We all have only 24 hours in a day. How you use those 24 hours makes a difference, especially during a job search. Can you say you accomplished something every day? Are you moving the needle towards your goal? What else could you be doing? I worked with a candidate once who had been an … [Read more...]
Chicken or Egg? The Job Seeker’s Dilemma
Which came first the chicken or the egg? Hard to tell sometimes, isn’t it? We know both make a great meal. Joan (a real person but not her real name) left the workforce to raise her son ten years ago after a successful career as a product designer working for big name design houses in NYC. While at … [Read more...]
Grab a Pencil – Creating Content for Job Seekers
How does one find interesting things to talk about when building relationships in job search? The answer is easier than you think. Yet most people miss it. We start with the assumption that asking connections if they know of open jobs is a nonstarter. The answer is almost always “no”. Try it … [Read more...]
Be Original – Avoid the FAQs
The keys to the kingdom are only a few clicks away. We are talking gold. Not real gold but it might as well be. I talk to many people who are terrified of interviews. Company people hate interviewing people. No one feels ready for it. Candidates hate interviewing too. They never know what to … [Read more...]
Getting Something Done – How to Schedule your time during a job search
You work hard eight to ten hours a day, check your email regularly all hours of the day and night, take calls on vacation, and work through lunch. Suddenly you are out of work and have to find another job. You have nothing but time. You clean the garage and all the closets. You finish a resume … [Read more...]
Partners not Competitors
My friend Greg sent me this note the other day: I've been following your comments on creating a better environment for recruiting and job seeking. I think hiring managers and job seekers should be partners not competitors ... they both want the same thing ... a good … [Read more...]
Review: Great Article about how to get a job at Facebook or Google
I joined an interesting website recently, Quora. At this site, people write questions and respond to questions on all sorts of topics. This one caught my attention because of its relevance to interviewing, a favorite topic of mine: What are the ways to utilize 6 months to build skill-set to get into … [Read more...]
Book Signing and Free Job Search Workshops
We would like to invite everyone to join us this Saturday, March 29th, at our Book Launch Party for Resumes 3.0 The event is being held at the Medina Road Barnes and Noble Store in Akron Ohio. Not only is this a Book Launch - we will also be signing copies of Resumes 3.0 and presenting three … [Read more...]