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May, 2012 – Manage Your References, Set Your Job Search Priorities
April, 2012 – From Ho Hum to Hired!, Mastering the Interview with Key Messages
March, 2012 – When Is It OK to Call Hiring Managers?, Top Discussions at CPGpeople
February, 2012 – 50 LinkedIn Groups MBAs Must Join, 8 Issues to Avoid In Your Elevator Speech
January, 2012 – Five Jobs Search Resolutions for 2012, BIG Issues for Employers and Workers
September, 2011 – Dear Jobseeker, It’s Not All About You, Why Your Resume Sucks
August, 2011 – Is Your Job Search Stuck?, Plus a Daydream for JobSeekers
July, 2011 – Top 3 Job Search Tips from Recruiters, Career Coaching for CPGjobs Members
June, 2011 – The FREE Telseminar You Don’t Want To Miss, Resumes That Don’t Scream, “I’m Over 50!”
May, 2011- The CPGjoblist Job Board Is Moving, Coping with Job Loss Part 2 – Recovering Who You Are
April, 2011 – Your Membership Rewards, The Emotions of Unemployment
Featured Employer: Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, CPG Companies, Featured, ResourcesMay 10th, 2012
Rainbow Light is a leader in the natural nutritional supplement industry with #1 selling natural women’s, men’s and prenatal multivitamins nationwide. The company creates natural supplements that make a difference in the health and well-being of customers while promoting sustainable practices for planetary health and contributing to the fight against global malnutrition.
Improve Your Career (And Get Free Stuff!)
Posted In - Candidate Newsletters, Career Tips, CPGjoblist Newsletter, Job Search Strategy, LinkedIn, Professional Networking, Social MediaMay 10th, 2012
This month, we invite you to improve your career- and get FREE stuff in the process! CPGpeople Turns 20 (Thousand) Last month CPGpeople, the CPGjobs LinkedIn Group exclusively for CPG Professionals hit a major milestone…membership soared passed 20,000! If you’re wondering how to best spend your time on LinkedIn building your network, connecting with [...]
CPGjobs: Home to the World’s Best (Privately Held) Brands
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Career Tips, CPGjoblist Newsletter, Job Search Strategy, ResourcesApril 8th, 2012
For years CPGjobs has been the career management home for some of the best known publicly held brands in Consumer Packaged Goods. We know our top-tier client company roster leaves a big impression on candidates and clients alike, but did you know that CPGjobs is also home to many terrific privately held CPG [...]
Don’t Forget, We Help You Connect!
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Career Tips, CPGjoblist Newsletter, Job Search Strategy, Professional NetworkingMarch 15th, 2012
Talk to just about anyone looking for a job these days and you hear one thing over and over again, “I apply to hundreds of positions and I never hear anything back!” Applying to jobs with a customized resume and cover letter is incredibly time consuming. 99% of the time you never hear [...]
It’s No Secret, CPGjobs is Going Strong
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Career Tips, CPGjoblist Newsletter, Job Search Strategy, ResourcesMarch 8th, 2012
Last week someone passed an article to us that speculated about the potential sale of Monster.com. Its true, such rumors have circulated before. But there can be no doubt that in the past several years, the market position of (the big) job boards has been negatively impacted by social recruiting and the enormous popularity of [...]
Get Hired! Announcing the Pfizer Consumer Healthcare “Virtual Recruiting Open House” Event!
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, CPGjoblist Newsletter, Events, ResourcesDecember 7th, 2011
CPGjobs, in partnership with Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and Brazen Careerist, is presenting our first online career event… and you’re invited! This Pfizer Consumer Healthcare “Virtual Recruiting Open House” event will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST. This event is FREE to all candidates. [...]
How to Follow Up After The Interview (Without Being a Stalker)
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Career Tips, Job Search Strategy, LinkedIn, Professional NetworkingNovember 3rd, 2011
The recent uptick in hiring activity means that more and more candidates are doing phone screens and personal interviews. While this is great news, it also means that recruiters and hiring managers (whose staffs may have been decimated in the darkest days of the recession) are likely to be under increased pressure and [...]
New Boss? 6 Smart Career Moves To Implement Now
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Career TipsNovember 3rd, 2011
The one thing you can count on in business is nothing ever stays the same. That goes for the boss, too. Bosses come and they go even when your job remains in place. In some businesses, they come and go so fast they feel like a hit and run. While it would be [...]
Featured Employer: Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Featured EmployerNovember 1st, 2011
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (PCH) is among the largest over-the-counter (OTC) health care products companies in the world, with a global footprint of operations in more than 90 countries. We maintain leadership positions in many markets and sell two of the top 10 global brands (Advil and Centrum). PCH develops, manufactures and markets leading non-prescription medicines, vitamins and nutritional products…
New Trends in Resumes – 5 Ways To Capture Them in Yours
Posted In - Candidate Newsletter, Candidate Newsletters, Career Tips, Resources, Resumes and Cover LettersOctober 2nd, 2011
Kathy Keshemnberg, NCRW, CCMC I’ve been writing resumes for more than twenty years, and it seems every few years new trends impact how we construct this job search document. Once again the trends are moving in a different direction, this time driven by the use of handheld electronic devices and advent of social media. Today’s [...]










