Searching for a Job or Career Bliss? I’ve got your roadmap.

You know CyberCoders has a strong team of senior recruiters, tons of great talent and an excellent network of affiliates and clients that all work collaboratively in providing people with the best career search resources out there today.

Recently Career Bliss launched in Beta. Its another one of the great network partners dedicated to making your job and career search even better. I love it and recommend it to my network of connection! Its innovative and just really cool. Read more about it at http://ping.fm/0tytL

There is even a free iPhone App for you to download  – http://www.careerbliss.com/iphone

Its still in Beta so I know they would love your feedback.

CareerBliss beta launched!

Using the Internet you can research just about anything now, from buying a new car to picking out the best seat on a plane, to finding the best Salsa club in Topeka, Kansas. But how do you find the best company when looking for a new job?

CareerBliss launched in May of 2009 with the goal of filling this gap. We provide job seekers a comprehensive career research tool by giving access to thousands of company reviews and interview tips and millions of salaries and active job postings for companies nationwide. All of our information comes from anonymous reviews by real employees at real companies.

Company Salaries & Benefits (search)

CareerBliss has salary data for millions of companies and job titles nationwide. Curious what a Program Manager at Microsoft in Seattle earns? We have that. How about what Accountants in Debuke, IL earn? We got that too… and everything in between!

What makes CareerBliss unique: Sure there are plenty of sites of that aggregate and report salary data, but their information is generally out-dated and generalized. CareerBliss gives you up to the second salary information for any job across the country, and granulized to exactly what you’re looking for – down to a specific company, for a specific job title, in a specific city. We also only look at recent salary information, so your salary searches remain relevant to what is happening in real life.

Share your anonymous salary review today! If you’re the only person at your company with your position, or work for a very small company, we will automatically anonymize your salary review!

Company Reviews (search)

See the thoughts of real employees that work at the company you are researching. Company reviews can be filtered down to cities and job titles, so you can see specifically see what someone in your field and geography thought of the job.

What makes CareerBliss unique: Speed and volume! CareerBliss collects more reviews per day than any other source available. This in turn provides you with a more complete picture of how the inner workings on a company runs, from real employees.

Share your anonymous company review today! The whole process is very quick and we are sure to maintain your anonymity.

Jobs (search)

Our proprietary job aggregation technology finds millions jobs for companies from all reaches of the Internet and ties them neatly into the company profiles to assist in your career research.

What makes CareerBliss unique: Freshness! We check every job each day to make sure the job is still active, wherever we find it.

Search for your job today!

Questions?

Email us at info@CareerBliss.com

Vahid Behzadi
Executive Recruiter

I have a job interview – Now what do I do?

One of my favorite sites is Lifehacker.com. Azadeh Ensha recently they published an article on Lifehacker about how to tackle a job interview. I read and liked it. Kind of reminded me of a scene from the movie Reservoir Dogs.

Tim Roth’s character is trying to infiltrate the organization and go undercover. To do so he basically as to  deliver a “Why Hire Me” speech.  I do not however suggest that you fake something in order to get a job. But if you are a good fit then you should already have plenty of ammo on why you would be a good fit in the organization you are interviewing with. Don’t be too salesy though – Tell me, don’t sell me.

So you’ve finally landed that job interview. Now it’s time to seal the deal with a killer interview. How? For one, try mastering your “Why hire me” story.

We’ve previously highlighted the importance of crafting a successful elevator pitch, but if you’re looking to sell yourself in a sit-down interview—which will presumably run longer than the standard 30-60 second elevator pitch—the Wall Street Journal says it’s important to perfect your “Why hire me” story.

The key is to create a story that comes across as natural, not canned, and that you can tailor to any job interview in question. A good “Why hire me” story should avoid making too many assumptions about the job itself. This necessitates asking pointed questions both before, during, and after the interview process. The article also notes that a compelling “about me” interview will make sure to leave out irrelevant details, no matter how impressive they may appear to the employer.

Vahid Behzadi
Executive Recruiter

COER – Paying it Forward: Candidate Showcase – Dwight Germer, AIA

I’ve hear so many bad things about recruiters in the past. People get frustrated with a lack of responsiveness, limited communication, and sometimes I hear frustrated candidates telling me that they feel like the recruiters they work with just go MIA.

I want to try to change the perception and I know its an uphill battle, but I will do what I think is the right thing. I’ve decided to start blogging on selected candidates who are talented but for some reason or another just much luck these days with finding a good match for their skills.

To emphasis I recruit for technology, software, executive, Architecture, sales, business development, operations, finance, accounting, start ups, and more nationwide. So I will be highlighting different candidates nationwide with all flavors of background.

My hope here is that you are reading this and if you feel like the candidate maybe a good fit for you, your team or someone in your network you can let me know and we can pay it forward.

We have to support each other. To quote Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, “Never underestimate the power of an introduction.”

Vahid Behzadi
Executive Recruiter

Candidate Showcase – Dwight Germer, AIA

VB: Tell us about yourself:

DG: I have a background of varied experience while being in architecture for over thirty-three years. When I started I was still in school learning architectural design and drawing after taking two years of mechanical engineering. The first place I worked while still going to school was a residential builder in Connecticut performing drafting and design for custom homes. Once out of school I was hired by an interior architectural firm in which we designed science laboratories, auditoriums, classrooms, and food service facilities with a heavy emphasis on educational projects (K through 12 and higher education). I have a broad range of experience throughout from architectural design, food service consultant, specification writer, and over the last eighteen years, construction administrator. The past five years I have been involved in running the construction services of large healthcare projects in Fort Worth, Texas including a full service medical / surgical hospital (107 beds and 12 operating rooms) and just recently assisting on the completion of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium.

VB: What types of roles are you interested in finding?

DG: I would like to continue in the role of working for an architectural firm as their construction administrator. Included in this role would be the ability for me to continue with quality control of the contract documents before they are released for bidding and construction and carry it through the construction process.

VB: What are skills do you consider your strong points?

DG: My strongest point is the vast wealth of experience I have developed while performing construction services through the past eighteen years. I have been able to work closely with the owner and contractor to resolve any issues that come up during a project and have been able to avoid costly overruns by this.

VB: Where are you located?

DG: I am now located in the Dallas / Forth Worth metroplex region in Grand Prairie, Texas. I am willing to relocate temporarily depending on the project.

VB: Why would you be a good addition to a team?

DG: I can fill many gaps in a firm as needed when it comes to specification writing, quality control, and / or construction services. I have the experience of managing five CA staff in our Fort Worth office and can bring that to any firm that is looking into expanding into other markets. And I have the patience and time well spent as I mentored young staff while they were growing and learning about the processes of architecture and it ultimately making it to the field where the project is then built.

Dwight Germer, AIA