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What does your LinkedIn headline say about you? by Laura Smith-Proulx - Nov, 2010 Did you realize that LinkedIn has a built-in marketing and search engine-friendly capability that is easy to use--and often overlooked? Well, neither do most job hunters. The best 120 characters of keyword optimization you can find for a job search, your LinkedIn Headline (or title) is a major piece of the puzzle that can help recruiters locate your skills. If you're one of the many that loaded up this field with your cu... |
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Job Action Day-Opportunities Knock Harder When You Use Social Media by Barbara Safani - Oct, 2010 In honor of Job Action Day, I am banding together with other career professionals to support job seekers and encourage them to take some time on November 1 to reflect on their careers and/or job search and make a commitment to do something different that will help them achieve more in the months to come. This year I landed over a dozen long and short-term projects that I never would have had a shot at if it weren’t for soci... |
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When Your Career’s Sagging, Get Yourself Business Fit. by Dawn Lennon - Oct, 2010 Ever had that old sagging feeling? It’s when: -Nothing at work excites you. -Your motivation has flat-lined. -The signs that “you’re going nowhere” loom. -Your energy is drained. -Even a Red Bull can’t jolt us out of that. Wake up! When our careers are sagging, it’s because we’ve allowed it. After all, we own them. They’re a function of our choices—the education we pursued and the work experiences we’v... |
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3 Job Search Lies That Keep You Unemployed by Kevin Donlin - Oct, 2010 This may ruffle a few feathers, but your time is valuable, so I’ll be blunt: If you’ve been struggling to find a job for more than 6 months, you may be doing the wrong things to get hired. Worse, you may have been given bad information by well-meaning folks who have steered you wrong during your search. I am here to set things right. And to offer three Guerrilla Job Search “truths” to get you hired faster … Lie ... |
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5 things to do if you need to look for a job by Miriam Salpeter - Oct, 2010 Yesterday, I joined Steve Boese and Shawna Moerke on their online, call-in radio show, HR Happy Hour. The show focuses on current topics in Human Resources with leaders and experts in the field. I participated because this week’s show featured The Career Summit – a series of online webinars aimed at helping job seekers (and prospective job seekers) achieve their goals. During the show, Laurie Ruettimann, one of the master... |
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How to avoid mistakes on your resume by Miriam Salpeter - Oct, 2010 Today’s post is one of many from members of the Career Collective community I co-coordinate with my colleague Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter. I encourage you to visit other members’ responses, which will be linked at the end of my post tomorrow. Please follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective. This month’s question (in a nod to Halloween this weekend): How to avoid scary career/resume mistakes? How should job seekers en... |
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How to Get a New Job with an Old Employer by Kevin Donlin - Oct, 2010 If you’re looking for a job, you know how bad the news is. Unemployment is now at 9.6%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s been stuck at 9.5% for 14 straight months -- the longest such stretch since The Great Depression. Yet, there are jobs out there. One Minnesota man just one. Steve Fox, from Edina, Minn. was hired by, an employer that had originally passed him over, about 70 days after seriously ad... |
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It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon: how to break out of your job search rut by Miriam Salpeter - Oct, 2010 Anyone who might have happened upon my tweets yesterday will know that I am a University of Michigan fan. Yes, I graduated from Michigan, and have terrific memories of trekking to Michigan Stadium with 100,000+ of my closest friends to watch games. Today, I want to talk about Michigan’s new quarterback, Denard Robinson. He had an amazing start to the season. People were talking Heisman Trophy. Fans and pundits gave him cred... |
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Over 50 in the job hunt by Miriam Salpeter - Oct, 2010 I recently received a note from a prospective client. An executive in his late 50¡äs, he took early retirement from his company and was looking for his *next* thing to do. He explained he had applied for hundreds of executive positions and almost as many minimum wage positions with his resume, but that he had not been called in for one interview. His frustration, ¡°I can¡¯t help that I am over 50.¡± What a frustrating situa... |
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The Top Ten Scary Things Job Seekers Do by Barbara Safani - Oct, 2010 In honor of Halloween, this month’s Career Collective topic is scary resume and career mistakes. Here are the top ten mistakes I see job seekers make. 1. Inflate their qualifications or lie on their resume. While a resume is not a legal document, it should be an accurate representation of your experience and achievements. I advocate for showing your employment history in the best possible light, buy lying is never wise. ... |
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