Entries by Chris Hotzak

How to Instantly Capture Leads at Recruiting Events

Last summer, LinkedIn launched CheckIn – a mobile web app that lets you instantly capture leads at events and manage them easily in LinkedIn Recruiter. CheckIn is part of LinkedIn’s push to eliminate paper resumes and sign-in sheets used to keep track of the hundreds of candidates you meet at recruiting events.

5 Resume Tips That Will Land You a Customer Service Job

Are you looking to land a customer service job? Are you looking to have a leg up on your competition to get the job? I assume your answers are ‘yes’ to these questions…right? Right. Customer service jobs are very competitive. In fact, it’s one of the most popular positions people compete for.

Customer service jobs can include face-to-face customer service to phone support. The need for highly proficient

What You Need to Know Before a Job Interview Infographic

Don’t you wish you can get inside the minds of a hiring manager or the person that is interviewing you? Wouldn’t you benefit from knowing what exactly bosses and employers look for when interviewing? This infographic, made by Classes and Careers, outlines some of the things that you wish you’d known before your job interview. They survey over 2000 bosses and came up with some of the most common nonverbal mistakes made at a job interview, first impressions, what they think of the clothes you wear to your interview, the most common interview mistakes, and the 5 questions that are most likely to be asked.

Undergraduate Students and Technology Infographic

Technology use has continued to change through the years. I don’t want to date myself but, Facebook was just starting to become popular when I first attended college. I remember that almost everyone had big desktop computers, now 86% of undergraduates own a laptop. Keeping in touch with peers, faculty, and the institution itself definitely wasn’t as easy as it is today. Smartphones and apps have streamlined the process.