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 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 [...]
Posted in Current Events, Interview Prep, Job Search, Networking, jobseeker on Aug 24th, 2010
I’m helping out at a Career Fair tomorrow and want to welcome anyone within driving distance of Southeast Michigan to join me at the event. I’ll be there providing resume reviews, answering questions and strategizing with job seekers – if you attend please stop by and say Hi! The information is below, hope to [...]
Posted in Current Events, Help Others, Job Search, Networking, Social Networking, jobseeker on Aug 18th, 2010
I took off work a few days ago to take my mother-in-law to a doctor’s appointment. The appointment went well and after visiting for a while back at her house I headed home. We live about 50 minutes apart and being such a beautiful sunny day I decided to take a different route home. I [...]
Posted in Career Devel., Job Search, Networking on Jul 13th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I attended an awesome presentation delivered by Bob Burg, the author of Endless Referrals, The Go Giver, and several other mindful books on learning not only successful sales skills but also how to be a business professional that others deem full of character and integrity. What I have discovered and [...]
Posted in Help Others, Job Search, Networking, Social Networking on May 24th, 2010
It is definitely spring time in Michigan! The birds have become very loud as they prepare for their new arrivals, the grass is a brilliant green and growing exceptionally fast and my gardens seem to be calling out to me. Actually I have already gone through my gardens and pulled out all of the debris [...]
Posted in Current Events, Job Search, Networking, Social Networking on Apr 14th, 2010
Yesterday’s career fair through the local (Detroit) Fox affiliate which teamed up with Employment Guide and AARP, brought in a unique mix of professionals that have been laid off or let go and searching for something new. A common thread throughout the day was the desperate response of “I’ll take anything, I just need a [...]
Posted in Career Change, Job Search, Networking, jobseeker on Mar 20th, 2010
Most of my clients are experienced professionals in their 40’s or 50’s and come to me in the throngs of a failed job search. Usually their career has progressed easily through internal promotions or word of mouth referrals. Now faced with a struggling economy and a new job search arena, they feel unsure and even [...]
