Helping You Reach Your Job Search and Career Goals
Julie Walraven wrote a post last month about the importance of accessibility and how not being easy to reach could hurt your job search. It reflects badly on you if a prospective employer is trying to contact you (e.g. could raise red flags about your reliability), or, if you are working with a résumé writer [...]
You know, I think the universe it trying to send me a message. In the past week, I have read the following: A post by Meg Guiseppi entitled Social Media: Never on Sunday? talked about the insidious nature of the Internet. How strong the temptation is to check e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, or the many other [...]
Julie Kramer, the featured job seeker on The Job Quest, writes about her experiences on the job hunt and what is working for her. Part one of the top ten list she has compiled appeared yesterday, and here is the final installment for today. 5. Arrange some informational interviews. These are great ways to network [...]
Is Blogging Required When Job Hunting?
Among the suggested activities that are being promoted to job seekers, “start a blog” ranks pretty high up there. Blogging has been a very effective tool for many people, and really, there is a reason why so many people blog nowadays. I understand the rationale behind it completely. A blog can raise your online profile. [...]