I once applied for a job with a big-time, international consulting firm. I signed off on a background check that included letting them interview everyone back to my kindergarten teacher. I had to get a physical and pee in a cup. They did a credit check. Who knows what they found, because they didn’t hire me. (I have [...]

Looking for a big-time job-search scam? The big ones are not hard to find. Try this one, or this one, or this one. But the best that Time magazine can muster is crooked cleaning services  and the “deposit this check and send us half” rouse? Job-search scams on the rise in the recession. Gimme a break. [...]

Ever post a comment to a discussion here on the blog, and wish you could be notified if someone responds to it so you can participate more fully in the dialogue? Now you can do just that. At the bottom of every posting (right beneath the form where you post comments), there’s now an option to subscribe to [...]

Jumpin’ Jehosophat! First there’s a job opportunity, then there is none. Then there’s a custom-made job… but to get it, this reader has to crawl down in the hole… From this week’s Readers’ Forum in the Ask The Headhunter Newsletter: I came in second — didn’t get the job. But the company interviewed me again [...]

In this week’s Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter tries to deal with a roadblock that hasn’t even materialized. This is a roadblock that should not be tackled until a job offer is extended. I have a potental roadblock in a job search. I have eldercare responsibilities that limit my workday to standard work [...]

Please join me on Midmorning with Kerri Miller, Monday October 5, 10am Central Time, on Minnesota Public Radio. ******** UPDATE: I’m glad to take overflow questions from the show here on the blog. Just post them in the comments section below… I’ll try to get to them all! Here’s the audio from today’s Midmorning segment: [...]