Career Services Training Career Services professionals who help students and graduates find jobs have been challenged lately.  Finding a job has become more challenging than it has ever been in the last few decades.  In fact, in 2011, a new all-time high had been reached when the Department of Labor reported that the average duration of unemployment had peaked at

With all the articles that exist that suggest best practices for using LinkedIn, I thought it was necessary to discuss the wrong way to use LinkedIn. Given that there are so many job seekers, recent college graduates, and professionals still trying to grasp how to make the most of their LinkedIn experience, many may still not understand what they might

Getting Your Vanity URL on LinkedIn A vanity URL is a domain name that points to something to which it is related and indicated in the name of the URL.  For example, http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertstarks is the URL of my personal LinkedIn profile.  If you have a LinkedIn account and don’t know if you have a vanity URL, you can view your profile and

If you hadn’t noticed, times have changed.  The job search process is completely different and it is changing rapidly.  In an older post, I talked about the micro resume, a trend started in China.  This time, I want to discuss the Infographic Resume and Vizualize.me. What is It? An infographic is simply a graphic visual representation of information.  When you

Don’t You Wish? Everyone loves tips and tricks so I thought I would share one that you likely have not considered.  What kind of Careertipster would I be if I didn’t share a tip or two?  If you’re like most job seekers, you probably have some favorite websites you use to search for jobs, learn from other professionals in your

Finding Professionals on LinkedIn Just Got Easier Has anyone else had trouble finding people on LinkedIn with similar interests?  No, just me?  I must not be the only one because a new startup company called Zerply has an awesome product that has only been on the market for a short time but I’m already geeked out about it!    Zerply