Admit it: You’ve been tempted before to exaggerate a little bit on your resume. Everyone does it, right? Embellishing just a tiny bit won’t be the end of the world, plus you’ve got a good reason to do it. The truth is you know your resume needs work, but you're not sure where to start. Its job is to shine the best possible light on you. After all it is a marketing document ... Read Full Article
Will Obama’s Job Search Be Harder Than Yours?
Have you ever felt like your work experience was so specialized or your job title so high level that they were holding you back from exploring new opportunities? It's not an illusion. Highly specialized work experience (like military service) can be hard to spin for hiring managers in different fields. Education has the same boon/bane split. A bachelors and a masters degree ... Read Full Article
Create a Military to Civilian Employment Timeline
Are you considering leaving the military within the next few years? Transitioning from military to civilian employment isn't easy, but a good plan will make it much easier. Take the time to compile a checklist, to expedite your transition strategically from military service to “civvie street.” The 18 month timeline allows for identifying any barriers to employment, and ... Read Full Article
Get Hired Faster With a Job Search Log
Looking for a job can feel like screaming into a windstorm while getting pelted by debris. You're sending out applications and not hearing back. When you do hear back, it's "good, but not good enough." Meanwhile, people around you are getting lucrative new gigs or finally finding their dream jobs. It's not that you're literally shooting off emails from your phone with one ... Read Full Article
You Are in Control of Your Professional Destiny
Last night a friend of mine posted an update in our private Facebook chat told her this week her services were no longer needed at the beginning of the year. Starting January 1, 2017, she was no longer needed at her work. She told me she was expected to work throughout this holiday season and over the next 6 weeks diligently helping onboard her new replacement. My friend's boss ... Read Full Article
Four Invaluable Tips to Job Search Less And Interview More
Just how tiring is to have to start all over again and dive into the atrocious process that is job searching and interviews? There have been no official surveys or research to conclude this with any official data, but I reckon it’s an experience that can be paralleled to the feeling of spring finals approaching again. “I’ve already been through the winter ones, so I know ... Read Full Article
Diving into Job Applications
Job applications are arguably the most challenging and frustrating thing that many of us have to deal with in our professional careers. Without the right formula we may send out hundreds of applications without more than a couple responses. As the number of applications sent out pile up, our efforts can feel increasingly arbitrary. Perfecting job applications starts with a ... Read Full Article
3 Types of Job Hunters Who Can’t Find Work
You’re kicking off a new job hunt, and you’ve sent out a fresh resume. And...radio silence. Did something go wrong? Unfortunately, you may have overlooked one detail. There are three types of job seekers whose resumes are more likely to tank even if they’ve put the best skills on their resume for that job. And you may be one of them without knowing it. Some ... Read Full Article
LinkedIn Adds 2 New Features for Recruiters & Job Seekers
Check out the rest of our great LinkedIn resources and tutorials by clicking here. I talk to recruiters and job seekers every day. I hear about the great divide.Recruiters can’t find talent; Job seekers can’t find the right new position. It feels like they are miles away from each other. The crazy thing from my vantage point is that there is really so much opportunity ... Read Full Article
Don’t Wait Until January to Start Your New Job Search
The tail end of the year and onset of autumn can usher in a certain sense of restlessness. Kids go back to school and our own thoughts go back to New Years resolutions -- including those we did not keep. We face the end of the year, feel a cool breeze, and understand once again, in a visceral way, the passage of time. What are we doing with our lives? If our career goals are ... Read Full Article
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