Helping You Reach Your Job Search and Career Goals
A recent search that brought a reader to The Job Quest was “how to engage people.” It’s a pretty important skill to have for each part of the job hunt, and it really boils down to one thing: FIND OUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM! You can be the most eloquent speaker or writer on the [...]
How important is education to a career? This is a question that continues to go around and around in my head. It’s something I’ve talked about before. I know that there are many successful people out there who have made gobs of money without a formal education. I know that there are plenty of people [...]
Today, we have a guest post by Erin Palmer on how knowing your weaknesses can be a benefit. Identifying your strengths and weaknesses is a pretty standard job interview topic. Knowledgeable job seekers have most likely found a clever way around the weakness question, naming traits an employer would love to have in a worker: [...]
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.” ~Carl Jung Without a doubt, it’s important for job seekers to know themselves – what they like, what their aptitudes are, and so on. How else can you understand your own personal vision and find that good job fit if you [...]
In reading an article about the recent passing of legendary news broadcaster Mike Wallace, I was struck by something that his son, Chris Wallace, said: “The interesting thing is, he never mentions ’60 Minutes.’ It’s as if it didn’t exist. It’s as if that part of his memory is completely gone. The only thing he [...]
