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I’ve Been Successful… Why Can’t I Land a Job?
People that have been highly successful in their careers often have a difficult time landing a new position. They’ve achieved great things, they’ve been elevated to roles of great responsibility, everyone that knows them assumes they will be snatched up quickly, yet months go by and still no offers seem to be materializing. How can [...]
Career Service Advisors: Followers or Thought Leaders?
Job search today is a new experience for many, from the twenty-something 2013 grads looking to land their first full time job, to the mid-career professional whose job was outsourced a few months ago, to the VP level professional who just got caught in a corporate downsizing and was given a severance package replete with [...]
How to Choose Which Company is Right for You
It is great to have a job offer to consider, but what if you are in a position to keep your options open? You do not want to join the ranks of unhappy professionals who accept a job in haste, only to realize after the honeymoon that they’d made a terrible mistake. A bad match [...]
What to Do When Your Manager Has No Performance Standards
When we embark on a career, we generally have visions of a fun, exciting adventure. This is our opportunity to prove ourselves and all the things we’ve learned. We plan to be successful. Yet, all too often we join organizations or businesses who, for whatever reason, haven’t figured out how to measure employee performance. The [...]
LinkedIn Is Not Facebook!
LinkedIn is an outstanding professional networking tool, and invaluable as a job search tool. It’s the best place to find, and be found by prospective employers. Recruiters, HR departments, and hiring managers use LinkedIn extensively to find people that might fit particular roles. They search profiles, and look through relevant group discussions hunting for people [...]
Personal Branding
How to Manage Your Personal Brand
You hear so much about your personal brand these days that you know it must be important. It is tough to figure out your personal brand and once you do, it can leave you scratching your head … [Read More...]
What Can We Learn About Personal Branding from Reece Witherspoon’s Arrest?
Hopefully, you know Reese Witherspoon. She is a lovely, bubbly actress who has starred in numerous films, like “Legally Blonde”. Her off-screen persona is that of a smart, strong and fairly … [Read More...]
Establish Your Personal Brand on Your Resume and LinkedIn
In writing a resume and by extension a LinkedIn page, the key is in how well you establish your Personal Brand. In a resume it must be established in the top-third of Page One and then further … [Read More...]
Job Search
I’ve Been Successful… Why Can’t I Land a Job?
People that have been highly successful in their careers often have a difficult time landing a new position. They’ve achieved great things, they’ve been elevated to roles of great responsibility, … [Read More...]
How to Choose Which Company is Right for You
It is great to have a job offer to consider, but what if you are in a position to keep your options open? You do not want to join the ranks of unhappy professionals who accept a job in haste, only … [Read More...]
Simplify Your Job Search for Better Results
Often, people that have been in a job search for a while and have been learning all they can to become more effective in their search efforts, can get too sophisticated for their own good. While it … [Read More...]
Resumes
Career Service Advisors: Followers or Thought Leaders?
Job search today is a new experience for many, from the twenty-something 2013 grads looking to land their first full time job, to the mid-career professional whose job was outsourced a few months ago, … [Read More...]
Picture This: Using Pictures on Your Resume
The use of pictures in a job search is an ongoing debate on career service blogs and LinkedIn groups I follow and there is no shortage of opinions on this topic so I think I’ll chime in today with … [Read More...]
5 Ways to Impress Employers at the Top of Your Resume
Ever leafed through stacks of resumes, looking for critical skills or words to catch your eye? Ever sat at a job interview and wondered why the company representative seemed lost going through your … [Read More...]
Interviews
Four Questions to Help You with Your Interviews
Passover, which is celebrated this week, is a very joyous holiday where the traditional Passover Seder starts with the youngest child asking Four Questions in order to get those in attendance to start … [Read More...]
Preparing to Succeed in Your Job Interviews
While most people know they ought to prepare before going to a job interview, very few do it well, or take the time to do it thoroughly. Why is it so important, and how can you prepare better? Here … [Read More...]
Their 4th Interview Today
Do you ever think about your job search from the employers’ perspective? Most job seekers don’t… understandably so. They are most focused on looking for an opportunity and presenting … [Read More...]
Social Media
LinkedIn Is Not Facebook!
LinkedIn is an outstanding professional networking tool, and invaluable as a job search tool. It’s the best place to find, and be found by prospective employers. Recruiters, HR departments, and … [Read More...]
Social Media and Your Job Search
Social Media has changed the job search landscape dramatically over the past several years but many jobseekers have not embraced or accepted the changes and for the life of me I do not know why? So … [Read More...]
Watch Out for These LinkedIn Myths
Updating your LinkedIn Profile, but worried that you’ll somehow slip and expose your job search, or otherwise “out” yourself to your boss? Before you log in, panic-stricken, to change the … [Read More...]
Networking
Networking Tips: Christmas is Not Only in December; It Can Also Be on Cinco De Mayo!
Every year around Thanksgiving people I know start to prepare their Xmas list of who to send a greeting card to for the holiday season and which card it will be; who to buy a gift for and how much to … [Read More...]
How to Avoid Missing New Contacts in Your Networking
Too often, as you are networking for your job search, you miss out on new contacts and opportunities because the contacts you made don’t know how to reach you or don’t know if you’re still … [Read More...]
Connecting via Email vs. LinkedIn
Having a large and robust LinkedIn network is a great asset for your career and for your job search. Connecting with others to get advice, referrals, share ideas, offer help, seek information or … [Read More...]
Career Management
What to Do When Your Manager Has No Performance Standards
When we embark on a career, we generally have visions of a fun, exciting adventure. This is our opportunity to prove ourselves and all the things we’ve learned. We plan to be successful. Yet, … [Read More...]
How to Stay Engaged in Your Job When You’ve Lost Interest
There may come a time when you will wake up to realize you’re done. You’ve lost interest. It could be that on the surface the job looks like it should be ok. Maybe you’ve had some great … [Read More...]
Wimpy Manager? Push Over on Employee Performance Issues?
If you have been anointed manager, you surely must know that there are things you are responsible for that you’d rather not do. The highest priority item on that list of tough things to do is … [Read More...]
Everything Else
Announcing Knock ‘Em Dead Secrets & Strategies for First-Time Job Seekers
I am proud to announce the publication of the latest Knock Em Dead career book, Knock Em Dead - Secrets & Strategies For First-Time Job Seekers. I wrote this job search and career management … [Read More...]
Are Your Values Really Your Values?
When pursuing job opportunities, it’s always important to have a solid understanding of the type of company and culture where you can be most successful. Discerning the best opportunity for you is … [Read More...]
3 Tips for a Standout Personal Brand Message in Your Cover Letter
As a resume writer who frequently assists executives and senior-level professionals to create thoughtful cover letters, I enjoyed talking with Leslie Stevens-Huffman of Dice.com for her insightful … [Read More...]
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