With the unemployment rate staying stubbornly high, a new phenomenon is beginning to emerge among the ranks of the unemployed. This is called the unemployable. As the time people had their last full-time job gets longer, the chances of picking up their career where they left off starts to become increasing unlikely. This could push
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“The new information technology, Internet and e-mail, have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.” Peter Drucker Working for yourself online is a growing phenomenon, and Peter Drucker’s comment explains why. With little cost for companies and clients to communicate, it is becoming ever easier for people to find work online. A BLS report published
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If you are unhappy with your current position the time to start networking for new six figure jobs is now. Your job search will be much more effective if you are negotiating from a position of strength – being currently employed as opposed to appearing desperate. People can be turned off and avoid you if
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Coping with job loss is an exercise that undoubtedly tests your emotional strength and personal resolve. To say that it is difficult is only scratching the surface. It’s confusing, awkward, painful, and very frightening. However, what it is not is life-threatening, destructive, or emotionally damaging. If you figure out a way to put things in
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A cover letter’s only objective is to compel the reader into contacting you. In some ways, it is also to introduce yourself and set the stage for the resume. Yet, if you can write a cover letter that compels the hiring manager to call you, then the resume simply becomes what it is meant to
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More and even more people are interested in knowing, what are the jobs that make over $100,000! This is an elusive barrier and once you can reach this level, money will be not at all a concern for you. You will find that money draws in even more money! The Top Jobs 1. Surgeons: Surprised?
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If you have been unsuccessful in getting a serious response, or responses, to the resumes you have sent out; perhaps it is time to take a hard look at what you have been sending out. First, please understand that generally you are up against huge odds in mailing or posting a resume to a job
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Take This Job and … You are at your wit’s end. You hate your current job, but you don’t know where to turn. You have to make money to survive, but this just isn’t cutting it. You hate what you do and you can’t imagine spending the rest of your life with this kind of
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These are just some of the questions you could be asked at an interview. Because most of us view interviews with the same sense of anticipation as we would about a visit to the dentist we often do not think about them. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why do
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After any interview, you want to make sure they remember you. That is where interview follow up comes into play. In our technological society today, you have several options for follow up on an interview. Follow up on your interview could be considered the third step in your interview process. The first being a resume’
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Who’s in Your Circle? Each of us has a circle of friends, acquaintances, colleagues, coworkers, parents from the PTA, fellow soccer coaches, members of the knitting club, and so forth. Many job seekers have a robust circle of connections in the offline realm. In the online space, the circles can vary somewhat dramatically. In the
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The Smallest Marketing Tool Boasts Maximum Power Job searches average six months! Good strategies, like a targeted position, networking or relationship building, a great resume and an effective short “pitch” will all tighten the job hunt timeline. Innovative ideas, used wisely, can accelerate those timelines further. Re-inventing the business card as a job search tool
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Picture this: you’re in the grocery store, stuck in line behind a gentleman paying for $100 worth of groceries in all pennies. You strike up a conversation with the woman behind you, find out she’s the hiring manager at the company of your dreams, and guess what: she wants to bring you in for an
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The most successful job searches are neither dumb luck nor magic. They are developed from strong networks that the job seeker has already built, both online and off. Effective job seekers must integrate social media outreach with the more traditional approach in order to present a consistent, aligned, professional image. Recruiters are evaluated in part
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