I have spent the last 12 years with a major Human Capital Consulting firm delivering and managing recruiting and hiring processes for various clients in a number of different industries. My goal in this blog is to help people in this recession’s resulting job market with a 25 year record unemployment rate. Whether or not you’re actively looking for a job, it never ceases to be important to be able to package and promote your professional self. I’ll be posting articles on resumes, personal branding, networking, job search and interviewing. Blogging is completely new for me. I hope you find the information useful and maybe a little entertaining. The views expressed here are my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/BlogId/7/Default.aspx en-US armstrong82501@hotmail.com info@thinkrecovery.org Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:59:43 GMT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:59:43 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.0.35082 <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/143222412/SA_Twitter_bigger.jpg" alt="" /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you’re relying solely on newspaper classifieds and job boards, you’re missing the boat on how social media can offer an abundance of free resources that can open the door to a wealth of insider information and give you direct access to people you never would have had access to before.  I’m talking about networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Blogs...</span></p><a href=http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/6/Networking-101-A-Social-Media-Approach-to-the-Job-Search.aspx>More...</a> http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/6/Networking-101-A-Social-Media-Approach-to-the-Job-Search.aspx armstrong82501@hotmail.com http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/6/Networking-101-A-Social-Media-Approach-to-the-Job-Search.aspx#Comments http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/6/Networking-101-A-Social-Media-Approach-to-the-Job-Search.aspx Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:12:00 GMT 2 http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=6 <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/143222412/SA_Twitter_bigger.jpg" alt="" /><img alt="" src="http://mail2.someecards.com/filestorage/gra_14.jpg" /></p><a href=http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/4/Nice-Resume-But-I-Didnt-Need-to-See-THAT.aspx>More...</a> http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/4/Nice-Resume-But-I-Didnt-Need-to-See-THAT.aspx armstrong82501@hotmail.com http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/4/Nice-Resume-But-I-Didnt-Need-to-See-THAT.aspx#Comments http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/4/Nice-Resume-But-I-Didnt-Need-to-See-THAT.aspx Wed, 06 May 2009 20:43:00 GMT 1 http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=4 <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/143222412/SA_Twitter_bigger.jpg" alt="" />The entertainment industry and marketing giants have mastered the art of making even the flimsiest pointless toys make my kids scream, “I WANT THAT!” When you are conducting a job search, and even more critical now when unemployment is at a 25 year high, your commercial has to make recruiters and hiring manages also say, “I WANT THAT!”</p><a href=http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/3/Personal-Branding-TV-Junkie-Style.aspx>More...</a> http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/3/Personal-Branding-TV-Junkie-Style.aspx armstrong82501@hotmail.com http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/3/Personal-Branding-TV-Junkie-Style.aspx#Comments http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/EntryId/3/Personal-Branding-TV-Junkie-Style.aspx Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:45:00 GMT 3 http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=3