Job Search Tips
7 Ways to Rev Up Your Recession Job Search
One of the most frustrating things about looking for a job in a recession is when people start saying our economic engine is improving and yet job after job continues to be lost – maybe even your own. “Improving? Sez who? Do your statistics tell me where to find MY new job? Will statistics do my job search for me?” …[Read more ]
Why Making Your Job Hunt a Daily Job Really Pays Off!
This is a tough job market and if you want to give yourself the best chance of finding a job, you need to get some real momentum going…and that means making your job hunt into a job in and of itself. …[Read more ]
Job Search: The Simplest Job Networking Tip of All
A simple effective networking tip to help with your job search even if you’re shy? What could this golden gem be? Is there a magical trick? Some secret sauce only the most savvy networking pros know about? …[Read more ]
7 Career Pros Give Great Advice and Tips for Job Search 2.0
I asked 7 career pros “What one thing do you want job seekers to know about Job Search 2.0 to help boost their competitive edge in this tough job market?” Here are their answers. …[Read more ]
How Joe’s HR Friend Got His Job Search Going Again
Joe got some great advice from a friend in HR about how to handle the job interview process. It changed his entire job hunt. Here’s what he told me: …[Read more ]
15 Job Search Tips from a Guy Who Just Got a Job
John had been interviewing for this particular job for about FOUR MONTHS! Now he would like to offer some hard-won advice to job seekers everywhere running their own job search obstacle courses. …[Read more ]
12 Ways to Jump Start that Impossible Job Search
After going through health and life issues that turned her world upside down – and after many interviews that led nowhere – CS asks what she can do to get back into the job market and finally land a job. …[Read more ]
Don’t Trust Your Job Search and Career to Email
I’ve read so many comments from job seekers recently about how they sent an email – often more than once – to a potential employer or HR person and never gotten a response. So, they assumed that the employer was not interested in them. BAD ASSUMPTION!” …[Read more ]
More Support for Your Job Search
When You Can’t Find a Job…Do You Forget How Good You Are?
No matter how talented you are, when you can’t find a job and that continues far longer than you ever imagined, you start to edit your own memories of how good you are. …[Read more ]
How To Beat the Job Search Baby Boomer Blues
Do Baby Boomers really have a steeper job search climb? If so, what can they do? …[Read more ]
8 Ways Job Search Advice Messes With Your Head
So. Here I am with a job search and interview advice blog. Am I really going to say don’t trust everything you read on career and job search sites? Well…yes. …[Read more ]
How to Find the Almost Perfect Job in 10 (Agonizing) Steps
She came to me with a bad resume, a bad cover letter, and a dream. All TEB really wanted was a new job to love. Is that asking so much? Hint: She gets a job and loves being there..at least for now…[Read more ]
Is This Your Brain on Job Search?
Intense focus on the job search process may actually be hurting your job search. That’s right. Overload can be hurting your efforts. In other words, too much stress can lead to less. So how do you get your focus back to where it belongs? …[Read more ]
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