How To Get More Interviews In Your Job Search
Richard Bolles, job search guru and author of What Color Is Your Parachute? predicts that you can expect to search for work 1-2 months for every $10,000 you hope to earn. So, if you're looking for a $40,000 a year position, you may search for 4-8 months to land it.... Read More
Ten Things To Do When You Really, Really Hate Your Job
1. Begin focusing on what you want instead of how much you want to escape. When you find yourself sharing the latest horror story, stop in mid-sentence and say, "What I want to have is..."2. Create an image that describes you in your job. Are you on a riverbank with... Read More
Cracking the Connection Code: Networking for the Introverted
We've all heard it before: "Just get out there and network!" If it was that easy, we would already be doing it. So why is it so hard? Well, you're an introvert, aren't you? Enough said.However, unless the prospect of a really long job search excites you, you have to... Read More
Why Human Resources Are The Real Key To Success In This Information Age
The rapid changes that have mainly been brought about by the information age are numerous and irreversible. They have affected our way of life on virtually every front and have left many old companies in ruins while causing other new ones to swiftly emerge and grow to great unprecedented profitability,... Read More
The Executive Resume - Moving Beyond Accomplishments
There is a major difference between conventional resumes and executive resumes. Accomplishments are usually the center point of a conventional resume (i.e., indicating how much money was saved, how sales increased, what processes were proposed, planned, initiated, implemented, or streamlined). The executive resume, on the other hand, has more than... Read More
Rethink Your Career Transition
Are you going nowhere in your career? If you've decided it's time to change your career completely, here's a new way of changing!Before you jump ship, think about what's been happening in your career. Have you been making little or no progress for some time? You may be in the... Read More
The Recruiting Truth...Time Is Not On Your Side
In today's marketplace things are constantly changing and so are the needs of just about each and every organization. Whether your company is growing organically or inorganically, whether your company is growing domestically or internationally or for one reason or another you just have pain, your organization must be in... Read More
Job Search: Time Management
There is an old adage that "Looking for a job is harder than working." How true! The rigors of job search are magnified by the turmoil we experience: lack of self-confidence, humiliation, financial pressure, and the undercurrent of emotions that color all we do: fear, anger, depression, anxiety, loss.One practical... Read More
Job Interviews and The Secret of Selling Yourself
A very effective and persuasive tactic when selling something is to promote its benefits as well as its features.Very simply, features are what something has; benefits are what those features do for you.For example, if you're selling your used Oldsmobile, one of the features you might mention is its large... Read More
The Background on Background Checks
In one of my past lives I held a Top Secret clearance as a Civil Service employee working for the Air Force. So I am familiar with background checks. But many job seekers are not. Here's a little background on background checks... More companies are doing background checks on potential... Read More
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Dont Quit Your Day Job! Convincing Your Boss To Let You Telecommute (Part 2 of 2)
Ok, so you've determined that you have the right skills... Read More
Why Should We Hire You?
This is one of those broad questions that can take... Read More
Turning the Table: Questions for Your Interviewer
(DES MOINES, Iowa ? January 26, 2005) The fateful final... Read More
Does Retirement Fit Into Your Busy Schedule?
Why do you work?Stop and think about it. Other than... Read More
Ten Things To Do When You Really, Really Hate Your Job
1. Begin focusing on what you want instead of how... Read More
Tips on Finding Employment as a Corporate Flight Attendant
I will not pretend that this is the easiest topic... Read More
Career Job Satisfaction - Get Off the Treadmill - Exit Your Rat Race!
Get Off the Treadmill - Exit Your Rat Race!We can... Read More
Job! Money! Career!
Feel somehow your life is stuck in MS-OFFICE ? The... Read More
How Hedgehogs Hire
In my last column, I explored Jim Collins' "hedgehog" principle,... Read More
What You Should Never Put on Your Resume
Liars Get Caught! What NOT to Put on Your Resume"Everybody... Read More
How To Get a Job Offer From Every Interview
About four years ago a friend told me one night... Read More
Resume Outline - Add Structure & Flow to Your Resume
Building your resume, based on a resume outline will give... Read More
So You Want A Promotion - What Do You Need To Do To Get the Champagne Corks Popping?
