Keep Smiling!

Sticker from banana: "Place Sticker on Forehead. Smile."

I came across an interesting article on the benefits of smiling. It listed 15 reasons why smiling is good for you. Here’s a few of them that apply to job hunting: “Smiling makes us attractive.” Put yourself in the shoes of an interviewer for a moment. What would you think about a candidate who did [...]

Measuring Job Hunt Success: The Unsolicited Call

The measure of your job search success is not the number of resumes you send out, but the number of unsolicited calls you receive.

While on Twitter last week, an interesting tweet by recruiter and social media strategist Steve Levy caught my eye: The first part of his tweet makes perfect sense and is something that I have talked about here, but the second part — the “unsolicited call” — intrigued me. So I asked Steve if he would [...]

Add These Two Things to Your Job Hunt for a Better Job Fit

Our new dog

This past fall, my husband and I started talking about getting another dog for our family. It had been a year since we lost our beloved Toby, and the timing felt right to embark on another journey with a furry, four-legged family member. My husband began looking on a pet website when he came upon [...]

Five Reasons to Not Only Look Out for #1 in the Job Hunt

Woman, holding on to young daughter's hand, uses other hand to push man in wheelchair

“Then,” said James, “you don’t hold with that saying, `Everybody look after himself, and take care of number one’?” “No, indeed,” said John, “…that is a selfish, heathenish saying, whoever uses it; and any man who thinks he has nothing to do but take care of number one, why, it’s a pity…” From Black Beauty. [...]

A 10-Point Plan for Getting a Job When Moving

Young woman sitting among her possessions on moving day

A reader writes in: “I am moving at the end of the month. What job search strategy do you suggest?” While not ideal, sometimes life circumstances dictate relocating and then finding a job. If you find yourself in this situation, here are ten tips to hit the ground running! 1. Make sure you change your [...]

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