In two days much of the world, and your audience, will shut down to celebrate Christmas.
Some celebrate Christmas, some don’t. Whether you celebrate or not, you are impacted by this holiday season. The world seems to shut down.
So what do you do as a job seeker?
You can do all kinds of stuff … you can [...]
tags: Career Discussions, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 23rd, 2011
As I’ve spoken over the last few years to professionals in transition, I’ve convinced myself that the job search is 99% communication.
And we do it wrong (or poorly)…. almost all the time.
Can you communicate just a little bit better? Communication in your job search is key.
It’s why job seekers spend hours working on their “elevator [...]
tags: Interviews, Networking, Resumes, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 22nd, 2011
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 team [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Interviews, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 12th, 2011
I got a business degree and an MBA. I’ve taken a few marketing classes, and read a few marketing books. If you have spent 20 minutes in marketing, you’ve heard about the Four Ps of Marketing:
Place
Position
Price
Product
Every marketer can define those four Ps, and they play a significant role in their marketing strategy.
Chris Russell, of Secrets [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 7th, 2011
Job 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 that [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Fun With a Purpose, Job Search Tools, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 5th, 2011
One of the easiest things to do right on your Profile is to have a good Profile picture.
Why then do so many people do it wrong?
LinkedIn wants a headshot.
I want a CLOSEUP of the headshot.
You might have a great, professional picture, but if your head takes up less than 50% of the picture, I’ll tell [...]
tags: Job Search Tools, LinkedIn, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 30th, 2011
Two weeks ago I fly to New York to speak to a bunch of Executive MBA candidates at a prestigious university.
At least three people asked me about the connection strategy they should have. Two of them had strong opinions already formed and just wanted to see what I thought.
I explained in my LinkedIn book I have a [...]
tags: LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 28th, 2011
Can 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 ASK FOR HELP.
You [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 23rd, 2011
Do you have a list of “things to do” in your job search? Probably.
What do you do on Monday?
I would open up my email, click on a few interesting links (and keep up on current events), and stuff like that before I tried to do anything hard or serious in my job search.
Before I knew [...]
tags: Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 21st, 2011
For 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 resume, [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Interviews, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
November 18th, 2011
