Time for some important LinkedIn strategy. Your LinkedIn headline is one of the strongest search term areas in your LinkedIn profile, which is why your resume’s headline should be expanded on your LinkedIn profile. Ensure your LinkedIn headline is relevant-keyword optimized to easily identify your profession and industry as a candidate—not simply identify you as […]
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The term “Culture Fit” has caused controversy in hiring circles and raised questions if the concept breeds unconscious bias in hiring against minority groups. Also, as job landing consultants, my team and I hear more often from executives and rising leaders that having a beer with a prospective employer / candidate is no longer helpful […]
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Verizon Wireless is laying off, offering severance to, or outsourcing 44,000 employees over the next two years. That’s 30% of their workforce. The first round of employee separations began on December 28th, 2018. Bain & Company’s December Newsletter leads with an article, “What Sales Teams Should Do to Prepare for the Next Recession.” — the […]
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Brian received his first draft resume from us and he told us he felt it was overstated. “I feel like I sound like a braggart when I read it,” he said. “Ok… let’s walk through it line by line to see what we need to scale back…,” we replied. We proceeded to go through Brian’s […]
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Are you looking for a new position in 2019? If so, you are definitely NOT alone. You and thousands of other January job seekers will soon be on the hunt for a new role in 2019. Most people think looking for a job now is a bad idea, believing it’s a slow hiring season and […]
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I have been blessed with a gift that has served me well my entire life. My gift is I’m the girl you want to be in the foxhole with — I will stop at nothing to get out. So if you are with me in the foxhole, you will get out too. No doubt. I […]
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