Career Guidance Resources
In my practice I’ve come across all sorts of interview feedback from my clients, but this one stands out as being worthy of bringing to your attention. This is an account of John’s interview and the interviewer who wouldn’t stop talking. With all of my clients we cover the importance of
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What are you interested in? We all have a passion for something. So, what is your passion? Are you actively seeking information about your passion? Knowledge, providing it is correct knowledge, will increase your power. In this century there is an increasing demand for experts in so many field
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Not too long ago, job boards like Monster, CareerBuilder and HotJobs were primed to put newspapers out of business. Surprisingly, now it seems that search engines such as Google, MSN and Yahoo! are set to dethrone both newspapers and job sites. As revenues and readership for newspapers have been
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Ugh! Arg! How can a survivor type job be good for me? I'm barely hanging on to what I found and at minimum wage. (I have been promised a ten cent an hour increase in one month). I used to be a facilities manager at a tire factory. Boy, have I hit bottom! I've had to give up a lot of things I like
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Think like an employer To be successful in your job search campaign you must think like an employer or a recruiter. If you are going to do this right, you need to appreciate the ways that employers sift through the flood of resumes. We call the most common process the screening. Faced with a p
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More and more people are calling it quits to successful careers to create some personal leisure time or to pursue another career. This trend is becoming more popular and common. Years ago few people voluntarily quit a job midway through their careers, no matter how unhappy they were. It was not acce
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No matter how much time and energy you invest in job seeking, critical mistakes can derail your efforts. Consider the following job search scenario. Each of the mistakes described below can put your job search off track, but all are easy to avoid. Mistake #1: Starting with a Handicap Your job
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