To get the most out of your LinkedIn profile, make sure you do these four things: 1. Complete Your Profile. Your profile is the “front door” to your LinkedIn account. First impressions matter — so make sure you’ve made your profile as complete as possible. As an added benefit, your LinkedIn profile generally ranks high [...]
What? You’re not on LinkedIn yet? What are you waiting for? These seven reasons outline why you should be on the social networking site. Because That’s Where The People Are. LinkedIn is the number one social network for professionals — and, arguably, the most important website for job seekers — with more than 240+ million [...]
By: Lisa Chapman, Certified Professional Resume Writer Once you decide it is time to create a resume for your pending job search, you then need to decide which resume format you should use to create the resume. You didn’t know there was more than one resume writing format?! With this article, I will educate you [...]
By: Lisa Chapman, Certified Professional Resume Writer Are you wondering how your resume will get noticed within the stack of resumes received by hiring agents? If so, this article is for you! Hiring agents want to read resumes that include quantifiable information relative to professional accomplishments. Hiring agents LOVE to see numbers. Be sure to [...]
By: JoAnn Nix, Certified Career Coach If you feel alone and isolated in your job search, there is hope. No one has to, or should, feel isolated during their job search. If you feel isolated, perhaps it means you confine yourself to your home and spend all day searching for jobs on the Internet. If [...]
By: JoAnn Nix, Certified Career Coach If you think interviewing is stressful, consider the fact you may have to interview as you share a meal with people who make decisions on whether to hire you or not. One of the reasons you may be invited to lunch or dinner is to evaluate your social skills [...]
By: Lisa Chapman, Certified Professional Resume Writer Resume writing is daunting work for people who write a resume once a year, or once a decade in some cases. With this article, we hope to take the mystery out of what to do when writing a resume. Below are five points to consider when you’re staring at your blank computer [...]
The shock of losing your job can be overwhelming. However, the decisions you make during this time are crucial to making a successful transition to a new position. In Part 1 of this series, I provided information about checking into eligibility for unemployment insurance. Clickhere to read. 1. File your claim for unemployment benefits as soon [...]
One of the first things to do after being fired is to check into unemployment insurance benefits. If you are fired from a job, you may be eligible for unemployment compensation unless your employer proves you left your job voluntarily (you quit or resigned), or you were discharged for misconduct. (And there is an appeals [...]
Let’s continue to add professional documents to our arsenal! Have you had your executive biography created or have you written your own? If not, here are some tips to create a powerful biography and let companies have a full understanding of who you are and what you offer. What is a bio? Simply stated, it [...]