Has your college graduate found satisfying work? If not, you may find yourself increasingly wanting to help speed up your recent graduate’s job search so that you’re not shouldering student loan payments while your young adult’s still eating all your groceries and hogging your basement couch. Your recent graduate’s home for a few weeks, searching […]
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Retirees Are Selling Themselves Short in Their Post-Retirement Job Searches
Retirees frequently search for part-time post-retirement jobs with flexible hours, less stress, and regular ongoing income. However, job board Indeed.com’s recent analysis shows that job seekers aged 62+ weren’t very creative in their part-time search queries. Kevin, a semi-retired shuttle driver at a local car dealership, is a former manufacturing parts salesman with the […]
What Gets You to an Executive Job Might Not Keep You There
You’ve succeeded in getting to the top of your professional game, but now the rules of the game require a new approach. This year, in particular, we’ve all seen many high-profile executives sweating in the spotlight, as, according to TIME, the #metoo movement has affected 400+ top executives and employees in the past […]
How to Read a Job Posting to Find Out the Job Interview Questions You’ll Get
If you find yourself wondering what you might be asked on an upcoming job interview, look to the job posting (if one exists) as a major source of insider information. Typically the people on the hiring team they’ve spent time thinking through exactly what they wanted, and spelled it out in writing, before posting the role. […]
Want a New Career? Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
If you’re looking for me on Monday nights, you’ll find me with my family glued to an episode of the show American Ninja Warrior. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a show featuring a giant obstacle course for grownups, sprinkled with feel-good stories about the competitors who work hard and overcome major obstacles, on and […]
Job Seekers: What Your Video Interview Background Says About You
I remember quite well one interview I conducted with a talented software engineer who was competing for a coveted job at a fast-growing startup. Actually, to be honest, I don’t remember the guy all that well, or the details of his coding background. What I do remember clear as day is his messy bed behind […]
Too Busy to Job Search? Here’s What to Do
Too Busy to Job Search? You desperately want to find the right job, but somehow, it seems like you never find time for your job search. Of course, job seeking DOES take time, and especially if you’re feeling burnt out, the effort required might seem like too much. Here’s what I hear from clients: Work is […]
Thinking of Skipping Salary Negotiation? Read This
Now that you have the offer, are you thinking of skipping the salary negotiation? If you’re not comfortable with the idea of negotiating salary, you’re in good company. In fact, according to the 2018 Job Seeker survey released earlier this year by talent software provider Jobvite, 46% of the surveyed job seekers feel intimidated at the […]
Want to Know How You’re Performing as an Executive?
As you rise up the ranks and settle into your executive career, you begin to notice that something’s missing: direct, structured feedback on your performance. Now that you’re at or near the top of the organization, it’s likely that no one’s giving you direct performance feedback any more. Well, at least not officially, anyway, since your boss […]
3 Free Ways to Find Email Addresses for Hiring Managers and Recruiters
Let’s say you just got wind about the job of a lifetime and you want to leapfrog other candidates to the front of the line. “I’ll email someone directly,” you’re likely to decide. However, you’re not connected to anyone on LinkedIn, and you don’t have an email address for the hiring manager. How can you do some […]
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