This is the time of year when college seniors begin to really think about what they'll do after they graduate. Some, perhaps few, have jobs lined up already. Finding a job is difficult, ...
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Archives for April 2010
How Do Employers Find Good Candidates?
What is the greatest source of external hiring according to CareerXroads 2009 study? If you understand the answer, you'll also understand why networking is so important. 26.7% of external ...
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Changes In Procedures
In the olden days, I used to fly ever couple of months. Back then, I would just run into the airport and jump on the plane. Well, it seemed pretty easy compared to today. Now I only fly ...
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Summary Sunday: Personal Branding and More
I'll have to admit, this was a not a very busy week for me on Twitter. Twitter is where I find many of the posts/articles I recommend reading here.
The other tool I use to source helpful ...
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Share What You’ve Learned in Your Quest
Why do you feel people are not seeking help with their job search? Were you ever of the mindset that you could do it yourself? You figured out that you needed some help and you began to seek ...
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Job Search Is All About Marketing
We all need to learn more about marketing. Either as an employee or a job seeker, understanding the key trends in marketing is important to your career preservation.
If you are job seeking, then ...
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A New Book. The same message.
You all are in trouble...I've started reading another book "Trust Agents" by Chris Brogan. What this means is that I am going to be cramming his ideas down your throats ...
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So You Have Excellent Communication Skills
We read this phrase and use it too often. "Excellent communication skills, written and oral". Really?! What does that say? What does this mean? How do you quantify or qualify ...
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Research to Make the Information Stick
There is a funny thing that happens when you have to research and write a report...the information sticks. I still remember a report I had to write in 4th grade about Polar Bears. I also ...
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Summary Sunday
The focus of this week's Summary is...interviewing. As I was gathering posts for this, I saw I wasn't the only one with this idea. Tim Tyrell-Smith summarized interviewing posts this week as well. ...
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It is the end of the week, what do you have to show?
I, like many of you, love Fridays. It gives me permission to stop thinking about work for a couple of days! However, before I do slip into my mini vacation, I like to look back at the week and see ...
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3 Communication Strategies Learned From Meteorologists
I've always thought that being a Meteorologist/weather-woman would be a great job. What other job do you know of that won't damn you for making a wrong forecast or won't hold you ...
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Summary Sunday
This Summary Sunday features posts and videos about the personal branding, social media, updates on employment and professional development.
Yuck, I hear some saying. I don't want to have a ...
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