Being in the job search is tough and as a job seeker you are not alone especially with the more than 15 million who are out of work and in the job hunt. People don’t prepare for the job search although they should at least six months in advance. This provides you opportunity to grow [...]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I would like to begin by thanking my lucky stars that, in this economy, I have had the good fortune of being gainfully employed for the past two years since graduating college. But, as I start a new chapter in my life, one that I hope turns out to be about a fabulous new career [...]
Monday, February 22, 2010
Using wardrobe & image to get the job in a hyper-visual, hyper-competitive world. How’s your job search going? You’ve networked. You’ve updated your LinkedIn profile and used social networks to learn about leads. You’ve revamped your resume to tailor your background and experiences to each job posting. And then finally, an opportunity presents itself. You’ve got [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010
As promised, I’m proud to announce the new logo for the “Job Search Secrets” webshow on Mingle Media TV. The number 1 rated hour long internet show will air on Sundays at 9:00 PM EST on Mingle Media TV. Each Sunday night we will continue to discuss the “unwritten rules of the job search” just [...]
Monday, February 8, 2010
This is the third of a three part series about the Dry Powder Job Market. (Part 1 & Part 2). In Part 2, we began to discuss some ways that job seekers can differentiate themselves in this new market. Picture the stock market as a high stakes football game. Just like the stock market, a football [...]
Sunday, January 24, 2010
In Part 1 of “It’s a Dry Powder Market,” I introduced the dry powder theory. The dry powder theory is an investment term used to describe tactics investors employ during an economic recession where they maintain a very liquid amount of assets that are quickly available to adjust to the turbulent market. Companies keep cash [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
One of the techniques often suggested as a good method to find an employment opportunity is networking. Some job seekers believe that the sole purpose of networking is to ask other people for employment opportunities or job leads. They view the process of meeting with people with a, “What’s in it for me attitude.” The question [...]
Monday, January 18, 2010
Part of my own strategy to build my brand, gain business, and establish myself as an expert in my field is by using my blog to write and interview other experts and companies promoting them while continuing to build and strengthen my own relationships. Last Friday was no exception. Through a simple LinkedIn [...]
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Is our economy recovering? I’d like to think yes, but after viewing the most recent December Job Report, I’m not quite so sure. In the United States we had 85,000 new people file for unemployment benefits this last month. My concern for the economy and our reported recovery is three fold. November and December are historically the [...]
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Building a relationship with a recruiter is essential in your job search. You need to have respect for your recruiter. No matter what you have heard about recruiters or what you think of them, they are providing you a service and they could be your vehicle to a new job. I honestly think this is [...]
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Having A Job Search Strategy Helps Job Seekers Compete. Picture this: You’re training for your first marathon, the long-distance kind of event that covers 26+ miles. You are running against experienced and non-experienced runners. You also figure that you’ll be surrounded by sponsors, organizers, volunteers, cheerleaders, etc.—you will need all of these people to help make [...]
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The job search can be especially tough for executive level candidates. Salary requirements are high and their are a limited number of open positions available which are often go unadvertised. Earlier this year, the Ladders conducted a survey which listed the top 3 biggest mistakes made by highly compensated and qualified job seekers. And to [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The economy as a whole is coming out of a hole. Americans ages 18 to 65 fill unemployment offices daily, looking for resume advice, stipends to help them financially and possible new leads on landing a job. Being a job seeker myself, frustration easily becomes a daily mood in my world of countless no’s from employers. There [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
It’s time to come clean and confess my sin. I’m not proud of this man-crime, so go easy on me. Sometime in early November, I found myself nuking up a monster bowl of buttered popcorn around 2:30 in the morning. A dash of insomnia introduced a movie watching craving that I simply couldn’t turn down. Finally, [...]
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Keywords should be an extremely important component of both your online social media profiles as well as your resume. These keywords can be a difference maker in getting your resume front and center and in front of a recruiter. I had the pleasure of having Jennifer Scott, the President of Hire Effect on my job [...]
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