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| Put a P.S. in Your Cover Letter by Kevin Donlin It’s the darndest thing. All successful job searches are marketing and sales campaigns. You have to find and qualify customers (employers) for your services. That’s the marketing. And you have to convince those customers to buy (hire) you. That’s the sales part. So why n | |||
| Seven Tips to Get Your Resume the Attention It Deserves by Caitrin O'Sullivan In spite of all the gloom and doom about unemployment today, there still are good jobs out there. Only problem is, now you’re up against record numbers of competing applicants for that spot. HR teams are overwhelmed by this massive influx of candidates, and often have to wade through hundr... | |||
| Three Tips To Making a Career Change In a Tough Time by Miriam Salpeter I hear from so many people who are in the midst of trying to make a career change. Sometimes, the change is very slight – a writer who wants to use her expertise to write about a different subject. Other times, there is a more drastic goal – a mortgage broker who wants to use transferable ... | |||
| Using Social Networking Sites for Recruiting? Beware Disparate Impact Claims by Stephanie Thomas Using social networking sites for recruiting is not a new phenomenon; three years ago, Maureen Crawford-Hentz, a recruiter for Osram Sylvania, said "Social networking technology is the absolutely the best thing to happen to recruiting -- ever." It seems as though enthusiasm for social n... | |||
| Where Should You Turn For Employment Law Counseling? by Stephanie Thomas I came across two items in my feed reader that surprised me. One item explained how to negotiate a discrimination settlement, and the other explained how to win an age discrimination lawsuit. The surprising thing was not the topic of these items, but where these items were posted: eHow | |||
| Why Experts Use Social Media by Stephanie Thomas I recently came across a post by Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting. Her post (which can be found here) posed the following question: Can expert witnesses participate in social media? (And should they?) This is a very interest | |||
| “Dumb Down” Your Resume? by Harry Urschel There was an article in the Wall Street Journal recently, titled: The New Resume: Dumb and Dumber with a subtitle of: "Job Seekers Play Down Their Credentials to Avoid Looking Overqualified" The story was about people that took graduate degrees, years of experience, or titles off th | |||
| “I Can Do That!” by Harry Urschel There’s an old ‘Seinfeld’ episode where George quit his job in Real Estate and is trying to decide what career he would like to go into next. He and Jerry are sitting around a coffee table while George throws out ideas of what he thinks he could do. They discuss his desires to be a Profess... | |||
| A Job Hunt is Sales! Yikes! by Harry Urschel Not only is looking for a job, a full time job in itself...it’s a SALES position! Now, if your profession is in Sales anyway, this is not earth shattering news to you and you’re likely to be approaching it that way. If, however, you’re not a Sales person, this may be very bad news to... | |||
| Always Ask For More...Right? by Harry Urschel When is the right time to start negotiating the amount of an offer? And no matter what it is...it’s always better to ask for more...Isn’t it? One of the most common questions I come across from Job Seekers is how, and when, to negotiate an offer. As part of a Job Networking group, each ... | |||
| Appearance Matters! by Harry Urschel There was a story on a popular Network TV News Magazine recently about people that are unemployed and decide to get plastic surgery to improve their chances of getting a job offer. They spend anywhere from $12,000 to $18,000 on tummy tucks, facelifts, breast reductions, or a myriad of othe... | |||
| Are You a Talker? by Harry Urschel In an interview, are you a talker? Many people that can normally carry on great two-way conversations, talk way too much in an interview! Whether it's nerves, a compulsion to make sure the interviewer knows everything about them, or a false idea that they are supposed to dominate the... | |||
| Are You Ready? by Harry Urschel You just got laid off from your job (Ouch!), and getting ready to begin a new job search. Are you ready? What should you do first, and what tools will you need? Most people jump in, sending out resumes or contacting people unprepared. Usually they are ineffective, and sometime set t | |||
| Being ‘Pleasantly Persistent’! by Harry Urschel “I sent in a resume...” or “I had an interview...over a week ago and haven’t heard anything. Should I call to follow-up?” or “How much is too much when calling or emailing to follow-up?” I get asked this question in one form or another regularly, and my standard answer is: “It p | |||
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