Career Advancement & Reinvention
4 Reasons Why Social Media Profiles Are The New Resume
By Lisa Rangel Are social media profiles replacing resumes? Yes, recruiters now rely heavily on platforms like LinkedIn to find and evaluate candidates using keyword searches, making your profile as important (or more) than your resume. Your resume isn’t your first impression anymore. These days, your first impression is the digital trail you leave behind: your…
Read MoreThree Things You Can Do TODAY To Move Your Passive Job Search Forward
Feeling like you want to see what opportunity is out there in the marketplace? Not sure what to do to get it going or if you even want to look for a job? Well, start your own research tour. Learn about what you think you may want to do next. You do not need to…
Read MoreHow to Look For a Job If It’s Been 10+ Years Since You’ve Had To
If you’re a very experienced professional it may have been a while since the last time you looked for a job. If you were lucky you got swooped up out of college and have been with the same company ever since. Now you’re starting to notice that being employed by the same company for life…
Read More12 Places Corporate Recruiters Look For Their Next Hire
I conducted an informal survey of approximately 20 corporate recruiters, asking each which sources they use to find qualified candidates. While this isn’t a scientific poll, the results still reflect the shift in the job search landscape. For each lead source on this list, ask yourself: Will I be found here? Am I spending too…
Read More13 Salary Negotiation Tactics to Get a Raise and Maximize Your Salary
Understanding salary negotiation and how to ask for a raise is a professional skill everyone needs to master. When you ask for a raise, there are many things you can do ahead of time to increase the odds of your salary negotiation tactics landing the salary increase you want. Studies by management consulting firms show…
Read More7 Tips on How to Create Your 30-Second Elevator Pitch
If you have a career of any kind, you need an elevator pitch (some call it an elevator speech or a value proposition). An elevator pitch is a roughly 30-second sound bite – a response to the question, “Tell me about yourself” or “What do you do?” Has anyone ever actually used the elevator…
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