A long job search is a tough, miserable experience. Someone left a comment on this blog recently, and it ended up being a few paragraphs of woe-is-me statements. That’s OK – part of the reason for this blog, and what I’ve been trying to help people with for 15 years now. Let yourself have those [...]
Read More...Starting Career Change
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The sub-title for this post should be “Don’t Make the Same Mistake I Made!” My biggest career mistake was when I was leaving my job at Harvard. It was my second real job, and after working there for 5 years, I was tired of it, even though it truly was a great place to work. I wanted to [...]
Read More...Hate Your Job? How To Stay Positive While You Look Elsewhere
November 15, 2010 By 8 Comments
My pal Rick Saia at Pongo Resume kindly agreed to guest post for me, combining two of my favorite topics: (1) How to stay positive in your job search; and (2) how to stay positive even if you hate your job. Without further ado…here’s Rick! ~~~~~~~ Stuck in a job that’s lost its charm, or [...]
Read More...Job Search Timing Question: What Month is Best for Job Search?
May 13, 2010 By 4 Comments
I always feel bad when I see questions in my stats that show someone was looking for an answer I never specifically wrote about. Just now I found “What month is best for job search?” I wish I could pop out of the screen, find them, and give them an answer in the moment as [...]
Read More...Good to Have a Friend in HR Tell It to You Straight!
June 3, 2009 By 6 Comments
I was shocked at how poor my job hunting skills had become after 20 years. Now I know how divorced people feel when they try to date again.
Read More...Being Out of Work is Just Plain Scary
June 2, 2009 By 11 Comments
Out of work. Money running low. Months without a job in sight. A very scary time. He’d always gotten work so easily. But not this time.
Read More...How NOT to Waste Time While Looking for a Job
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As the weeks ticked by, Joe, who had always been able to get a good job, started to lose hope and worry that he’d never find work again.
Read More...18 Practical Tips to Help You Ace Your Job Interview
August 3, 2007 By 19 Comments
“experts” will assure you there’s a guaranteed way to ace a job interview by giving “the right answer” to questions. Not true. But there are some things
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