Job-search help via Sonoma County Library

Among my research projects this week: job-search help through Tutor.com for Sonoma County Library cardholders.

Resume how-to should address online applications

Invariably, listening to a job-search video leased for my use as a student, I find that the producers have left out important details that correspond to job search in real-life. That trend held true in the case of “Resumes: A How-To Guide,” produced by Films on Demand.

Broken system makes job search near-impossible

“Why did I agree to the endless lists of Essential Requirements bullets that make the average job ad a nearly impossible bar to hit, for nearly every job-seeker?” Liz Ryan, CEO and founder, Human Workplace, writes about working to un-do the damage of a broken recruiting system.

Study encourages second look at ‘unconventional’ job candidates

A study by Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University researchers indicates that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking in people who already feel separate from the crowd.

(Arguing at Slate.com that most people don’t actually like creativity despite their insistence otherwise, writer Jessica Olien highlights study findings as a “glimmer of hope in all of this rejection.”)

‘Invisible’ disabilities pose job hunting challenges

People with “invisible” disabilities face a quandary when seeking work: to conceal or reveal the disability, each with potential consequences for finding and keeping employment? For the New York Times, Katherine Bouton provides an excellent, in-depth, report.

‘Secret shopper’ for Autistic Self Advocacy Network

On August 28 and 29, 2013, I visited The Job Council/Worksource Oregon Career Center in Medford, Oregon. The purpose of my visit was to be a field researcher, a “secret shopper,” for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.