><br><b><i>Recruiting Generation A</i></b><br>By Peter Weddle<br><br>Theres been lots (and lots) written and spoken about the generations that make up the contemporary American workforce. Every recruiter...Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=117284&full=1<img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" hspace"5" vspace"3" border"1" name"Weddle's Wisdom" alt"Weddle's Wisdom" align"left" /><b>Weddle's Wisdom</b><br><b><i>Crowdworking: Let the Tail Wag the Dog</i></b><br>By Peter Weddle<br><br>The potency of using a "long tail" strategy in selling to consumers was first popularized in an October, 2004 article in...Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=113646&full=1Look around at the increasing rate of unemployment, and it may seem like an odd time to be talking about "privileged workers." The conventional wisdom, of course, is that, other than overpaid CEOs, there are few people today who would qualify for such a title. And, I would respectfully suggest that exactly the opposite is true. At this very moment, U.S. employers are starved for certain kinds of...Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMTThe past couple of weeks have been hideous for investors. Forget about the risk takers on Wall Street--they deserve what theyre getting--I'm talking about the working men and women who have watched their 401(k) and mutual fund investments shrink before their very eyes. For many of us, the financial foundation for an invigorating retirement or even for a stable career that draws on an enduring passion...Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=111642&full=1By Peter Weddle -- If youve done everything you should, and nothing has happened. If youve conducted research on employers in your area, written an up-to-date resume, networked with colleagues and friends, and replied to the openings for which youre qualified, and still all you hear is silence, then its time to reinforce your job search. Sure, its frustrating and dispiriting, but the situation...Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=111492&full=1I received an email the other day from a recruiter with an interesting question. Lets call her Carrie. Or, better yet, Carrie the Careful Consumer. She wrote me to ask about a job board she was considering for some of her employers staffing requirements. She had noticed that the site displayed the logo of the International Association of Employment Web Sites (IAEWS), which is the trade association...Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=110930&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Over half of all U.S. workers now say they are either looking for a new job or intend to do so in the next year. They will also undoubtedly make the Internet a central component of their search. But, once they get online, what exactly will they do? There is certainly a wide array of job search tools available on the Web. They include: </p><p><li>archiving a resume in an online...Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.jobs4hr.com/seekers/articles/article.cfm?ID=1By Peter Weddle -- You can stop licking those stamps. According to a 2003 survey by Office Team, a California-based staffing firm, almost half of all U.S. employers now prefer to receive applicant resumes via the Internet. That's up from 4% just three years ago. While forcing you to submit your resume a certain way is not the smartest move for employers hoping to attract high caliber employees, the...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=110105&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Habits can be good for you. As Stephen Covey pointed out in his landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the right behavior patterns can propel you to great success. Unfortunately, however, there's also a dark side to habits. Habits can be good, and they can be bad. And, the wrong behavior patterns can constrain your opportunities and, ultimately, derail your advancement...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=109751&full=1By Peter Weddle -- A recent research paper from the analysts at Wachovia Capital Markets had this to say about job boards: Our checks indicate marketing budgets continue shifting from online postings and resume database, to emerging strategies like keyword search and social networking, at an accelerating rate. ROI is the key driver, as employers seek the better measurability of CPC/CPA [cost per...Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=109749&full=1By Peter Weddle -- No gathering of recruiters is ever complete without tales from the crypt-like cubicles of hiring mangers. These men and women are our colleagues, to be sure, but sometimes ... well, sometimes they think and act as if they come from another planet. Not Mars or Venus mind you, but someplace so remote that there is no way we mere mortals can recognize or understand what motivates them...Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=109752&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Quality hires. Its the siren song of our profession. Even as organizations discontinue large scale hiring in the current economic environment, they remain in the hunt for top tier talent. And we all know why: both anecdotal and empirical data confirm that A level performers not only contribute more themselves, but they raise the value of their coworkers contribution, as well...Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=109753&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Marketers call it brand equity. Although entire books have been written about it, the idea is simple enough. People establish an image of a product or service in their mind, and that image, once set, will cause them to remember the product or service rather than its competitors. Thats why companies spend so much time and money endlessly repeating an advertising slogan. They...Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=109748&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Remember last year? Or even better, the year before? You would come back from a relatively slow summer, and bam!, the flood gates would open. The Labor Day holiday marked the end of summer and the beginning of a frenetic, sometimes even frantic period of hiring. The fall has traditionally been the first or second most active period of recruiting for large as well as small employers...Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=109346&full=1For many years now, Labor Day has served two purposes. It has been a day of parades and other events to celebrate trade and labor organizations and the working men and women who are their members. And, it has traditionally been a day of barbeques and picnics to mark the end of summer and the beginning of the school year, the football season and the run up to the World Series. All in all, Labor Day...Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=108030&full=1The most successful people in the world of work understand the importance of professional development. They know that the heart of a healthy career is ones expertise in their profession, craft or trade. More than simply being competent, they want to be experts in the knowledge that defines their field and masters of its application on the job. While that level of capability will likely set them...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=106879&full=1The Olympic Games will begin shortly and, no doubt, treat us to a showcase of some of humankinds best moments. Despite its imperfections, this quadrennial event confirms just how special people can be when they are dedicated to a goal, work hard at its accomplishment and have faith in themselves. For most of us, however, the athletes who compete in the Olympics seem a very different breed. They...Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=105158&full=1In tough economic times, it may seem out of place to talk about pursuing one's dreams. For many of us, such an endeavor is far too lofty and maybe even dangerously naive when just finding a job is the order of the day. Having been out of work myself from time-to-time, I am very respectful of this view. I've also learned, however, that it is absolutely wrong. The time to get it right--the time to...Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=103572&full=1According to countless surveys, restaurant patrons do not tip more when they receive better service. They do, however, leave behind a significantly larger tip when their waiter or waitress takes the time and makes the effort to engage them on a personal level. In other words, the mechanics of human interaction--taking a meal order accurately, delivering it promptly--are normally taken for granted...Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=102246&full=1I receive a fair number of email communications from men and women in transition. I'm not able to answer them, unfortunately--the volume is just too great--but I do read and think about them. And of late, I've noticed a trend. Many of these messages are variations on this theme: <i>"I've done everything I'm supposed to do online, and I still don't have a job. I've searched the postings and archived...Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=100783&full=1Andrew Zolli is a futurist who spends a lot of time helping companies prepare for the challenges of the 21st century. Recently, he posited four biases that he believes are essential to understanding human behavior. Of course, in todays world, the word bias has a negative connotation, but the dictionary defines it as a neutral term. It is simply an inclination of temperament. In other words...Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=99133&full=1As virtually every person on planet Earth knows, the latest Indiana Jones movie had its much anticipated coming out party this past weekend. By all accounts, it came close to setting a box office record for ticket sales despite competing with the first getaway holiday of the summer. For those who havent seen it, the movie reprises the exaggerated challenges and heroics of earlier Jones movies with...Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=96523&full=1Using the Web to build up a huge address book of contacts is all the rage these days as a growing number of people worry about their employment security or actually find themselves out on the pavement looking for work. And why not, its quick, easy to do and very technically correct. In fact, many people now consider it the 21st Century equivalent of networking. Make a contact online, pop them in...Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=94564&full=1Every school kid in America learns about the Bill of Rights. It is both a part of our heritage and a synopsis of our values, of what is enduring about this nation called the United States of America. It's an important lesson, to be sure, but only half of what they need to know. To be successful as adults--to survive and prosper in the workplace--they should also be taught the Bill of Wrongs....Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=93762&full=1Career self-management is the first job all of us must take in the 21st Century workplace. No one--not your employer, your mentor, your parents or your friends--can give you a career that is meaningful and satisfying. You must create that outcome for yourself. But how does that happen? How do you increase the satisfaction as well as the paycheck that you bring home from work each day?I've written...Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=91434&full=1Each year, WEDDLEs analyzes the data supplied by visitors to its Web-site who answer a questionnaire that explores both their online and real world experience in finding a new or better job. We ask them to tell us where they found their last job and expect to find their next one in order to pinpoint which methods of job search work best in todays economic climate and are likely work best in tomorrow...Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=88355&full=1There's a theory making the rounds among scholars these days that happiness is a U-shaped experience. It peaks in our youth and old age and virtually disappears during the middle years. One study, which analyzed data on 2 million people in 80 countries, found that this long trough of unhappiness occurs in both men and women, single and married people, the rich and poor and those raising children...Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=80073&full=1The essence of a healthy career is work that fulfills and rewards you. Such work is possible, however, only if and when you are employed at what you most like to do and do best. It must involve the development and expression of the inherent capability - the special skill - which all of us possess. I call it your Natural because it is an intrinsic part of your persona and the key to being the best...Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78825&full=1If you've been employed for more than fifteen minutes over the past five years, you know that the workplace is a stressful environment. Corporate America's addiction to "doing more with less" and downsizing has added more tasks and higher expectations to everyone's day with very little additional pay. That reality was also confirmed by a report a year ago from the academic community. It found that...Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76299&full=1A recent poll in <i>USA Today</i> asked whether unplanned absences have a negative impact on long-term career development and compensation. Almost six-in-ten (58%) of the respondents said No, while 41% said Yes, and 1% didnt have an opinion. Its hard to know what these results mean, however, as the survey question, itself, was miscast. The issue for most of us isnt an unplanned absencewhen...Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75715&full=1Its happened to many of us. You work hard at finding a new or better job. You send out dozens, maybe even hundreds of resumes, and finally, you get a response. The interview goes well for what seems like a perfect match: you really like the employer, and its recruiter says they really like you. Youll be getting an offer shortly, they promise, and so you wait.</p><p>But while you do, another...Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=72789&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Given all of the media brouhaha about social networking lately, it would be easy to feel out of step or worse if you werent actively trolling the profiles on MySpace and Friendster for your next candidate. And yet, a recent survey by Yahoo! suggests that social networking has its benefits, to be sure, but one of them is not recruitment.</p><p>The Yahoo! poll was conducted in...Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=72787&full=1By Peter Weddle -- According to a new survey by Yahoo!, people are now changing jobs every 2-5 years. In other words, if you arent in an active job search right now, you likely will be in the not too distant future. This environment of continuous movement presents all of us with a choice: we can either decide to be in charge of these changes or let ourselves become their victim. How can you gain...Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=71082&full=1Perhaps you saw the tape of the incident as it was endlessly replayed on news and sports shows a year or so ago. It showed a young man sitting dazed on top of a net over the home plate crowd at Yankee Stadium after he had jumped off the upper deck during a ball game. It seems he wanted to impress his friends and maybe land on an ESPN highlight reel. What he got instead was a court date and a new...Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=69504&full=1How are people finding jobs? Its an important question, of course, because answering it correctly enables you to invest your time most effectively when youre looking for a job and to make sure youre in charge of the employment changes in your career rather than their victim. Traditionally, we get the answer to this question from what are called "source of hire" surveys. They poll employers to...Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=67560&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Most of us spend the majority of our waking day at work, and the only record we have of that time and effort is a resume. We invest inordinate amounts of energy and emotion in our employment and memorialize that commitment in a document that is often out-of-date and incomplete. We strive to be the best we can be in our profession, craft or trade and keep track of our progress in...Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=65998&full=1By Peter Weddle -- It was hard to miss Lindsay Lohans very public and sad self-destruction last week. More excessive drinking and bizarre behavior, all captured on the evening news for any and everyone to see. What does that have to do with looking for a job? Early reports are that Lindsays actions are likely to put a crimp in her film career and may even end it forever. It costs tens of millions...Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=65111&full=1By Peter Weddle -- Heres a sobering truth for all of you out there who are happily employed: if youre not looking for your next job, youre probably looking at a period of forced unemployment.</p><p>What do I mean? Consider this: the average tenure of a CEO is now less than four years. Why should you care? Because their departure often affects your fortunes as well as theirs. Take 2004, for...Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=62694&full=1By Peter Weddle -- One of the most important aspects of a successful job search is good consumer behavior. You have to shop smart for an employer. Now, I know thats easier said than done, but its worth the effort. Why? Because research shows that the number one reason a person doesnt work out when he or she joins a new organization is not that they cant do the work. Its that they dont fit...Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=61320&full=1By Peter Weddle -- We recently took a look at the responses to date in our ongoing poll of job seekers on the Internet. For those of you who may not know, we at WEDDLEs have been conducting this survey since 1996, asking both active and passive job seekers what they do in an online job search and what they dont, what they like about looking for a job online and what they dont, and most importantly...Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=59157&full=1By Peter Weddle -- We live in an era that sets limits. The conventional wisdom is that we are constrained by our background and upbringing, our access to opportunities, our exposure to biases, our bosses and employers. Our reality, in essence, is defined by our boundaries.</p><p>Recent research into the origins of the universe, however, convincingly demonstrates that exactly the opposite is true...Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT