Helping You Reach Your Job Search and Career Goals
In my last post, I talked about the importance of using numbers on a résumé or cover letter. Now does that mean that you should always be looking for accomplishments that have big numbers attached to them? Not at all. Sometimes, achievements with small numbers have just as much (if not more) of an impact. [...]
I wanted to share with you some statistics from activity on my blog over the past couple months: Blog posts consistently in the top ten for the day: The #1 Thing You Need to Do to Avoid Landing a Bad Job Three Ways to Add Value to a Company before Getting Hired 5 Ways to [...]
So you decided to hire a career professional to put together a stellar résumé. It looks sharp and you are certain that, once it gets into the hands of decision makers, companies will be clamoring to talk with you! But then, company after company uses a dreaded online application form — the ATS (applicant tracking [...]
OK, so you’ve been looking for a new job for some time now, but coming up empty-handed. What do you do? The first instinct is to feel sorry for yourself. “Oh, poor me! Nothing ever works out the way I want!” Those negative messages spring to mind so quickly, don’t they? Being upset at the [...]
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 [...]
