Blogs About "Job Search"

   Who benefits from your sweat equity? You probably have already clocked 1,000 hours during the first 6 months of 2012.  If at this point you know that your talents are not benefiting the audience who needs them the most then it’s time for...

  Stop ignoring your LinkedIn groups!  Yes, you can join up to 50 LinkedIn groups. However, don’t stop there.  Ignoring them can mean missing out on desirable opportunities that you may later regret. For instance, if you had paid closer attention just last week (the week of...

   “I want to stop reading and rotting and that’s why I want to leave law in pursuit of becoming a marketer!” Changing sectors takes extraordinary efforts and this reason will not move the mountains you need moved to successfully transition. However, you will gain...

  Generic cover letters or fluff-filled ones are as bad as showing up to an interview with a grossly stained outfit. Yes, you wore the suit but you did not show care by having it dry-cleaned and as a result you look sloppy…the same can be said of a fluff-filled cover letter…it’s just plain sloppy. Whereas, writing a thoughtful cover...

  Changing careers requires sacrifices. You may have to give up a prestigious title and its accompanying compensation to enter a new field. Yet, it’s difficult to know when pay cuts and demotions are worthwhile. As a result, I have identified three instances when you should set your ego aside and downsize your lifestyle to take a gig within a...

 When I read Bill Barnett’s Harvard Business Review blog entry, “Investigate Culture, Ask the Right Questions

 Show appreciation when you are given a gift. An informational interview is a gift to a job seeker or a curious soul. You will surface the data you need to support your career transition if you focus your efforts on figuring out how to best express your appreciation to an...

  A résumé enables you to put your best foot forward so be painfully thoughtful about its content. It must showcase only your MOST impressive accomplishments and selecting those requires four things: 1) discipline, 2) a delete button, 3) a job description, and 4) my secret sauce when the stakes are...

  Here is how to think about attacking the old, “tell me about yourself” question.  The easy way to do so is in chronological order but that’s overused and frankly lacks pizzazz.  Instead, start with the end goal in mind: to get hired. One major reason why a 

 The S.T.A.R. method is used when responding to behavioral style interview questions such as, “tell me a time when you worked on a cross-functional team or when you demonstrated leadership qualities…etc.”  The acronym stands for Situation, Task, Action, and Results. Frankly, it’s used to filter out the...