MartJobs.com - Current Job Postings

Employment, Job, and Career Opportunities Nationwide.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Cover Letter is Not Synonymous With Share Everything!

Posted:

This week we're exploring strategies and best practices for writing cover letters. So take out your cover letter, dust it off, and let's go. The purpose of your cover letter is not to bore the hiring manager with your entire life story, explain and justify every gap in employment, account for your career path, and so on and so forth. Your cover letter has one purpose—and one purpose only. ...

Intel To Add Jobs In Chengdu Plant

Posted:

CHENGDU, China -- Amid the chip upturn, Intel Corp. is in the process of hiring at its IC-packaging facility in Chengdu, China. Intel, which opened the plant in 2005, initially had some 600 employees at the site. By the end of 2010, the chip giant plans to increase its headcount in the operation from 2,500 employees right now to 3,000, said Robin Martin, vice president of the Technology and ...

Cisco Buys CoreOptics For $99 Million

Posted:

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has announced its intent to acquire privately-held CoreOptics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) for $99 million in cash and other incentives. CoreOptics was founded in 2001 and, although headquartered in San Jose, has its main engineering resources in Nuremburg and Stuttgart, Germany. The company develops and manufactures 10G and 40G modules and ...

Intersil Seeks To Become $1 Billion Player

Posted:

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Seeking to become a $1 billion analog player, Intersil Corp. has raised its second quarter 2010 financial outlook to account for its recent acquisition of Techwell Inc. Revenues are now expected to be in the range of $214-to-$222 million. Previously, revenues were expected to be in the range of $200-to-$208 million. Intersil also provided an update on its long-term ...

Surprising (And Not-So-Surprising) Things That Hurt a Job Search

Posted:

A job search can be a complicated beast, partially because technology and individual industries have evolved to an extent that we don't know how to keep up with their changes. Unfortunately, some of those changes, whether surprising or not-so-surprising, could hurt us along the way if we aren't aware of them. As you conduct your job search, it's good to keep track of everything that could ...
at

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

How to Ensure Your Cover Letter is Read by the Hiring Manager

Posted:

I could complicate this blog article and make it ten times longer than it needs to be. But I know you're busy trying to find a job, so I'll keep it short and sweet. If you want to make sure the hiring manager reads your cover letter, don't attach it to the e-mail—just copy and paste it into the body of the e-mail. This strategy ensures about a 99% guarantee the hiring manager will read it. ...
at

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

It’s Quality, Not Just Quantity That Gets You Hired

Posted:

Over the last few years, I've heard a lot of very intelligent job seekers casually remark that they had sent out hundreds of resumes while looking for a job. These people firmly believed that job searching was entirely a numbers game, so the more resumes they sent out, the more likely they were to be hired. Unfortunately, these job seekers were flawed in their thinking—and were generally not ...
at

Monday, May 24, 2010

Common Executive Job Search Mistakes to Avoid

Posted:

A job search at any professional level has the potential to cause a lot of stress, especially it if seems that it just isn't working out. However, at the executive level, it can be more difficult because so much more effort is required with each application process. Any executive who is searching for work wants to minimize the seeking process and quickly get the job. However, if you're in this ...
at

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Why Formatting Your Resume for Technology is Crucial

Posted:

As you know, conducting a successful job search is an ever-evolving process. In the past, you needed to make sure you rounded up plenty of newspapers, found some good resume paper and had plenty of stamps and envelopes in order to apply for jobs. Then as technology changed, the process of applying for jobs changed too. As a result, much of the process was eliminated (newspapers, stamps, ...

Using a Digital Signature to Spruce Up Your Cover Letters

Posted:

Most job applications are submitted through the Internet today, either through an online application system or by e-mailing cover letters and resumes as attachments. Sending electronic cover letters is very convenient, but it precludes the applicant's ability to sign the letter. Unless you want to print out, sign, scan, and then e-mail every single cover letter you write, it's easier to just ...
at

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Analog CEO: Q2 Was One of Analog Devices' Best Ever

Posted:

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) posted sales growth on a sequential and year-to-year basis for the three months ending May 1, as the company once again handily beat consensus analyst expectations for revenue. ADI reported sales of $668 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, up 11 percent from the previous quarter and 41 percent from the same period of 2009. The company posted a net income ...

