Posted in Career Mgt., Current Events, Job Search, Networking on Feb 21st, 2011
Sunday was the start of NASCAR’s 2011 season at the newly paved Daytona 500 speedway. It ended up being an especially exciting opener for the fans. The weather was beautiful, the track was fast and the race was riddled with caution flags, crashes, and spin outs including a 15 car pile up.
Most of the mishaps [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Job Search, Networking on Feb 3rd, 2011
Everyone seems to have an opinion on the correct way to perform a job search. Some say recruiters are the only way for success, others swear by cold calling targeted companies and others go for the buck shot strategy and send their resume to every vaguely close job description they come across in their search. [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Interview Prep, Job Search on Jan 20th, 2011
Just as in dating, with job search success often comes a few rejections. Hearing the dreaded words, “We decided to go with another candidate” can be enough to knock the wind out of anyone’s sail. Candidates that strive to learn from rejection are those that will land the right job quicker.
Some lash out in anger [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Job Search, Networking, Online Identity, Social Networking on Jan 13th, 2011
If someone is considering you for a position at their company or the company they represent, they will most likely research you online as well as review your resume. A simple Google search of your name and a check for any kind of a social media presence will quickly uncover a great deal of information [...]
Posted in Job Search, Positive Attitude, jobseeker on Dec 29th, 2010
If you want to be noticed in your current job or in a new job you’ve recently landed – give more than is expected. If you are currently unemployed and looking for a new job – give more than is expected. If you’re happily employed but a colleague or friend asks you to keep [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Job Search, Networking on Nov 19th, 2010
So many new and seemingly helpful job seeker resources are popping up on the internet daily to aid in their job search. Tools such as job boards, social media communities, web groups, websites, blogs, video blogs, and more seem to have an endless supply of ideas and information. While all these web-based search tools are [...]
Posted in Current Events, Job Search, jobseeker on Nov 9th, 2010
I’ll be volunteering at tomorrow’s Job Fair sponsored by EmploymentGuide.com. Always look forward to meeting candidates, sharing information and answering career, resume and job search questions. If you are planning to attend be sure to stop by and say Hi!
Posted in Career Devel., Job Search, Networking on Oct 27th, 2010
The time is drawing near and soon the streets will be filled with little beggars dressed in scary, silly and sweet costumes yelling “Trick or Treat” in hopes of getting something in return for their ranting. When my kids were younger I remember how they would start the Halloween season so excited about their costume [...]
Posted in Career Devel., Career Mgt., Help Others, Job Search, Networking on Oct 21st, 2010
Last week I left Michigan for beautiful San Diego to attend the annual Career Directors International (CDI) Summit. The conference was an absolute success! The topics were relevant to the resume writing and career coaching industries and the Catamaran Resort was picturesque with the Pacific Ocean to our west and Mission Bay to the east. [...]
Posted in Job Search, Networking, Resume Devel., jobseeker on Sep 26th, 2010
In 2008 and 2009 during the massive layoffs in the automotive industry (remember, I’m in Michigan), it seemed like every other call I received was a Chrysler engineer. During that time I worked with dozens of engineers, and it always amazed me that not one Chrysler engineer that called had the same job or same [...]