The champagne corks have been popping to celebrate your promotion.... Read More
Rekindling Passion for Work
Passion comes in many forms. I'm focused on the version... Read More
Youre Bright And Talented -- TooT Your Own Horn --
Obviously, there are RIGHT ways to move UP the ladder.... Read More
20 Questions That Helped Me Take A Leap Of Faith And Change Careers
When I was working more than 45 hours a week... Read More
Resumes That Rock (16 Expert Tips)
It's never too early to update your resume, even if... Read More
Five Mistakes That Can Derail Your Job Search
No matter how much time and energy you invest in... Read More
Difficult Relationships at Work - Dealing with Workplace Conflict
Difficult Relationships at Work - How to Influence the UncooperativeWe... Read More
Doing What You Love
What do you want to be when you grow up?... Read More
Why Culinary Education
If you are thinking about a career in culinary arts... Read More
Making Sure You Get a Good Reference
You've had 3 interviews with a potential employer and they've... Read More
How To Find Your Dream Job
Here's the bottom line: many people work in jobs that... Read More
Resurrecting the Perfect Resume, Part One
Is your resume dead? Don't be so quick to say,... Read More
How to Prepare for A Performance Appraisal
Performance appraisal should be treated as an ongoing developmental process... Read More
What Do Employees Wish for Most (And How To Get It)
What do many employees wish for at work? A bonus... Read More
Your Attitude Is Screaming
There is more attitude around than the 'traditional 'positive /... Read More
Reinvent Yourself in a New Career
Some people reserve the word "vocation" for religious calling. Contemporary... Read More
5 Steps to Standing Out Above the Crowd at Work
Do you feel like one in a million at work... Read More
Hiring the OverQualified Employee or Mining for Gold
I am having a hard time understanding why a valuable... Read More
Beat the Crowd with Winning Resume Cover Letters
Far too many people underestimate the importance of resume cover... Read More
Power Resumes ? Writing Your Objectives
A powerful resume starts with a good statement of objective.... Read More
Resume Writing - Things to Consider
You are looking for a job and you are out... Read More
Job Hunting Tips: Organizing Your Attack
Looking for work is an energy-devouring ordeal, often leading to... Read More
After Your Interview - What Must You Do Next?
Other than actually landing the interview itself and living through... Read More
Seven Myths You Must Challenge Now To Begin Your Second Career Today
* Has it been awhile since you explored career options?*... Read More
Create A Rappin? Resume
(Percussion sounds emanating from who knows where while you listen... Read More
Getting Started: 5 Things You Need to Decide When You Get Started with a Job Search
There are few things more frustrating for a headhunter than... Read More
The Hidden Job Market: Real or Imagined?
The hidden job market has been touted as the place... Read More
How To Deal With A Nightmare Boss
It can happen to anyone. there's a change in the... Read More
Change Your Life, Change Your Career And Get A New Job!
Careers dictate resume formatDifferent careers use different forms of resumes.... Read More
Dont Stop! Your Transition is Still Moving!
Q. I'm looking for a new job and plan to... Read More
Building Performance Trust
You can have outstanding ideas, yet never leverage them into... Read More
The Musketeer Approach
Stories of intrigue, treachery, politics, lies, double crosses,... Read More
The Importance of Background Verification
Today's society has created an environment that requires business owners... Read More
Job Search Tip for College Students
Today everyone is looking for that special job that will... Read More
Resume Formats ... The Hidden Pitfalls
Deciding on a resume format is the first major decision... Read More
8 ?Thurvival Skills? for 05
Just what is a "thurvival skill?" It's a skill that... Read More
Energizing Synergy
Would you like to have more energy and synergy in... Read More
If Youre Fired, Will Past Employers Keep Your Secret?
Despite what some job seekers think, it is not illegal... Read More
The Background on Background Checks
In one of my past lives I held a Top... Read More
How To Survive A Job Loss
Has this ever happened to you: You have been working... Read More
Reading the Want Ads--Not for Jobs--For Information
What? Want ads are where job announcements are, not information!Wait!... Read More
Where Did All The Farmers Go?
Several times a year, I hear someone complain about the... Read More
Love What You Do!
"To love what you do and feel that it matters,... Read More
How To Create A Winning Impression In Your New Job
Congratulations! You've just been appointed to your new job. Now... Read More
Job Offer Negotiations: Getting What You Want
You have worked hard at finding your next job. You... Read More
Chicken Soup for Job Seekers
Do you want to change your job but don't know... Read More
Why Human Resources Are The Real Key To Success In This Information Age
The rapid changes that have mainly been brought about by... Read More
Creating a Winning Resume
Preparing your resume can often seem like a daunting task.... Read More
Phone Interviews: Prepare to Ace Them!
More companies are saving time and effort by doing initial... Read More
How To Ask For A Pay Rise!
Negotiating a pay rise is not something many people do... Read More
Youre Fired!
One-day you're minding your own business and your boss comes... Read More
Dont Be Defeated - Be Empowered
Taking a job out of fear and desperation will never... Read More
How To Establish Trust, Credibility and Enthusiasm To Your Interviewer
If you use your voice to get attention, you use... Read More
Fact or Opinion?
"You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back... Read More
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