Samsung to Invest $21 Billion in Green, Health Businesses

Posted:

The Samsung group of companies has said it plans to invest about 23.3 trillion won (about $20.6 billion) in five emerging businesses over the next decade, according to reports. As it invests in solar cells, LEDs for lighting, rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices, the company expects to create 45,000 jobs, the reports said. The investment should ...

GlobalFoundries Hints at Further Expansion Plans

Posted:

GlobalFoundries Inc. already at the start of building a $5 billion wafer fab in New York state, appears to be getting ready to announce further expansion plans to help it profit from strong demand for foundry manufacturing services. Additional expansion would also help GlobalFoundries compete with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan), which recently announced plans to ...
at

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Resume Tips For Overcoming Recession-Related Challenges

Posted:

Give employers the real scoop, not just your work history. Recessions tend to push hardworking people into two groups. On the one hand is the layoff survivor handling the load of multiple former employees. On the other is the hyperqualified job seeker who nevertheless remains overlooked. Both types of people often need to write a new résumé, and neither can afford to do it the same way they ...

Relevance Outweighs Details – No Need for the Whole Life Story

Posted:

If you asked your parents how to write a resume, they would probably tell you to list every job you'd ever had, and then detail everything you'd done at those jobs. Twenty-five years ago, when people mailed their typed resumes to the person to whom they'd be reporting, that was sound advice. In today's market, wasting space on your resume with irrelevant information is a quick way to land it in ...
at

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Answering the question, “What do you do?”

Posted:

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, just over 4 million Americans lost their jobs in 2009 alone. For those millions of people, a new reality has emerged that may include stress, financial difficulties, and uncertainty about the future. Many sociologists have written about the long-term psychological effects of prolonged unemployment. One problem that's often mentioned is the loss of ...

Career Change - Stay on Track - Part 2

Posted:

Are you having difficulties staying on track and attaining your career goals? Whether you're just starting out, graduating from college or making a midlife career change, if you are focused on the day-to-day rather than your goals, you'll want to read on. There are some great strategies that will help to keep you motivated and on track to a great career change. Here are three techniques that ...

Career Change - Stay on Track

Posted:

If you're planning on changing careers in the near future, having goals and taking action will be critical to your success. The problem is that it's not always easy to stay on track or to keep your momentum steady. Taking action is important just as planning and having the drive to succeed are necessary. In essence, the career changers who take action will see results. You might wonder how ...

Career Change - The Perfect Antidote to Discontent is a Proactive Approach

Posted:

Ever asked yourself what is really important in your career? If you're not content or fulfilled, now might be the perfect time to do just that - take some time for personal-reflection. Read on and you'll get a sense of how to take a proactive approach to career change, which could lead to a career filled with personal satisfaction and fulfillment. Consider the following as you ...

Quantifying Achievements on Your Resume

Posted:

One of the easiest traps to fall into when writing your resume is simply mimicking a job description by listing the responsibilities of your past positions. However, as soon as you write "sales representative" on your resume, any reader will assume that you understand the basics of sales. In a crowded field, the two things that set your resume apart are details and quantification. Take, for ...

How to Supercharge Your Executive Resume

Posted:

It's not always easy to know what to do with your executive resume when you realize that it's not getting you jobs, but you don't exactly know why. Sometimes your resume requires a few minor tweaks and sometimes it needs a complete overhaul. Then there are times that it just needs a boost to make it interesting to more recruiters. If you think your resume falls into the last category, ...
at

Friday, May 14, 2010

Revitalize Your Career

Posted:

The economic crisis has been difficult for everybody. Many people are out of work. People who have kept their jobs are grateful, but they must complete more work with fewer resources, and fewer rewards. It's frustrating, because in a different market, you may have left your present employer by now. With fewer opportunities, you have chosen to stay put. The good news is you have a job. The ...
at

