Happy Valentines Day. Get Out Of Here.Did you hear about the 8,700 jobs getting cut from Pepsi? Or 13,000 jobs from American Airlines? Or Kraft’s 1,600 layoff? That’s what Caroline Ceniza-Levine writes about on her Forbes article titled 10 Career Steps to Take After A Layoff. Read the article here. It’s a very tactical, short article that helps you get grounded [...] February 14th, 2012
Preparing for Job Search InterviewsSupposedly the economy is getting better. I’ve seen it as I travel around the country speaking to job search groups. More people are celebrating new jobs, and more people are interviewing. That’s great! How are you preparing for your job interviews? I didn’t prepare much, except emotionally… I really should have prepared more with my [...] February 10th, 2012
Millennial (Gen Y) Unemployment Rate… Yuck!A few years ago I couldn’t help but see a number of articles and blog posts about how millennials were going to change the world, and how awesome they were, and how much better they were than Gen X and Baby Boomers. They were entitled, but no one could complain, because they were going to [...] February 9th, 2012
The List: What Do I Want/Need Out Of My Next Job?I remember counseling someone during a transition a few years ago. He was interested in only one thing: salary. I was in a “bad relationship” with my employer. Not bad enough to leave, but bad enough to know I didn’t like it there. It wasn’t healthy for me at all, and I should have left. [...] February 3rd, 2012
Open Letter to Job Seekers, from Recruiter Amy AlaHere’s a brilliant read that you must digest. As a job seeker it’s easy to get frustrated at recruiters (and hiring managers, HR, etc.) because they aren’t giving us the respect we are used to (the respect we had when we had a job, with a title and a salary). As a recruiter, Amy has [...] February 1st, 2012
Is Google Your New Resume?I’ve seen plenty of bloggers say that “Google is the new resume.” They say “if you aren’t on Google (or LinkedIn), you don’t exist.” The thinking is valid… to a degree. Here is what they are trying to say, and my take: Google is the new resume: Why use the boring old two page document [...] January 25th, 2012
The Importance of a Cover LetterI’ve heard debate recently about cover letters – are they important, do you need to write one, etc. Cover letters are kind of hard to write. Maybe they are more of a pain, really, than they are hard to write. And anything that is a pain to job seekers is questioned… “waa, waa, do we [...] January 23rd, 2012
Do Recruiters Recommend Based on PERSONALITY or QUALIFICATIONS?The short answer: both, and it depends. Check out this post on Recruiting Blogs by Katie, titled Personality vs. Qualified. She talks about a challenge that regularly comes up. No matter how fair anything should be, there are always nuances, and biases, and circumstances… so there is not one “right answer.” Here’s Katie’s advice, which [...] January 19th, 2012
Executive ResumesHappy Friday the 13th!! I am appalled at the ads I’m seeing for professional resumes to be written for under $100. Listen, there is a reason Nike, or some other major company, won’t pay you or me $100 to write their next advertisement. You get what you pay for, and they know it. I think you get [...] January 13th, 2012
Common Resume Mistakes: Asking The Wrong People for FeedbackIn my job search I pieced together a resume and then shot it out to friends and family hoping they would let me know if it was any good. I was looking for someone to catch a grammar mistake, or a spelling error. I was hoping someone would think it was awesome and walk it [...] January 11th, 2012
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