Feature Article #1

Resume Blunders

I have been writing about how a recruiter finds your online resume and tips you can do to get your resume found and read.  Now, let’s look at the content of your resume.  I look at resumes almost every day for several hours a day and I see the same mistakes made over and over.  [...]

Terri Bishop | June 30th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #2

4. Your Resume Headline

If you would like to read this series of articles from the start, here are the links below:

 
http://www.hireaustin.org/2009/05/1-why-you-should-post-your-resume-online/
http://www.hireaustin.org/2009/06/2-how-a-recruiter-finds-your-online-resume/
http://www.hireaustin.org/2009/06/3-help-your-online-resume-be-found/
 
In my previous articles, I have been discussing the importance of keeping your online resumes current and how a recruiter searches for resumes.   
In this article, I am going to discuss your resume headline.  This is the information that [...]

Terri Bishop | June 25th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #3

3. Help your online resume be found

 
 In the last post (How a recruiter finds your resume online), I discussed the importance of keeping your resume modification date current.  Below are the steps to doing this in Monster. 
When you login to Monster, there should be a tab for My Resumes.  Click that tab and you should see all your resumes that you [...]

Terri Bishop | June 11th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #4

2. How a recruiter finds your online resume

To keep things simple, I am going to refer to anyone that is looking at resumes on a job board as a recruiter.  They could be a sourcing consultant (like me), a hiring manager, a HR person helping to fill jobs,  a staffing recruiter, or other possibilities.
When looking for a candidate on one of the [...]

Terri Bishop | June 11th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #5

1. Why you should post your resume online

Just a quick reminder for those of you that don’t know my background.  I am a perpetual job seeker as I mainly do contract work.  One of the part time contracts I have had for some time, is doing sourcing for a local HR outsourcing firm.  Sourcing is researching and hunting for candidates for job [...]

Terri Bishop | May 27th, 2009 | Continued

About this Site

HISTORY
This site is a rebirth of the Hire Austin group which was formerly known as the Low Tech Happy Hour.
Hire Austin has been about members helping other members in making connections for job opportunities.  We had meetings and shared job leads through an email list. The meetings stopped in 2007, but the email list has [...]