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Exiting Employee

Posted:

In a recent article published by Forbes, "Keeping Ex-Employees Brand Loyal," the author describes some of the dos and don'ts as to what companies can and should do to protect their brand image when employees leave an organization. This article really resonates with me because it speaks to why brand reputation is such a tender, yet volatile, facet of the employment value proposition. That article ...
at

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Public Library: A Job-Seeker’s Best Friend

Posted:

Technology is everywhere these days. It's hard to get any sort of job that doesn't require at least a basic knowledge of e-mail and word processing programs. Any position working with data generally requires using Excel, and many administrative positions require someone familiar with PowerPoint and Publisher. If you've been out of the workforce for a while, or your previous positions didn't ...

Creating a Simple Online Portfolio

Posted:

Potential employers sometimes ask candidates to submit work samples along with their job applications. It's important to have work samples available whenever this situation arises. Creating a simple portfolio for yourself in advance has never been easier. The type of samples you choose to share will largely depend on your industry. However, as a rule of thumb, samples should show the range ...

Give Social Networking Some of Your Busy Executive Time Daily

Posted:

You've probably heard over and over again how important it is to get yourself on the Internet and begin the process of social networking when you're in the middle of conducting an executive job search. Well, even more than keeping a social networking profile alive during this time is doing it all the time. Getting on board with social networking definitely requires a commitment, which is why ...

Are You a Determined or Desperate Job Seeker?

Posted:

When you're anxiously awaiting your next job opportunity, sometimes it's easy to walk the fine line between being a determined job seeker and desperate one. Of course, it's not uncommon to feel desperate when you're ready to get a job, but being desperate is something that should be practiced in the privacy of your home – not where others, namely prospective employers, can catch wind of it. If ...
at

Friday, May 7, 2010

ISuppli Revises 2010 IC Forecast, Sees 31% Growth

Posted:

SAN FRANCISCO—After declining in 2008 and 2009, semiconductor industry revenue is set to grow nearly 31 percent in 2010, reaching a record $300.3 billion, according to a revised forecast issued Thursday (May 6) by market research firm iSuppli Corp. The last time semiconductor industry growth topped 30 percent was 2000, when the dot com craze was driving massive infrastructure build out and the ...

HP To Buy Palm For $1.2B

Posted:

Hewlett Packard Co. Inc. said it reached an agreement to pay $1.2 billion for Palm Inc. to secure a stronger competitive position in the lucrative but increasingly tough smartphone market where Apple Inc. has gained a huge following at the expense of early starters, including HP, Motorola, Nokia, Palm and Sony-Ericsson. The transaction would mark the end of Palm's long fight to remain relevant ...

Magma Launches Education Program For Analog Designers

Posted:

EDA vendor Magma Design Automation Inc. has launched an interactive education program to introduce the latest analog and mixed-signal design capabilities to analog designers. The "Titan Up" program, Magma specified, includes a series on online quizzes and a free trial of the Titan software. The Titan family of analog/mixed-signal design solutions is claimed to deliver analog design ...

Xilinx Again Posts Record Quarterly Sales

Posted:

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Programmable logic vendor Xilinx Inc. posted a net income of $148.5 million on record revenue of $529 million for the quarter ended April 3, beating consensus analyst expectations. It was the second consecutive quarter in which Xilinx recorded record quarterly sales. Sales improved by 3 percent sequentially and by 34 percent year-to-year, Xilinx (San Jose) said. Net income, ...

Top 3 Job Search Strategies To Set Yourself Apart

Posted:

The job market may be improving slightly, but it's still ridiculously tough out there.

I often hear candidate frustration over hiring managers' extremely exacting criteria - criteria that seems impossible for any candidate to fulfill. It's not the employer's fault - there's an over supply of labor, so why not be picky from their point of view?

Today's article describes 3 ...
at

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Staying Organized During Your Job Search

Posted:

One of the most frustrating aspects of searching for a job can be waiting to hear back after you've submitted an application. Some employers' hiring processes take many months, and by the time they call, you may literally have forgotten about having applied for the job. To further complicate the situation, many job boards remove ads from their sites after 30 days or after the application ...

