The buzz when looking for a job in the past few years has been around video resumes. Are they effective? Is this required by all job seekers? Although we can’t speak for all employers, we can provide you with our experience having screened and hired for many reputable companies. Personally we aren’t ready to endorse
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Quit Shuffling Your Feet: Focus On That Job Search Businesspeople constantly talk about focus, especially after they lose it. Job seekers have a particularly difficult time maintaining focus after they’ve established a target. This column will discuss three different people from the East, South and West and how their ability to focus simplified their job
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Do you feel that you deserve a higher salary and need to ask for a raise? Let’s look at the facts: You’re long overdue for a raise. Your boss hasn’t exactly been forthcoming with one. And sitting around waiting for him or her to give you a raise hasn’t really been of much help. So
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Online professional sites can expand your job search Minutes after attending a seminar titled “Use Social Networking to Your Professional Advantage,” I opened my e-mail and found two new invitations to join LinkedIn.com networks. One request came from a person I’d had professional contact with previously. I clicked “accept” and quickly went on to other
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Keeping Older Workers on the Job Companies that fear a shortage of qualified workers are trying to entice older workers to stay on the job longer. The Los Angeles-based defense and technology corporation Northrop Grumman is exploring innovative ways to keep baby boomers at their desks and get them to teach younger workers their vital
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Does your boss make the most exasperating requests? Or perhaps demands for things on the spot? Maybe even reschedules meetings around her manicure appointment during office hours? Does she come into the office every morning sporting a look that makes you wonder if she realizes she’s not waltzing down the red carpet at an LA
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Take control of your online image The rise of online networking sites has made it easier to connect with colleagues and learn about job openings. It’s also part of a much larger trend in which more information about you may be available to anyone who’s interested including hiring managers, who often perform Internet searches on
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This isn’t your Moms Middle-Age! The hunt for a new job is rarely fun. Even at the best of times, it can be stressful and time-consuming. What happens though if you are a 50 something woman and find yourself laid off, or trying to switch jobs? Unfortunately, it seems to be true that older workers
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After working for days creating my resume, I’d carefully constructed my employment history with an eye to grabbing my prospective employer’s attention with what (I hoped) would be my spectacular accomplishments. I went over it repeatedly, looking for misspelling’s and typos, trying to find places where I could “word things” better. Finally, after two weeks,
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Enhancing your career potential in the Web 2.0 world Is your resume new media ready? Do you know what makes a curriculum vitae (CV) tick in the social media space? Are you sending the right messages for recruiters trawling the web? Is your career Web 2.0 proof?. RECENT SHIFTS in the Web 2.0 world like
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So much has been written about what you should include in your resume that it’s easy to overlook the things you should not put in your resume. These can send your resume to the trash can just as fast as the things you omit. Here are five things to never put in your resume. One
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If you’re conducting an active job hunt, you’re probably aware that working with a recruiter can be an effective method for your search. However, finding a recruiter that specializes in your field can be a daunting prospect. Where should you look? How do you know what to expect? And what precisely should you be prepared
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Looking for a job is not a new experience for anyone who ever applied for college in a university or transferred to a new school. It is not always easy to get in to your preferred institution because you have to pass an application form and other requirements, pass their entrance examinations, answer interview questions,
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Over the years, I’ve occasionally hired someone who was eminently qualified as far as the specific technical skills were concerned, but who later turned out to be, well…a jerk. And the thing about jerks is that they can be very good at concealing that trait in a job interview, especially if they are otherwise very
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Are you considering a midlife career change? If so, the following information on preparing for a job interview and the answer to some tough interview questions will help you in the process. As a rule, we do not get many job interviews in a lifetime, so it is not something that comes naturally for us.
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