Remember the first networking event you went to – you know, the one where you were really going to network?
I remember mine. It was shortly after I lost my job. I was really concerned about networking with other job seekers. I judged them to be broken, problematic and useless to me in my job search.
Little [...]
tags: Networking, Required Reading author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
Yesterday I talked about the value of a professional resume, where I quoted a recruiter who said “Good writers … are … worth every dollar invested in my opinion.” Very cool insight from someone who probably looks at thousands of resumes each month.
Recently on my JibberJobber blog I wrote a post titled Why Resumes [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Required Reading, Resumes, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
On Peter’s LinkedIn Profile there are two questions that have received some excellent answers:
At what age do you think age discrimination (for older workers) starts?
What should older workers do about age discrimination?
Age discrimination is TOUGH. When I started my job search I was 32. I felt OLD compared to the college kids that were getting [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Career Education, LinkedIn, Required Reading, Salary & the Market, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
I “met” Seth Godin a couple of years ago when he was in town to speak in front of about 600 people. I was part of the team who brought him here and was able to lug his bags from the entrance of the facility to the presentation, and then from there to the car [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
I’m not a working mom. Just thought I’d clear the air on that one.
I did, however, come across a really cool resource for working moms (or soon-to-be working moms). The Working Mother Experience is a blog that supports a 250 page book with “essays written by EMC women (and one man) from around the world. [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Required Reading, Work/Life Balance author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
A few days ago I blogged about my job search, and that it turned out dramatically different than I had planned.
One thing I’ve learned since that job search, and since I started my own company, is there is one thing more important than almost any other thing you’ll have, find or prepare for your job [...]
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It took me a while to get around to reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, and I’ve gotta admit, my first reaction was that the title had to be hyperbole.
Four hours? Really?!
Well, for the entrepreneur that may be a possibility, if you follow Ferriss’ formula. In fact, I’ve been through both the book and [...]
tags: Required Reading author: Allen Voivod comments: 1 Comment
We try to keep things practical here on the blog, as you’ll note from scanning through our recent posts. In fact, even when we do the light-heated “Fun With a Purpose” posts, we make an impassioned effort to explain what useful purpose the information in those posts serves.
That said, I’m going to take a moment [...]
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It’s Required Reading time here on the Career Resumes blog, and the book I want to flag this time around has come back on my radar twice in the last month, in two very different ways.
It’s also, by sheer coincidence, celebrating its 18th anniversary this month. Back in 1990 (has it been that long?!), Random [...]
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Happy holidays to you! It’s time for the “Required Reading” segment of the blog, and as luck would have it, our friends at Monster.com have a special treat for job seekers – it’s their “Career Book Gift Guide” for 2007.
They’ve managed to make this a highly diverse list – there’s something for businesswomen, English majors, [...]
tags: Required Reading author: Allen Voivod comments: No Comments