Andrea and I first began working together because she was looking to make a career change. After Andrea witnessed several companies go through layoffs and restructuring, she knew the traditional media industry was in trouble. Her entire advertising career up to this point was focused on print media and I knew this could be a problem for us since most advertising jobs were shifting to digital. Andrea would need to make that transition as well and we knew it could be difficult for her to get noticed without that direct experience.
I helped Andrea to map out her network and from there leverage her extensive contacts to secure a number of interviews. I was confident Andrea could get a position, but was a little worried when even her friends’ companies said she needed more digital experience. After this we began exploring start-ups and using her contacts, Andrea found Fashion Etc, a start-up that was quietly looking for someone to manage their entire advertising process. After no less than 2 face-to-face interviews and countless phone conversations, Andrea was offered the role. I was so excited to hear from Andrea that she had landed the position with Fashion, Etc. During the end of our partnership, Andrea had so many interviews and was doing so well, it was almost hard for me to keep up! But Fashion, Etc was the right job for Andrea and I could hear it in her voice when she told me all about how it was this cross between luxury goods and digital media!
Moira Danaher is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) at TheLadders. After working with a variety of clients in different industries, functions and locations, Moira’s specialty is the job search and helping clients to land their next positions. Moira loves helping clients and making a difference in their lives.
The Internet has changed the way we do almost everything, and job hunting is no exception. The growth of online job boards and networking sites means many more opportunities for candidates – but also many more challenges in concealing a job search from colleagues. What do Americans think about privacy when searching for a job? How does this affect your ability as a recruiter to connect with the right candidate?
A recent study by Wakefield Research for TheLadders has some interesting answers.
And Mashable agreed. Mashable.com is the largest independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology. With more than 20 million unique monthly visitors, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities. They decided to use the study and info-graphic from TheLadders in their online article “The Job Search and Confidentiality” by Lauren Drell.
Todd Hoza is Creative Director of TheLadders. When he’s not busy helping build the brand from the inside out, he’s taking credit for all the great work his talented team creates.
At TheLadders, we’ve always believed strongly in the providing you with the right piece of career advice. After all, writing the perfect cover letter or asking the right questions in an interview can make all the difference in your job search.
You’ve always had access to our original and exclusive career advice on TheLadders.com, but in 2011, we decided to bring our advice right to you.
That meant Twitter, and @TheLadders.
It’s not just working, it’s crushing. We put a superstar copywriter, Kate Addicott, in charge, and @TheLadders now has over 20,000 followers! Not only have we been able to help our customers, but the relationships we’ve developed with job seekers, recruiters, employers and industry experts have been invaluable to us, too.
We hope you’re enjoying @TheLadders and all of our original career advice and job search content. You can check it out on our Twylah page.
Great work, Kate!
And if you’re not already, you should follow us on Twitter here.
Bill Beard is the Associate Creative Director of Copy for TheLadders. He (obviously) loves to travel, always has ESPN.com open, and always takes the cheese option when it’s offered.
“I have landed my dream job!!!! I am so grateful for your team and my resume writer! My resume and cover letter stood out among the crowd!"... "If you are out there virtually and have reached the glass ceiling at your company or you are out of work and looking for a job, make the investment in joining the Ladders.com and paying for the additional service to have their set of professional resume writers re-write your resume. You know you are amazing, so let their experts create a resume that showcases your expertise. Don't let your ho-hum resume cost you the opportunity to land your dream job.”
The past week has been really exciting. We (TheLadders) now have more than 15,000 recruiters and employers actively using our tools and services.
We’ve been experiencing increased growth due to recently expanding our services to professional candidates of any career level, as well as the continued success of TheLadders Passport™, which helps recruiters find the right match for their jobs at no cost. Since expanding our services, two out of three new job seekers that come to TheLadders are earning annual salaries under $100K. In the same timeframe, the number of jobs posted on TheLadders.com has increased by 80%.
“In the past year, more than 15,000 of the nation’s top recruiters have leveraged TheLadders to find professional-level candidates faster,” said Alex Douzet, president and co-founder of TheLadders. “Recruiters have recognized they gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace because we offer solutions and tools that save them hours upon hours of time every week.”
Passport, a limited set of TheLadders tools available to recruiters for free, has seen more than 33 percent growth since launching its free search accessin August. In addition to searching for professional candidates on TheLadders, recruiters who join Passport also receive:
A Job Post to advertise their open job to more than 5 million professional-level candidates
Access to Pipeline™, TheLadders social recruitment tool, which helps recruiters build and engage their own network of top candidates
Candidate Management tools that easily store, sort, access and organize candidates
For immediate information related to staffing, recruiters or employers can call TheLadders at 866-292-7083 to speak with one of our top enterprise representatives or visit us online.
