Being a fresh graduate provides plenty of advantages in a competitive job market, especial in the world of engineering and design. In these industries, employers like fresh faces, youthful enthusiasm, and flexible team members who don’t have to be broken out of lifelong bad habits. But unfortunately, if you’re entering the market as a new… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Job Seeker
Despite how things may look on the surface, an interview is a two-way conversation. And the stakes on both sides of the table may be higher than some candidates realize. The interview provides managers with a chance to determine candidate readiness for the position, but just as important, the process gives the candidate a chance… Read more »
A long job search can be very similar to a grueling endurance race. Like trained marathon runners, most job seekers start out feeling hopeful, idealistic and confident. But as the miles drag on, our perspective starts to change. Somewhere around the fifth or sixth month, we start to question our job search strategy and even… Read more »
Congratulations! With the arrival of your formal offer letter, you’re officially off the job market. Resume polishing, waiting, hoping, and endless grueling interviews are now behind you. But what lies ahead? Here are a few things you should expect as you step into your new position, and a few things that your new employer will… Read more »
If you have a job right now and you’re interested in holding onto it until you’ve landed a new position, you may want to keep your job search quiet for a while. After all, most employment contracts are at-will agreements, and if your employer finds out you’re job hunting and becomes annoyed or offended, you… Read more »
Every employee who’s spent a few years in the professional workforce has had at least one encounter with “Imposter Syndrome”, or the feeling that their current position is unearned, undeserved, or somehow fraudulent. This feeling is as awkward, embarrassing, and isolating as it is universal. It can rise up and assault us on our worst… Read more »
The word “mentor” refers to a person in our close personal or professional circle who we turn to for advice, guidance, and role-modeling purposes. The mentor relationship is loosely defined and means different things in different professional situations, but almost every healthy mentor-mentee connection is poised to help the mentee navigate the complexities of the… Read more »
We’ve all had rough days at work. Every now and then, everybody hits a difficult patch, and when we’re stuck in one of these professional sand traps, we know it. We feel out of our element. We feel less talented and motivated than the people around us. We can’t seem to get anything right. And… Read more »
Personal branding and corporate branding are both based on similar concepts, and when executed correctly, both can help capture and retain audience attention long enough to deliver a set of key messages. Just as companies use a carefully cultivated brand to help them stay at the forefront of customers minds, you can use the concept… Read more »
This is an area that has become much more complicated in the past several years. Where suits and ties and dresses, skirts and slacks were once the norm in virtually all business environments, many companies are now much less formal. The problem is, there is often little or no correlation between the type of business… Read more »