Guest Post: Turn Your Unemployment Into an Asset (Seriously)
Smart employers with an eye for nuance and an intelligent long-term business strategy are usually not turned off by unemployment. In fact, some of them actually see this as an asset.
Tag: Job Search
Holiday Parties and Your Job Search
December is one of the busiest social seasons of the year. Arguably, we attend more parties this month than any other. That can be a blessing and a curse if you’re in a job hunt or thinking about changing jobs next year. Here are some tips to help you survive – and maybe thrive.
10 Futuristic Jobs that Barely Exist
Kaplan Business School in Australia sent me this cool infographic to complement my post on Amazon’s drone technology. Read the original post here.
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
“I used to give out this advice: Go ahead and leave because you’re going to have more than 10 jobs in your life, and you might as well move up as fast as you can. I don’t give that advice any more. In fact, I now try to talk people out of taking new jobs.”
Your Greatest Strength is Also Your Weakness
Two of the most dreaded questions in interviewing are dreaded for good reason. “What is your greatest strength?” and “What is your greatest weakness?” are mirror image questions that drive jobseekers crazy. (For the record, they drive most recruiters crazy, too; they would love to hear the real answers, but never get more than tired clichés in return.) We are perpetually perplexed by these mirror image questions because they are not mirror images at all – they’re the same question.
Guest Post: Considering a Career Shift? Try These Options
Climbing a seven-year mountain may seem like a formidable challenge…at the beginning. But this neurological phenomenon also provides us with a lifetime of opportunity.
Be Yourself
“Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde
Guest Post: Job Hunting in the Digital Age
This post is a guest post from international contributor Ginnie Richards.
Giving Up on Goals
It might seem counterintuitive to take career advice from someone who has made his living poking fun of work. But Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert cartoon series, is a deep thinker (as most funny people are.) His recent Wall Street Journal essay on goals is a great example of inspired career advice.
Guest Post: The Saturday Job Search: 5 Productive Things to Do In Your Free Time
But while you spend your weekdays searching job boards for open positions, attending networking events, and having lunch with your contacts, Saturdays aren’t quite as productive…or are they?