Denise Cautela is the VP, Enterprise Marketing at TheLadders. Denise is a veteran in the online recruitment space with more years as a marketer than she cares to admit. In the limited spare time she has between being
a VP at TheLadders and parenting, she is also a
passionate advocate for issues around women
in the workplace and single mothers.
“John, my Career Advisor, was available to me in lining up opportunities, advising through the negotiation process, even coaching me through my transition. His coaching along the way was critical.”
TheLadders blog is always sharing great stories about how our team helps our members, but we’re also proud of the accomplishments our team make out of the office. Today, I’d like to share with you a story about Michael Castro. Mike first started at TheLadders almost 2 years ago as a Job Search Advisor. It was his job to help TheLadders members use the site and to find the right jobs for the right person.
But Mike had a talent and passion that we didn’t know about.
Mike is an amazing and talented filmmaker. When he isn’t writing or performing his own music, he’s shooting videos and films on his Canon 5D. TheLadders first saw his talents come to life when Anita Samojednik, TheLadders VP of Customer Operations, had Mike make a film about his fellow Job Search Advisors for a QTF (Quarterly Talk Forum) meeting. Everyone was blown away by the quality and style of the video. I’ve personally worked in film and video with top commercial directors, and I was overwhelmed. TheLadders had a top director and editor in our midst. TheLadders CEO & Founder Marc Cenedella made it clear we needed to put his talents to good use. Mike moved over to TheLadders UX group, and over the past year has shot and edited over 15 videos. You can see all of his work for TheLadders on our YouTube channel – combined his TheLadders videos have almost 50,000 views.
Recently, Mike submitted a short film to the LA Comedy Shorts Festival. TheLadders is proud of our talented editor and producer, Michael Castro. Please watch and witness the talent we see everyday.
A short film by Mayfair Jollies.
“Love D.O.A.”
Written by Jason Resnikoff & Shalani Tripathi
Directed, shot and edited by Mike Castro
Produced by Joe O’Brien, Mike Castro and Jason Resnikoff
Starring: Jason Resnikoff Shalini Tripathi Maegan Pachomski Paolo Po Joe O’Brien
Featuring the music of Steve Mahoney (“Ever the Optimist”) and The Lesser Ghost. Also featuring ambient sounds by Kevin MacLeod.
Todd Hoza is Creative Director of TheLadders. When he’s not busy helping build the brand from the inside out, he’s taking credit for all the great work his talented team creates.
“Yanina was instrumental in my job search and walked me through every step of the way. She gave me the resources and support I needed.”...“I wouldn’t be here, working my dream job, if I had done it alone.”
Job seekers, recruiters and hiring executives have an increasing number of options to choose from when seeking their next great move/perfect candidate. We believe TheLadders is uniquely positioned to help both sides of the ecosystem achieve success. TheLadders invented the first job site for $100k+ job seekers 8 years ago. And, this year, TheLadders turned the industry on its head (again) by launching the first “job offer guarantee.”
So how did TheLadders invent an offering like Signature, our coach-led program proven so effective we guarantee the outcome? Eight years of data serving the $100k+ segment definitely helped. Latest technology and academic research didn’t hurt either. Our near-famous, unlimited snack area? Maybe.
I’d argue the differentiator is our people. People who are smart & incredibly passionate about careers. People who understand success occurs at the intersection of technology and people (yes, I’ve been reading the Steve Job biography). People who put job seekers success first. That’s what we mean with our new tagline, Your Career Is Our Job™.
We believe in our people so much, we looked internally when developing our new tagline and brand promise. Yes, we validated the heck out of it externally – but the important takeaway is the idea started right here. And when we had to showcase our new tagline at our 9/20 NYSE event, we again turned to our colleagues. Enjoy a video created in-house by the UX team’s Mike Castro (who was once a Job Search Advisor) with support from Todd Hoza (our creative director) and Kate Addicott (our copywriter and tweet-miser of @TheLadders).
We enjoyed making the video. Hope you enjoy watching it.
Nicholas Karrat is Vice President of Marketing for TheLadders.com. He’s passionate about building great brands (e.g., TheLadders), traveling with his family and October baseball. He’s been waiting ~20 years for “the call” from the Yankees…any minute…
Moira Danaher is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) at TheLadders. After working with a variety of clients in different industries, functions and locations, Moira’s specialty is the job search and helping clients to land their next positions. Moira loves helping clients and making a difference in their lives.
Todd Hoza is Creative Director of TheLadders. When he’s not busy helping build the brand from the inside out, he’s taking credit for all the great work his talented team creates.
