From Self-Employed to Hired!There is a lot of talk about whether someone who has been self employed can successfully enter the workforce again. Because of my raw blog posts over the years, I’ve said I was “unemployable.” That is, if a potential employer saw stuff I have written, they might think I wasn’t going to be a good [...] December 12th, 2011
Job Search Tool: THE PHONEJob seekers tend to have a fear of the phone. It weighs too much, so they can’t pick it up and make a call. Or, pushing ALL the numbers to dial out is too tiring, so they don’t do the last 1 or 2, and the call doesn’t go through. Or, there’s a powerful magnet [...] December 5th, 2011
Job Search Networking at ThanksgivingCan you network over a turkey? What better place is there? If you get together with family and friends at Thanksgiving, you have a great opportunity to spend time with people, and help them help you in your job search. Make it clear what you are looking for, and how they can help you, and [...] November 23rd, 2011
The Job Search is 99% CommunicationFor the last 3+ years I’ve been speaking around the country to thousands and thousands of job seekers. I’m writing this from a hotel room, preparing for a presentation to a group of students hoping to enhance their careers with advanced degrees! People spend a lot of time and energy on things like LinkedIn, their [...] November 18th, 2011
Help your recruiter remember youIs it your role, or your duty, to help a recruiter remember who you are? If they are good, shouldn’t they remember who you are?? Isn’t that THEIR JOB? It might be a part of their job, but if they aren’t doing that part of their job well, is it their FAULT? Some recruiters will [...] November 16th, 2011
DO NOT Lie To Recruiters!What’s the worst that could happen if you lie to a recruiter? If you are a job seeker, you could essentially become blacklisted by the recruiter, his firm, and their contacts. Recruiters are networkers. They talk. If you lie, they can find out. If they find out, they will question everything else you’ve told them. [...] November 2nd, 2011
Job Search Tips from HRTechConf: Current Job Search TalkI’m going to keep this post really short because you need to spend time reading a long post from Chris Brabic titled What I learned in Vegas: #HRTechConf Wrap-Up This is from the HR Technology Conference, so it’s not totally about job search, but there was a lot of talent management talk, for sure. Chris [...] October 31st, 2011
Job Search Myths from a RecruiterGavin Redelman posted this on Recruiting Blogs: Five Myths About Job Searching His myths are: The smartest person always gets the job Direct experience is most important Dating a co-worker will lead to career doom Applying for jobs online is the only way to find a new job Writing a cover letter is a waste [...] October 27th, 2011
Alison Doyle: When Networking Isn’t WorkingAlison Doyle wrote a great post on the Job Search . About site about a topic that everyone talks about… but the flip side of the coin. Networking is supposedly how you are going to land your next gig. What if it just doesn’t work for you?? Read her post here. Her points include: Walk [...] October 24th, 2011
Why do people disappear after they find a job?In my last Career Resumes post I talked about your job search competition: other job seekers. Last month on my JibberJobber blog I wrote about “that guy,” the guy who is there and needy when he is in transition, but he disappears after he lands a job. In the comments, Marc Miller kind of defends [...] October 17th, 2011
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