http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt A Third Party Recruiter's effort to help Job Seekers. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:01:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During a telephone or face-to-face interview, the key thing to remember is the company is trying to solve a perceived problem.  The company hopes that you are the solution to their problem and that is why they are interviewing you.  If for any reason, the company perceives that you are not the ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=72 "How is the Plastic Manufacturing Job Market?" remains the primary question I am asked by candidates looking for positions in the Plastics Industry.  In June, 2009, I took a stab at answering this question but since over three months have elapsed since I last answered this question, I thought it ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=69 Our company was asked to provide input on a couple of questions by one of the Editors of a well known plastics magazine because he is going to interviewed at the 2009 NPE Show.  Since, I don't really expect our answers to the questions to be published, I thought I ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=66 As bad as the economy is at the moment, there must be more to life than toys, travel, newer cars, and larger homes.  As Viktor Frankl, who wrote, Man's Search For Meaning, stated a half a century ago, People have enough to live, but nothing to live for, they have the ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=61 I just read an article by the self proclaimed largest Job Search Board, providing ten reasons a job seeker may not be able to find a job.  I totally agree with the first reason, which was, the job seeker may not be networking enough.  The other nine reasons dealt primarily with not ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=58 I am a Third Party Technical Recruiter who likes to feel that I am a friend of any job seeker who asks for my help to find them a new position, or responds to my postings at various job posting sites on the Internet.  However, in this rather difficult economy so many of us ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=43 As a Third Party Recruiter, recruiting for the plastics industry, one of the least pleasant things I have to ask a job seeker is "why did you leave your last employer?".   This question must be asked because, it is one of the first questions the company's hiring manager or human resources ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=37 How is the job market?, or some form of that question is the most common question I am asked when talking to people looking for work in the plastics industry.  The following information form the Federal Government might provide an answer to that question: On April 2, 2009, the Labor Department ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=32 I am a Third Party Recruiter (Headhunter) specializing in finding employees for the Plastics Industry.  In today's buyer (employer) driven market, well written resumes are even more important than ever.  Unfortunately, I continue to see many poorly written resumes.  In order to help job seekers write better resumes, I am relisting a ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=19 I have been a third party recruiting doing staffing for the Plastics Industry for the last 12 years.  I receive about 100 resumes each day and after all this time I am still amazed by how poorly written so many of these resumes are.  I am not talking about the obvious mistakes such ... http://www.discoverypersonnel.com/hunt/?p=28