Being Prepared for the Unexpected

I had planned to have a different post up here today. Thoughts about it had been running through my head on Thursday and Friday, and I was going to take my Friday night after the kids had gone to bed to type it up. So much for best-laid plans. As I was brushing my two-year-old’s [...]

Do You Know How to Auto-DM the Right Way?

Spam

I am not a fan of the automated direct message (aka auto-DM) on Twitter. And I’m not the only one who feels this way. Both Brent Peterson of Interview Angel and Ryan Rancatore of Personal Branding 101 have written posts decrying the use of auto-DMs. Pretty much all auto-DMs come across as impersonal, self-serving, spam-like [...]

Are You Writing a Pain Letter?

I ran across a YouTube submission put together by Liz Ryan that talked about pain letters and what they are. Curious, I listened, and I liked what she had to say. In essence, a pain letter is something that you write to the hiring manager that directly addresses a pain that a business may be [...]

What If Your Name Doesn't "Match" Your Ethnicity?

I read a really interesting post on Susan Ireland’s Job Lounge entitled “Should Muhammad Use a Different Name on His Resume?” It made me sad to think that a person would have to change something that could be a significant part of his identity for the sake of getting a job. No one should have [...]

Finding a Good Fit When Working with Job Search/Career Professionals

In yesterday’s blog review, I included a quote from Julie Walraven’s blog which read: “The best thing a job seeker can do is make a smart buying decision based on whose personality, knowledge base, and strategies fit their needs best. All of us care about our clients, you can choose which one of us is [...]

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