Choosing and Using References in your Job Search

Posted:

An important part of any job search is having references who can attest to your being a good employee. As you begin your job search, take some time to consider which former coworkers will provide you with the most positive references possible. Most potential employers will want to talk to your former supervisors. However, you may know that a former supervisor loves gossiping about others or ...
at

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Articles


Top Five Rules for Digital Marketing Success in an Anytime, Everywhere World

Posted:

Rule #1: Insight Comes Before Inspiration. The most successful digital initiatives typically don't start with the idea for a cool new digital experience. Instead, they start with consumer insights culled from painstaking research into who your customers are, what they're all about, how they interact with consumer technologies, and what they want from the brands they know and trust. Case ...

Afraid To Network?

Posted:

Most people I speak with know the value of networking. All the experts, including myself, say it's the best pathway to your next great job or opportunity. But what happens if you don't like to network? Or more specifically, you are afraid of it? You are not the only person who doesn't like to walk into a room of strangers and bare their soul. There are many people like you who are ...

Creating Resume Appeal with Proper Resume Margins

Posted:

Recently, we've been discussing resume aesthetics. What looks pleasing, what doesn't, what makes a great first impression, and well … what doesn't. In the last article, I talked about bullets and paragraphs. In this brief article, I'm going to elaborate on margins. I am sure there could be debates on many sides as to what margin sizes to use and why. But as a former hiring manager for ...

Five Quick Tips For Writing Your Resume

Posted:

1. Identify a clear job goal.

Don't use a generic resume to apply at multiple companies. Every resume should be relevant to what each individual employer is looking for in a new employee. When you send out something generic, it shows apathy and lack of motivation. This is not the impression to give if you want to be considered as a serious candidate.

2. ...

What to Do When Asked About Your Previous Salary

Posted:

Score! You've landed an interview for the job of your dreams. You meet with the boss, and all goes favorably until you are asked the dreaded question, "Tell me about your salary history." Or maybe you're reading about an opportunity that you'd love to pursue, but the ad states that resumes without salary histories will not be considered.

Naming a low salary can cause a potential ...

Cover Yourself: How to Write a Cover Letter Worth Reading

Posted:

When applying for employment, a resume is the tool that you use to sell yourself. A cover letter is the first contact that you have with your potential employer, and can be used to sell your resume.

Writing a cover letter gives you the opportunity to tell the person who can hire you more about yourself than your resume can. It is important to address the letter to the correct person ...

Are You Annoying Potential Employers?

Posted:

Competition for jobs is fierce, so don't make these critical mistakes when applying for a job.

1. Don't send in a generic resume or cover letter. You might as well just not send anything at all. Hiring managers are busy — not stupid — and they can spot a copy and paste template from a mile away. And unless your goal is to see how fast your resume can land in ...

Showcasing Volunteer Experience on Your Resume

Posted:

At a recent training summit for a large nonprofit organization, I heard several directors lamenting the lack of respect their significant volunteer positions received in the working world. I was flabbergasted to realize that these women did not feel valued for their contributions to others, which included managing hundreds of thousands of dollars and writing lengthy manuals on subjects from ...

How to Write a Great Nursing or Medical Assistant Resume

Posted:

Writing a resume for a Nursing career or any kind of Medical Assistant position comes with its own unique set of challenges. Jobs in healthcare will require you to have a certain background, but they will also require you to be a certain kind of person. Not only must your resume accurately convey your professional potential, it must also reflect your ability to empathize with patients, ...

How to Improve Your Resume’s Credibility and Gain Relevant Experience

Posted:

A common problem for many job seekers is that they possess inadequate experience for the jobs they are targeting. In today's market, with so many educated workers seeking employment or currently underemployed, job seekers can no longer rely on impressive degrees to land their dream jobs. In order to be competitive, relevant experience is critical. Many job seekers ask, "How can I gain ...
at
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)