When you left your last position, the door slammed behind you without much ceremony. You didn’t receive a goodbye cake or a golden parachute, and in fact, you were lucky to get out of there with your dignity intact. You weren’t laid off; you were fired. You recognize the difference, and you know that your… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Job Seeker
If you’re searching for work or trying to jump start your career, you may be following the standard path: scrolling through job boards and submitting resumes to employers, hoping to land a full-time professional job. You may also be leaning on your network, scheduling informational interviews, and using every other resource at your disposal to… Read more »
No matter how well prepared you may be, and no matter how many times you’ve practiced your elevator pitch, you’ll still need to keep an eye out for these common interview pitfalls. Even the most confident meeting can slip out of your control in a heartbeat if you aren’t paying attention to your interviewer’s cues… Read more »
As you search for work and submit your resume and cover letter to potential employers, you’ll need to make sure these two critical documents create a strong impression. Your letter and your resume will tell the world who you are and what you can do…but in our modern digital world, the process won’t usually stop… Read more »
You know that you’re qualified for the jobs and open positions you decide to pursue. You have the right degrees and the level of experience that meet the requirements of each post…but you aren’t sure this is quite enough to give you an edge. So what steps can you take to separate yourself from a… Read more »
As you start submitting resumes and searching for your next employer, set your sites high. You don’t want just any job…you want the right job. You want a great company that will respect your talents and work as hard for you as you do for them. And as it happens, great companies and mediocre ones… Read more »
As you search for a new job, you’ll be scanning through posts and submitting your resume in pursuit of opportunities that appear on your screen or within the web of your social network. Some will align perfectly with your skill sets, and these are the jobs that will probably attract most of your attention and… Read more »
Your interview is scheduled later this week, and you’re doing your best to prepare for the surprises and curveball questions that may be heading your way. Of course your session will probably open with some small talk and a polite discussion of the kind of job you’re looking for and why you applied for this… Read more »
As job search counselors and career advisors will be quick to tell you, informational interviews can vastly shorten the path to your next job offer. But in order to turn a ten minute meeting into a promising connection or a profitable lesson, you’ll have to follow a few simple guidelines. And you’ll need to make… Read more »
Employees don’t always look into this essential detail when they’re caught up in the excitement of accepting a job offer and starting a new job, but a few years later, when they’re ready to move on, the question still has to be dealt with: How to leave? How can you gracefully back away from the… Read more »