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5 Most Interesting Notes From the 2010 Israeli Recruitment Conference

What you'd most like to know from the 2010 Kenes Gius (כנס גיוס), the 3rd edition of the biggest recruiting conference in Israel. The Kenes Gius is the annual conference about recruitment in Israel put on by HRD, the company of Israeli super-recruiter Morit Rozen, one of my Top 9 Israeli Job Search Experts on Twitter at @moritrozen. I had hoped to attend the conference in 2009, but there was a problem with the timing - and I think that I ended up being sick that day anyway - so I was particularly looking forward to this year's conference, which took place on October 11th. One of the reasons I wanted to attend the conference was to hear about recruiting trends in Israel and other juicy pieces of information that would interest you. Here's what I learned.

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November 25, 2010

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Death and Downtime: Why The Recent Slowdown on JobMob

Only 4 new articles have appeared on JobMob in the past 6 weeks, and none in the past 3. What's going on? My apologies As soon as I understood that there would be a slowdown, I should have posted a notice so you would know what to expect until everything had come back to normal. Better late than never. Feel free to leave a comment below if you feel that I left you waiting, it's deserved. So what happened? Catastrophic hosting problems... now fixed For almost 4 years now, JobMob has been growing constantly and with big plans for this year (more on that soon!), my team (yes, I now have a team helping me) and I began preparing for the future with a move to a new web hosting company that would give us much room for growth. Unfortunately, after all our research to make the right choice, things didn't go as planned.

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November 18, 2010

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9 Tips for a Standout Print Resume

Make your print resume stand out using these 9 simple tips. This is a guest post by James Adams. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. To compete in today's job market, you need to have a resume which stands head and shoulders above the rest. Every day, recruiters and HR professionals receive countless resumes. More applicants are applying for the same number of positions. As a result, your resume needs to be flawless and different. Your resume needs to speak to the needs of the position for which you are applying. Your resume needs to attract enough attention to get you the interview.

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October 25, 2010

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7 Ways To Stand Out That You Won’t Soon Forget

Personal branding inspiration you'll likely remember for quite some time. 1) Do something amazing with a basic, everyday object Most people's yoyo skills are limited to making one go up and down, if they can even do that, which makes Jensen Kimmitt all the more impressive. One of the things I love about this clip is that he's so good, you don't even notice how many mistakes he makes, which is a terrific message in itself: how well you recover from failure is often key to success. 2) Win, lose or just reach the final rounds in a famous contest Given the popularity of American Idol and similar contests around the world, just getting to the final rounds ensures that many, many people will know who you are.