Are you sabotaging yourself without knowing it? Most job seekers set out on a path to find a new job and don’t really know or understand all that is involved – what is considered acceptable protocol – what should be avoided, etc. Are you making these mistakes?RESUME Listing job duties and not achievements.Stand out resumes [...]
You may be having a hard time finding your next job because your goal isn’t clear enough. If you don’t know what kind of job you want, it’s hard for other people to help you! Remove distractions in your day or your job search will take longer. Distractions are a thief, stealing your time and [...]
You only need one company to hire you. It might not be one particular company you are focusing on, but it might be the next one you contact! A job search is “marketing.” Approach your job search as a marketing campaign — the product you’re selling is “You”!1. You can land your dream job through [...]
You can never read enough about job search. Every book and every article will give you new ideas, new strategies, new opportunities, or simply validate what you are already doing. Take control of your job search and develop a schedule that works for you. Get into a routine. Create a work space for your job [...]
June is a month that is flooded with recent graduates looking for jobs. It is also the month that educators may be looking for interim summer positions. And, companies operating on a fiscal year, may be looking at their year-end budgets in June and in attempts to show a better profit, cutting some jobs. This [...]
As the world has evolved from traditional mail sent by postal service to email sent through the internet, so has the cover letter. It was quite common to send a cover letter and resume to prospective employers and/or recruiters 20 years ago. However, now it is more accepted to send these types of documents and [...]
It’s no secret that salaries are not keeping up with the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported that income growth is flat and mainly unchanged from the previous quarter. This puts employers in a position of strength when negotiating salaries. CFOs say they are willing to negotiate with top candidates on salary in 2012, [...]
The purpose of the resume is to get you an interview, not necessarily to get you the job. Would you buy a car without a test drive? Companies want to test drive you too. Your resume should tell a story, from beginning to end and answer these questions: Who are you?What have you done?What makes [...]
Many of you may be thinking – no, not another social network! I don’t have time for the other ones. Well, Google+ is not about to go away. In fact, I predict that we will see it grow exponentially in the next few years in a similar way to how LinkedIn (now over 86 million [...]
Much has been said in the last decade about using the internet for job search. Gone are the days when a job seeker circled job ads in the newspaper. Today there are an overwhelming amount of websites and online tools for the average job seeker. I want to caution you about throwing a dart at [...]