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  How Much Time Does a Recruiter Spend Looking at a Resume

  In the last few weeks there has been a lot of discussion in the recruiting world about a study that reviewed recruiters' resume scanning behavior. The recruiters in the study self-reported that they spent up to four to five minutes reviewing a resume. However the study found … more

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  Military Spouse Appreciation Day 2012

  In 2009, ClearedJobs.Net launched an effort to publicly recognize military spouses on Military Spouse Appreciation Day, first proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. ClearedJobs.Net’s military spouse appreciation endeavor is an exclusive Twitter-specific initiative u… more

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  A Holistic Approach to Cyber Security

  One of the interesting things I have observed in the development of personal computing, the development of the Internet, and the rise of our technologically connected world, is the change in our language. Particularly the written, now mostly typed, word. The language we use is i… more

• Recruiters Are You Chasing Purple Squirrels

  The job market has gotten complicated lately – and not just for people out hunting for work. For those of us on the other side of the equation things are just as challenging -- try and remember the last time you had an honest-to-goodness “easy to fill” requirement to work o… more

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  Military Service Academies tackle NSA in Cyber Defense Exercise

  It’s cyber throwdown week between the cyber leaders from five U.S. and Canadian military service academies and experts from the National Security Agency (NSA) in the 12th annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX). The event takes place all week and teaches the students how to defend … more