Posted in Career Devel., Current Events, Job Search, Networking, Social Networking on Dec 19th, 2009
Try Something New to Take the Insanity out of Your Job Search
I’ve gone to the same mall area shopping for Christmas presents three times in the last couple of weeks. Each time I have gone, I come home less and less satisfied with the amount of purchases I made. I just can’t seem to find [...]
Posted in Job Search, jobseeker on Nov 2nd, 2009
With this weekend’s time change, Halloween and the end of another month, it dawned on me that I have less than two months to prepare for Christmas. This time of the year always reminds me of when I was having my kids (all born around the New Year). Every time I was pregnant, I knew [...]
Posted in Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude, Social Networking, jobseeker on Sep 23rd, 2009
You’ve heard, as most of us have, that you get out of something, what you put into something. I remember hearing that from my parents, teachers and now – I find myself using similar analogies with my own kids and often, with my clients.
We all know what the economy is like right now, and how [...]
Posted in Help Others, Job Loss, Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude on Jul 17th, 2009
Friday’s Free for All
Staying focused and finding ways to stop procrastinating can be difficult when you’ve got activities, decisions, or things to do that you really don’t want to do. I know… I fight it often.
I love learning new things, information finding new resources and new technology to help with my work and my clients. [...]
Posted in Career Devel., Job Search, Positive Attitude on Jul 13th, 2009
Monday’s PMA
When I’ve worked hard at something – really knowing I’ve given my all but still things didn’t work out for me, I might be disappointed with the outcome but not with myself. There is a big difference! Knowing that I’ve put 100% into doing the best I could makes good outcomes feel great and [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Job Search, New Graduates on Jul 7th, 2009
Tuesday’s Tips
For the past year college students have been hearing and probably feeling first hand the effects of the economy. Student loans are harder to get, interest rates are higher, available internships are down 20%, and stats on the staggering number of new graduates still unemployed leaves little to get excited about. So, what can [...]
Posted in Job Search, Networking, Social Networking, jobseeker on Jun 2nd, 2009
Tuesday’s Tip
You’ve got an awesome resume you had developed by a professional resume writer and now you’ve posted it on Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and Simply Hired. Feeling very confident you’ve even signed up to LinkedIn and developed a pretty savvy profile. Now it has been 3 weeks and all you’ve gotten are hits on your [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Job Search, Networking, Social Networking on May 27th, 2009
Wednesday’s Q&A
Question: I’ve heard networking cards are helpful, what information should I put on it?
Answer: While searching for a job, networking or contact cards are an inexpensive way to provide quick information to anyone you meet. By using your personal contact cards and not a card from the company you work at, it shows potential [...]
Posted in Job Search, New Graduates, Resume Devel., Social Networking on May 12th, 2009
Tuesday’s Tips
The number of available internships and entry level jobs are down just as all jobs in general are down but that doesn’t mean there are not jobs waiting for the new graduates. It just means it is a little tougher to find work – so how do you get ahead…get moving!! We’ve all heard [...]
Posted in Job Search, Positive Attitude on Apr 7th, 2009
Just came from Twitter, doing a quick check in before I start work on a new healthcare resume. It is a good way to de-stress the mind and …clear the pallet before starting on a new project, plus it’s fun.
I read a quote a follower of mine had put up as a tweet, it read, [...]
