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 [...]
Why Build Contacts Before You Need Them?
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tracking Job Seekers, with a Nautical Edge
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I am tracking half a dozen job seekers right now. I met these folks after doing their resumes or coaching them as they work on their searches. It occurred to me that job seekers these days are like little ships on a big dark sea. It is tough and scary. Not everyone has the right tools. [...]
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 [...]
“In Transition” – You Must Be Kidding!
June 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I am in transition. There I said it. Two words with immediate power to define. As if I chose this situation. As if I am making something good out of a bad thing – covering up something potentially embarrassing with a nice, neutral label. I realize it is ironic for a career/interview coach to be in transition but it happens. It is what we do with this situation that makes the difference.
‘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 [...]
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.
