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• How to address failure in a job interview

  By Meridith Levinson | 29 June, 2011 06:55

  For CIOs who experience some kind of enterprise IT failure in the course of their careers-whether a high-profile security breach, massive network outage, or multi-million dollar ERP boondoggle-the incident can feel like a career killer. But unless a CIO repeatedly makes the same mistake, or the failure stemmed from some illegal or "just plain stupid" action, it won't end a CIO's career, says Mark Polansky, senior client partner and managing director of Korn/Ferry International's Information Officers practice.

• How to network: 5 tips for maximizing your meetings

  By Meridith Levinson | 07 April, 2011 04:21

  When you're involved in a job search, meetings over lunch or coffee with contacts in your network-and with your contacts' contacts-can help you uncover job opportunities or lead you to people who work at desirable organizations. Depending on how you approach these meetings, your networking will be either tremendously productive or a painful waste of everyone's time.

• Candle launches into mobile job search

  By Rodney Gedda | 08 March, 2011 09:37

  IT recruitment company Candle has launched a mobile-friendly version of its job search website Candle.com.au.

• How to build a network in 12 days (before Christmas)

  By Debra Feldman | 03 December, 2010 04:51

  The holiday season is an ideal time for re-connecting, making new contacts and strengthening relationships. Networking is, in fact, the best job search method: It generates more than 80 per cent of new hires.

• CIO résumés: Compare yours to the cream of the crop

  By Meridith Levinson | 05 November, 2010 05:44

  If you've recently begun to update your résumé, you've probably encountered conflicting opinions on how to write a résumé for a CIO position so as to attract an executive recruiter's attention. For example, you may have heard or read that your résumé needs to tell a story about your work experience, and thus needs to include specific details about your professional accomplishments. Yet you've probably also read that a résumé, by nature, should be brief, and that the goal of your résumé is to give the executive recruiter just enough information to make him want to call you to find out more. Such contradictory advice can curse even the most effective communicators with writer's block when they have to re-write their résumés.

• How to network: 7 ways to give, not just receive

  By Meridith Levinson | 27 October, 2010 06:15

  One of the reasons you may not like to network is because, in asking others for help with a job search, you feel you're imposing on your contacts (and their contacts). But viewing networking as an imposition demonstrates several common misconceptions about the practice: that only one person benefits from the exchange; that job seekers have nothing to give to the people with whom they're networking; and that the people being contacted don't want to meet or see the job seeker.

• Four new ways to customize your LinkedIn profile

  By Kristin Burnham | 21 October, 2010 04:34

  With more than 80 million registered users worldwide, making your profile stand out among LinkedIn's crowd can be difficult. That's why the professional social network has rolled out a number of features to help you get noticed: LinkedIn Apps give hiring managers a better peek into your work life; reordering your profile sections gives you more control over what you deem is important; and Company Follow gives you an inside look at companies' business opportunities and job leads.

• HR Pros: Networking, Social Networking Best Job Search Tools

  By Meridith Levinson | 18 August, 2009 06:27

  Forget job fairs and spamming potential employers with your resume. If you're looking for a new job, networking should be your primary job search strategy, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

• Twitter's ecosystem builds with job search app

  By Rodney Gedda | 14 April, 2009 09:27

  The social media phenomenon that is Twitter continues to attract third-party developers with the London-based WorkDigital developing TwitterJobSearch, a job search engine for the microblogging service now available online (in beta, of course).