Which do you think is more effective: 1) Sending 100 resumes for many jobs in the hope that a few will be interested in you? or 2) Send a few resumes to a few jobs that you are a perfect fit for?
While this strategy is ...READ»
Career choice is definitely a key factor in business success. You have to like what you do to truly be successful at it. If you are just moving into a new career I suggest you take a career survey and make sure you were built for ...READ»
You can't.
Leadership is a skill that you can only demonstrate in person.
So why do professional and managerial career changers take up valuable resume space trying to convince their reader that they are leaders?
I find that ...READ»
You’re a manager. Why would you want to be on Facebook with a bunch of college kids?
Simple…There’s 60 Million people on Facebook now, up from 25 Million 9 months ago. There’s only 15 million college students. Who do you ...READ»
Tip #123: Think like a consultant. Search for a new job like a consultant.
Why think like a consultant if you're looking for a full time job?
Because today's hiring managers hire consultants and Full Time Employees the same way, and ...READ»
An early challenge job changers face is determining who they are professionally. If you've been in the workforce 5 years or more, you've worked in LOTS of areas where you could demonstrate expertise. Depending on your career, this ...READ»
How do you stay motivated while in career transition? A reader asked me to cover this topic.
Especially during winter…if you live in the Northern part of the US, it’s cold, snowy, and tough. If you’re out of work, this ...READ»
Would it shock you to learn that only a small minority of resumes ever get seen by human eyes?
Companies have had to run lean and mean, and have trimmed overhead over the past 10 years. One way companies have kept costs low ...READ»
Tired of reading job descriptions that bore you? Then listen to these audio jobcasts published on Jobs in Pods.
IT and editorial jobs at McGraw-Hill
Engineering & Technical Careers at Panduit
Developer Jobs at ...READ»
If a potential employer searched for you online what would they find? Would it help you get a job, or hurt your chances?
Online Reputation Management gives you the chance to gain an unfair advantage in your job search, by ...READ»
Ever respond to an interview question, by saying "I haven't done it, but I can learn"?
OUCH…I can feel your pain. Your interview ended with those words. The fat lady sang.
Employers realize you can learn if ...READ»
It's so simple, and so few candidates do this. And the higher up the management chain the candidate is, the more effective they can be using this strategy. Interestingly, the higher up the management chain the candidate is, the LESS ...READ»
Is it helpful to your job search to
rank highly in a resume search? It should be, since only about 2-3% of resumes
sent through job boards are actually read by humans.
It's frustrating, isn't it? Many
take it ...READ»
I’m amazed I actually have to write this article.
Why do fewer than 10% of all candidates blow off the easiest way to stand out? It’s so simple…the thank you note. Yet so few take advantage of writing asimple thank you…so ...READ»
Which is better for your job search, Facebook or LinkedIN?
The case for LinkedIN:
Strengths:
LinkedIN allows you to build a massive network, and allows you to limited contact with any other user directly through its ...READ»
This question is asked at the end of most interviews, and it gives the candidate a chance to shine and stand out from the pack. Do you come loaded with questions, or do you end an interview saying that all your questions were ...READ»
I write a lot about social media as it pertains to recruiting. Here are some interesting posts you might be interested in reading.
Facebook removes network pages, bad news for recruiters
How to get your own web 2.0 ...READ»
Today's employers hire Subject Matter Experts to solve problems. Managers and executives might not like this, but the day of the Generalist is over.
Now that it's easy to completely customize and individualize a resume to ...READ»
If you discovered an Unfair Advantage to stand out over 97% of your competition, would you use it? Who wouldn't, right?
In today's job search, the name of the game today is to get noticed…and 97% of the resumes out there ...READ»
What does the content of your resume say about you? Is it an Autobiography, or a solution to your readers' problems?
IF your resume gets seen by human eyes (remember, 97% get pre-screened by a database search), you have an ...READ»
That uncomfortable feeling … A self assessment of when to consider a job change.
I spoke to a friend yesterday, who asked for some advice. It seems her sales job wasn’t going as well as she had hoped. She wasn’t making ...READ»
Anyone who has looked for a job in the last four years has
probably noticed something very odd was going on. With only a few exceptions
almost every single company has the same format in order to apply for a job.
This same format ...READ»
You just had a Rock Star interview….you walked out of the office and knew the job was yours for the taking. The company is dying for you, and even you choose that this job isn’t the right move for you – at least the ego boost ...READ»
Do you ever get the feeling that you're writing graffiti in cyberspace?
I get this disconnected feeling when I post a status update on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. There's certainly an art to writing a one sentence blurb ...READ»
I got a call yesterday from a recruiter at a major insurance company. She was investigating the use of “web 2.0” technologies (aka ‘social media‘)
for recruiting and wanted some advice. It was a refreshing call. We
think ...READ»
