The interview is scheduled! You are ecstatic, and you should be! But now what? What will you do to prepare for your job interview so you feel confident and prepared? ...
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6 Steps to Managing Your Job Search
To find your next job you'll need a process. There are six steps to managing your job search you'll want to follow. You'll learn how to create a strategy to help land the right job. ...
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2020 Recruiting Trends from Jobvite
A successful job search requires you to understand 2020 recruiting trends and what's important to recruiters right now. Thanks to Jobvite's 2020 Recruiter Nation report, that's exactly what you'll ...
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Summary Sunday: New and Different Ways To Stand Out
In order to get noticed as a candidate or star performer today, you'll have to try new and different ways to stand out.
If you continue to do what you've always done, you'll get the same results. ...
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Summary Sunday: Fresh Job Search Strategies for 2018
We're already a month into the new year, how's your job search going?
Refresh your job search and apply some new strategies. ...
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VisualCV: What You Need To Know
You can never have enough online visibility! VisualCV is one more place on the web someone can learn about you! ...
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9 Job Seeker Frequently Asked Questions (and answers)
There are probably 100s of questions running through your mind during your job search. You need answers. Here popular job seeker frequently asked questions (and answers)! ...
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5 Things You Need if You Want Your Resume to Be Seen
When you apply for a job online, your resume will be one of hundreds. Learn what you MUST do if you want your resume to be seen! ...
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Summary Sunday: Modern Job Search Strategies
You've heard it said before... job search isn't the same today as it was last time you looked. This is why you're going to need modern job search strategies. Here's what you need to know! ...
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5 Things You Need to Know About Applicant Tracking Systems
It’s fairly well known that busy recruiters and hiring managers barely glance at a resume for ten seconds before deciding which pile it lands in. However, not many job seekers understand how to get ...
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Why Send A Resume When You Can Send A SnapChat Resume
If you are submitting resume after resume into an ATS, you're never going to stand out.
Trying something new can be risky...or it can get you 15 minutes of fame like this SnapChat Resume ...
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Your Summary, Profile and Pitch
Fine-tuning your message is one of the most important parts of prepping for job search.
Your LinkedIn summary, profile and pitch, highlight your most marketable assets in a way that entices the ...
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The Resume 2012 Style
Resume styles change. Is yours up-to-date? I am not a professional resume writer. However, I do know lots of great writers and love engaging in discussions about this document. ...
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Clean Up Your Job Search with these 5 Tips
Spring has come and gone, however, it is never too late to do a little spring cleaning to spruce up your job search. I hope this post will give your job search a shiny new feel. ...
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Summary Sunday
Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. Each week I find new people to follow and new blogs to read. In sharing them, I hope you learn something new and/or find a new blog to read. ...
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Putting It Out There
A great number of Boomers are not comfortable putting themselves out there. They are far different from the narcissistic Gen Y who seek opportunities to share information about themselves ...
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Mind Over Matter: Moving Your Stalled Search Forward
As a member of a new community of resume writers and career coaches called the Career Collective, this post is one of many responses to ideas and concrete steps to secure your future in a changed ...
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I Just Did My Job
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a job seeker say, "I just did my job, I don't have any accomplishments", I would be so rich. So why are you so humble? Why can't you take some credit where ...
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Lazy or Un-Informed?
Job Search is hardly a DIY (Do It Yourself) project today. Well, it can be, I suppose, if you have a natural inclination for building relationships and learning. If you have never ...
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Summary Sunday
Are you in a slump? Do you need a kick start? Is your job search stalled? Perhaps you will need to take some time to re-evaluate your activities and actions over the past week or ...
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Be “Just Right” So Goldilocks will Hire You
We all know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. She tested the porridge, the chairs and the beds and each time found one that was "just right". ...
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Confessions of an Overwhelmed Hiring Manager
I know this hiring manager who posted a job opening for an Admin. The reason this position was posted was because this hiring manager was overwhelmed. She had more work than she could ...
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How to Make Your Resume Work for You
Resume advice isn't absolute, black and white, or universal. You probably know that because you've shown your resume to different people and they have each provided you with different ...
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Is Your Resume Meeting the Employer’s Need?
If you are going to take the time to send your resume to an employer, you have to take the time to adjust it to the specific requirements of the job posting. Please! ...
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Dumb Down the Resume or Tweek to Be a Fit?
Remember that the job of your resume is to get you interviews. If your phone isn't ringing, your resume isn't working.
Rule number 1 is to make sure you adjust your resume for ...
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