This short article mentioned an interesting survey conducted on employers in Orange County, CA. Here’s a link directly to the survey: The 2010 Orange County Resume Survey Anything that can help you gain some “inside information” when job hunting is always a good thing. I encourage you to click on the above link to read [...]
Do Thank-You Notes Matter? You Decide!
July 28, 2010 By 5 Comments
On this blog, I’ve made my position on thank-you notes after an interview very clear. However, I still read about people who don’t think it’s necessary or who don’t put the proper attention on this part of the job search process. Consider, then, three job seekers with backgrounds in management. They all interviewed for a [...]
Discussing Salary: Dreams and Reality
July 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
You know you are going to have to talk about money at some point during the process (sometimes as early as when you are submitting application materials), but it always feels like an awkward dance where neither side wants to show too much for fear of exposing a vulnerability. As the job seeker, if you [...]
Want to Stop Getting Advice? Utter this One Phrase (at Your Own Peril)
July 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
If you are a job seeker or someone who is looking to change careers, I don’t doubt that you are inundated with advice. Some of it may have been solicited, but there may also be a goodly portion of it that has been foisted upon you. How annoying, you may think. To stop the advice-giver [...]
Americorps VISTA: Another Option for Job Seekers
July 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
Have you heard of VISTA? VISTA is a U.S. government program that has been in existence since 1965, conceived by President John Kennedy and made a reality by President Lyndon Johnson. Their purpose is to fight poverty, which is accomplished through “building the organizational, administrative, and financial capacity of organizations that fight illiteracy, improve health [...]
