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Since becoming the Detroit Free Press' recruiter in 1990, my work and the journalism industry have changed in unexpected ways. The transformation is rapid. One benefit is that I now learn from and help other Gannett recruiters. NewsRecruiter.com is a hub site that helps keep everything organized. It tells you what I am up to, it links to my latest work and it is a test site for new projects. My best ideas have always come from you, so please write.
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• Mondays: Cuppa Joe  • Tuesdays: News Job Café • Wednesdays: J-Schools • Thursdays: Job Hacks • Fridays: Apply With Care This is a test |
Get a Grip It has been commonplace to advise job-seekers to pay some attention to their handshaking. Now, it seems, there is research to back up that recommendation. At the University of Iowa, 98 student subjects interviewed with five local businesses and had their handshakes related by an independent handful of five raters. Was there a correlation? Yes. Those who were rated as the best handshakers also scored as being more employable, extroverted, more at ease and with better eye contact. The weaker shakes seemed less outgoing and less impressive socially. Managementtoday.com said it is ironic that, as employers tune u their selection tools, the handshake remains a powerful dynamic. Perconally, I have never put a lot of stock in handshakes -- at least consciously -- because there can be so much variation in acculturation and physical strength. When I advise people, though, I am going to have to tell them to work on their handshakes. "We've always heard that interviewers make up their mind about a person in the first two or three minutes of an interview, no matter how long the interview lasts. We found that the first impression begins with a handshake that sets the tone for the rest of the interview. "Job seekers are trained how to act in a job interview, how to talk, how to dress, how to answer questions, so we all look and act alike to varying degrees because we've all been told the same things."But the handshake is something that's perhaps more individual and subtle, so it may communicate something that dress or physical appearance doesn't. "We probably don't consciously remember a person's handshake or whether it was good or bad," Stewart said. "But the handshake is one of the first nonverbal clues we get about the person's overall personality, and that impression is what we remember." The findings will be published in September in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Add comment (0) |
 The Best of Ask the Recruiter: Thousands of journalists Poynter Online looking for answers to career questions. How do you get ahead? What should you ask in an interview? Or insist on in a salary negotiation? What is the future for news media? The best have gone into this book. Each chapter contains an essay by a guest recruiter or journalist with experience in newspapers, TV, radio, online or academia. So, through the questions of your inquisitive peers, get a recruiter's eye view of managing your career. >Buy it
 Breaking In is the insider's guide to landing — and acing — your newspaper internship. These are your strategies for applying, interviewing, succeeding and then using your newspaper internship to launch your career. This book is based on the www.JobsPage.com Web site, which Detroit Free Press Recruiting and Development Editor Joe Grimm created as a strategy guide to newspaper careers. Twenty news recruiters, editors and journalists have contributed to the book. >Buy it
 Bringing the News Century-old postcards celebrate newsies in photographs and artwork, in groups or singly, black and white or color. The newsboys -- and girls, as well as a few adults -- are always portrayed in hard-knock ways. Feet and calves are sometimes bare. Patches cling to elbows and knees. They cover their heads with stocking caps or the floppy hats we still know as "newsboys." If there is inside you a scrappy, survive-by-your-wits newsie, you'll enjoy this collection of cards and carriers bringing news in old-fashioned ways. (Twenty-five images.) >Buy it
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