LinkedIn Groups are your networking key to the kingdom. Until you have explored and joined groups you haven’t fully utilized the networking power of LinkedIn.com. Occasionally when I work with a candidate having trouble with his/her search, I find they have not fully explored groups. Here are some reasons why groups can be useful in [...]
Finding a Job in City A While Living in City B (Part 2)
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Seven years later I again decided to make a cross-country move to a place where I, again, didn’t know people. I was unsure about the job market with a plunging economy, and I worried that no amount of experience would help me find a job. I did have tools at my fingertips that weren’t there before. I had social [...]
Finding a Job in City A While Living in City B – Part 1
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Finding a job is difficult, let alone finding a job in another city across the country. But I’ve done it. Twice. When you’re looking for a job in the city where you currently reside, you have many advantages—like knowing the market, knowing the possibilities, knowing people—all things you might not know when searching for a [...]
Starting again, somewhere in the middle
August 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I had a bad day a few weeks ago. In one day my computer died, I dropped my Blackberry face down on gravel cracking the face, and I killed my husband’s power sander. Whew! What a week!! I feel like Alexander in that great kids book, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad [...]
Gaming skills a key to effective job seeking?
January 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Do you envision your job search as a game, such as the complex challenge of a World of Warcraft video game? If you choose that mindset, you will be a far more effective job seeker. It’s a given that effective job seeking is an entertaining enterprise. Nearly every day you talk with someone new. Every [...]
‘Coming Clean’ during the Holidays
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
and by Sylvia Good It’s the holidays! And you are looking for a job! Of course you’re not happy about your circumstance, and find the whole situation a bit of a pain. ‘When will I get back to work?’ ‘When will I find another good gig?’ ‘When is this being out of work going to [...]
Lights, Camera, Action!!!
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today, great interview preparation includes a special extra step for people with chutzpah (Look it up: www.dictionary.com ). If you want that next great job, listen to the link I’m about to make between practice interviewing and a video camera. I’m in a Toastmasters club where we practice giving speeches, we practice communication techniques, and [...]
Follow Up for Feedback – It Works!
September 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When I finished the call, I thought, ‘wow, that was well done.’ The power of asking for feedback is really huge.
How to knock ‘em out on the elevator.
April 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
