Helping You Reach Your Job Search and Career Goals
A client recently sent his résumé to a contact he developed. Upon not hearing anything back after a week, he asked me: “Should I contact [name] again?” The answer to this question really depends on how the follow-up is framed. Let’s look at the scenarios: Scenario 1: You send out an email to your contact [...]
Earlier in August, the weather in south-central Wisconsin had cooled off enough that we turned of the A/C and threw open our windows. While the more comfortable temperatures were a welcome relief from this summer’s heat, we weren’t so thrilled that flies started to make their presence known inside our house. One day when my [...]
The question posed in the title of this post is one that is getting asked more and more often in interviews. It makes sense when you think about it. In today’s world, it’s not enough to be average, to just do your job. You need to add value to your employer and to their customers. [...]
Interviews always make for a nervous time. For some of us, that may mean that we have butterflies in our stomachs. Others may have more outward signs of the jitters. One of those signs, excessive talking, can be particularly problematic. If not reined in, it can cause you to be knocked out of contention for [...]
Three Ways to Add Value to a Company before Getting Hired
When zeroing in on a specific company or actively going for a particular position, you want to do everything you can to rise to the top as a quality candidate. ‘If only I could show them how they would benefit from bringing me on,’ you think, ‘they would love me!’ So what’s stopping you from [...]