Job Search Planning
7 Places to Find Open Jobs Not On Job Boards
It’s an addictive time suck spiral spending most of your job search time on job boards. This is how it starts: The enticing idea of sending your credentials online to instantly receive an interview appeals to your sense of wanting immediate gratification with low risk of direct rejection. But what ends up happening for most…
Read More4 Signs to Change Your Mindset and Get Hired
A successful job search doesn’t start with a resume. Nor does it begin with a LinkedIn Profile. It starts with the right mindset. Yes, you can have the most beautiful resume, the most perfectly optimized profile and even a precise list of the right hiring managers to approach.
Read MoreWhy I Forced Myself Into Sales
I’m really an introvert who pretends to be an extrovert. Nobody believes me when I tell them that. But it’s true. In my early 20’s, I had a real hard time promoting my work. I was awesome at doing my job, but I was terrified of selling myself to outside entities, peers or upper level…
Read MoreSuccess Favors the Non-Conformist
Success Favors the Non-Conformist Everyone asks for the right keywords. It’s so boring. NEWSFLASH: The right keywords won’t land you a job.
Read MoreAre Your Job Search Emails Failing to Get Replies?
No responses to job search emails. This is the #1 frustration I hear from job seekers at all levels. Why are you not getting any replies to the hundreds of job search emails you are sending? Jobs you are qualified for and happy to do? Great question. Without knowing the specifics of approach (what you…
Read More5 Guaranteed Steps to Staying Unemployed
Do you make these mistakes on your resume? Being unemployed for seven months sucks. Seeing someone you love suffer hurts my heart. My friend wasn’t getting any interviews from her resume that she was submitting to job boards. I told her not to submit to job boards, but she didn’t listen. And she also wouldn’t…
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