How important is a portfolio of your past work?
Artists have one. Web designers have one. Writers have one. Should you? A portfolio, I mean. Concrete examples of your past work that you can show to prospective employers. Read more […]
How creative should I get with my résumé?
There’s a lot of advice out there about how to create a great résumé or CV. There are stories circulating about how people delivered theirs along with a pair of shoes, […]
Are you battling age discrimination?
Carrie Pinsky wrote a great column in the most recent NCBR, talking about age discrimination in the hiring process and what you can do about it: Take age out of […]
Ten Things to Clean Up Your Résumé
There’s lots of people who give you conflicting advice about how to create the perfect résumé or CV. What I tell people is to get lots of ideas and opinions, […]
Five Useful Things LinkedIn Can Do for You
Most job seekers have heard about LinkedIn these days. If you want to maintain a professional presence online to make connection with employers, it’s a must. But LinkedIn can do […]
How to blow a phone screen pre-interview call
Last year when I was job hunting, I had a pre-interview call that totally caught me off guard. I learned a bunch from the experience, because I blew it. I […]
Non-traditional jobs
This morning I led a short discussion about non-traditional jobs. What is this? Well, a traditional job is where An employer creates a job description They open up the job […]
Your job transition is coming!
If you currently have a job, congratulations. But recognize that you’re NOT going to have that job at some point in the future. Given the state of the job market […]
Your LinkedIn image
If you’re trying to make professional connections, LinkedIn is clearly the place to be. Everybody’s there, everybody’s connecting. But I’m surprised at the number of people who haven’t given much […]
Helping to define your next job
Does your next job exist yet? Maybe. But many times jobs are created, or tweaked, based upon specific needs at a certain time, even connected with the talents of certain […]