Announcing Knock ‘Em Dead Secrets & Strategies for First-Time Job Seekers

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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 book for success-minded graduate who fully intends to control his or her destiny, during a time and when competition has never [...]

Are Your Values Really Your Values?

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 as important as the company hiring the right employee. In order to see whether a companies culture, style, and values match your own, [...]

3 Tips for a Standout Personal Brand Message in Your Cover Letter

Personal Brand 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 article, 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Cover Letter. As she notes, your job search can stall if your cover letter fails to show your value, or makes [...]

How to Build Your Assertive Communication Skills

Assertive Communication Skills

Assertive communication is defined as clear, direct, honest statement of feelings; use of “l” messages; speaking up appropriately for oneself while considering the needs, wants, and rights of others. One of the most effective ways to communicate confidence is to use assertive communication but a lot of people (but women in particular in my experience) [...]

Top Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills

Leadership Skills

Whether you consciously aware of it or not, on some level you are continually leading yourself and others – you don’t necessarily have to have a large team reporting to you to be considered a leader. In one leadership study, qualities such as assertiveness, adaptability, intelligence and conscientiousness were cited as the most important. Research [...]

How to Act When You or a Peer Is Dealing with Death

Dealing with Death

Talk about things your mother never told you.  We so rarely talk about death in any way we just instantly get uncomfortable with anything surrounding that subject.  Our behavior can be wonky as well.  Yet, it’s part of life which means it will make it’s way into the work place for you and others at [...]

Contingency Planning for an Unexpected Career Disaster

Hurricane Sandy

Most days I’m really fortunate because when I look out my front window I have a panoramic view of the Atlantic Ocean and Sheepshead Bay not even 100 yards from my front door. However the price for such beauty is I live in a hurricane evacuation Zone A. Hence I’m hurrying to finish this post [...]

Start a Side Business to Increase Your Income!

Start Side Business

I’ve recently done a survey which showed that 49% of you would love to start your own business if you could make the same money you are making in your job and further 34% of you were interested if you only knew how to do it. Many people dream of leaving the “rat race” behind [...]

Survey: Half of Us Are Ready to Bail on Our Current Jobs

Job Options

In a survey study recently released by Randstad, the second largest HR services and staffing company in the world, it seem that 51% of US workers are exploring other job options.  The other interesting thing to note about this result is that it’s up by 6% since the previous quarter.  We’re losing patience, it would [...]

How to Deal with Multiple Job Offers

Multiple Job Offers

You have made a decision to make a career move and do all the necessary things to get the attention of a recruiter or hiring manager. The process can seem to take forever, however, you make it through the hiring process and receive an offer. You want to carefully consider how to negotiate the offer, [...]