Managing your career– more important than ever As an adult educator and an advisor to hundreds of students during my 19 years at Gwinnett Technical College, the most important obligation I have to students is career advice. This process always seems to center around how to make someone more employable. This advice is not only
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Keys to the perfect CEO Resume As president of The Corban Group, a nationwide retained executive search firm located in Suwanee, Bob Rodgers has seen many bad resumes over the years. “The greatest mistake I see are ones where an executive has had someone else write it,” he says. “The material, written in third person,
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Make your mark with your ‘brand’ when job hunting You only get one chance to make a first impression, the saying goes, and that’s never so true as when you’re interviewing for a new job. And while it’s not easy to stand out in this uber-competitive world, employment experts suggest one way jobseekers can do
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Plastic surgery could be the key to rejuvenating a sagging career Plastic surgery can cure both a sagging face and a sagging career, according to research in the US. The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery reports that from 2000 to 2004, the number of facial plastic surgery procedures and injections increased 34%.
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Changing Careers Is your IT job feeling a little stale? It’s a great time to switch companies or even industries, and some emerging fields and technologies could make a change all the more intriguing. Not long ago, Michael O’Brien, a man with 10 years of service as a Java programmer and software design expert for
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Not All Profiles Click With Employers Lisette Szeto thinks she’ll have a lot to offer an employer when she graduates in December. The English major will hold a degree from the University of Tampa, and she has a bubbly personality and an exciting social life. But it may be more exciting than she wants the
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Successful interview takes preparation Questions in a job interview follow a predictable pattern, career experts say. Preparing brief and carefully considered responses in advance increases the chances of making a good impression and reduces “pre-interview” jitters. Consider how you would answer the following five common questions. What are your weaknesses? The interviewer may be attempting
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Dig deep for information about job, career changes When most people are in the thinking stages of whether to change jobs or careers, they make two common mistakes. They first call or e-mail someone they know or have been referred to and ask, “What would it take for me to be a writer?” or “What’s
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Use interview to ferret out signs of nightmare job You get to the new office, this place of new and exciting opportunity, but it’s just not what you were told it would be. People often land in such a position because they are simply too eager to take that new gig. People spend their work
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Baby boomer exodus Just as they have for 60 years, baby boomers are throwing their weight around again. This time, though, it’s not a matter of how to educate, house and employ the mass of 78 million Americans in that generation, but rather how to replace their skills and knowledge in the workplace as they
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How to Write a Resume to Increase Salary Just about every job that pays better than the minimum wage will want a resume for your application.  If you are applying for a job that requires an application, the best thing is to be ready with all of your information and to write neatly.  You can
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Maximize Your Internet Job Search We frequently hear from job-seekers who are frustrated with job-hunting on the Internet. (See our article Are the Major Job Boards All They’re Cracked Up to Be? Observers and Users Speak Out). They have posted their resume on the major job boards or searched for and responded to job postings
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Art of phone interviews Q. I’ve heard that some employers conduct telephone interviews before deciding which job applicants they will meet in person. Why do they do this? How can I prepare for a telephone interview? I’ve applied for several jobs. I’m worried that an employer might call at an awkward time and I’ll stumble
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A recruiter comes clean Brad Karsh has thrown away stacks of resumes with barely a glance. He has judged people in an instant, based on what they were wearing and the strength of their handshake. And he still expected them to send him a thank-you note. World-class jerk? Nah, just a former recruiting director. And
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Ten Reasons for Not Accepting A Counter Offer Ten Reasons for Not Accepting A Counter Offer 1. Question how much the company actually values what you do. Would they have made the counter-offer if you were not leaving? 2. From where is the money for the counter-offer coming? Is it your next raise early? (All
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