Employers Checking Social Networks

One should always be cautious about what type of personal information he or she makes public on the internet, and now there’s even more reason to tightly guard privacy online.
In a recent post by The Perfect Labor Storm 2.0, 55% of employers check their applicants’ histories on popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, [...]

Job Search Tip: Small Talk

When applying for jobs, people often consider their resume, their cover letter, their experience, and appearance, but frequently overlook a very important detail: their skills as a conversationalist.
Being able to make small talk is key to a successful interview. The fact is, if you’re called in for an interview at all, the employer feels that [...]

Creative Cover Letters: The Right and Wrong Way

When applying for jobs, there are two schools of thought on writing cover letters: the first is to be as straight-forward and generic as possible and let your experience, resume, and (hopefully) interview speak for itself. The second is to use your creativity to “be different” and stand out from everyone who applies the first [...]

How Unemployment Affects the Employed

An interesting new study by workforce management agency Kronos Inc. and Harris Interactive polls, as reported by Business Wire, show that even employees who retained their jobs in companies that experienced layoffs feel negatively impacted. Vanessa Dennis of Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion cites some interesting statistics that shed some light on the situation…
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Update: Job Search Mobile App now v. 1.7!

Our wildly successful Job Search app for Google Android-powered mobile devices has recently been updated to version 1.7. It’s now even faster and easier to find work from anywhere, even on the go! And we’re so proud of the app’s success (and our latest updates) that we’ve even given it a new name: Job Search [...]

1000+ New Job Listings Every Day.

Voolkan has partnered with three major job search websites such as Indeed.com, SimplyHired.com and Beyond.com. That means that aside from our own job listings that are added daily, we will accumulate thousands of other job listings for each particular city and region. That means that selection of jobs will increase dramatically and you will find [...]

Facebook Fan Group is Made

We’ve just created a fan group at Facebook. It seems that social networking is a great tool to spread the word around especially when it comes to a job search. Come and join our Voolkan Fan Group at Facebook and stay on top of the search for a new career.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60467759943
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Exciting New Things in Store at Voolkan!

A lot of great, new features have been added to Voolkan over the past week, and there are still many more to come. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been added:

Job Search Android App v. 1.2 – We’ve updated our cell phone app to fix a few bugs and allow for even better precision [...]

Huge Influx of Listings!

As of just this morning, over 10,000 open job listings have been added to Voolkan job search!
Yes, that’s right: 10,000!
Thousands of new, high-quality job listings are rolling in on a weekly basis now—more than ever before in Voolkan’s history!—and it just goes to show that, despite the down economy, jobs are out there! The competition [...]