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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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. [...]
