Be honest. When you woke up on the first morning of 2012, did you have a handwritten list of resolutions ready to go? And, if so, how many of them applied to your job hunt? If yours was absent anything career or job search related, feel free to borrow one (or all) of my Top ...
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Job Search Strategies for the 50+ Crowd (and 6 mistakes you should never make)
In her new book “50 is the new fifty” author Suzanne Braun Levine encourages women to be unabashedly proud of their age, to claim it on their own terms, and make their own rules. But for the millions of Boomers who find themselves, either out of desire or need, still in a job search, many ...
6 new tools to shake up your social media rut
Are you finding yourself in information overload? Need a way to clear the job search clutter? Here are 6 new tools that are getting good marks for helping job seekers find their way… 1. Google Reader & Google Alerts: Clear the Clutter of Job Search Overwhelm These Google tools help clear the clutter from your ...
How do I answer “Why did you leave your last job” if I was fired?
Dear Laura: I got terminated from my last job, and my boss said that I lost money for the company and didn't do the work (in my eyes I felt that I did). What is the best way to answer the question "Why did you leave your last job?" Laura: There are few interview questions that ...
For short-term gigs, which is a better title: consultant, temp, or entrepreneur?
Dear Laura: What is the best way to handle significant employment gaps (2.5 years) on your resume? I have been working in my field as a “temp,” volunteer, and independent consultant, depending the job, while conducting my full time job search. But what approach is best to use on your resume: listing these jobs jobs/activities ...
How do I turn a temp job into a full-time one?
Dear Laura: My question pertains to what to do in a situation in which a job seeker is working on a temporary assignment that is nearing its end. The job seeker is forward thinking and eager to learn if there may be an opportunity for this to turn in to a full time position. ...
How do you ask for an informational interview when there is no open job?
Here's a comment from a job seeker that I received recently: Dear Laura: Although I don't have any interviews set up, I do have a new opportunity. A fellow I knew in college (not well, he transferred to another school) has given me the names of two people to contact at two different associations. He said ...
What My Parenting Coach Taught Me About Job Search
Recently, I had an eye-opening experience during a coaching session with my Parenting Coach (Pascale Brady, are you reading this?). My goal in hiring her was very measurable and explainable: show me how to get my son to take responsibility in the morning, get dressed on his own, make his own breakfast, and get to ...
Give-to-Get in the Protean Workplace!
Today, I am incredibly proud to participate in Job Action Day 2010! This year’s theme is about “Creating Opportunity” by creatively devising tactics to address employer needs, stand out in the sea of candidates, becoming more future-focused and emerge from this unprecedented employment situation better, stronger, ...
Top 5 Assessments to Direct Your Career Change
For most of us, the first and only time we ever take a career assessment is in high school or college. But, if you are unfulfilled in your current job, unsure of your motivated values and talents, looking for confirmation on a possible career passion, or in search of ways in which you could make ...
