Guest Post: Job Hunting in the Digital Age
This post is a guest post from international contributor Ginnie Richards.
Tag: Job Search
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?
Infographic: Choose Wisely
An Infographic on choosing majors and careers
Take Ten Years Off
I hear from other Boomers all the time about how their age is keeping them from competing in the job market today. They claim that recruiters take one look at their face or (graying) hair and make a quick decision to move on to a younger candidate.
Guest Post: Never Work For Free…Except Under These Four Circumstances
The temptation to hand over your precious time, labor, ideas, and energy in exchange for $0.00 dollars per hour might sound ridiculous, especially to those who are currently working and earning a regular paycheck. But for those who have been out of work for a few months or longer, your perspectives may begin to shift.
How to Build an Entourage
Entourages are about collaboration and relationships, which means that both parties are committed to helping each other. If you meet someone who seems disinterested in you or overly interested in himself, he’ll probably never make the cut from contact to entourage member – no matter how well connected he is.
The Unemployed Need Not Apply: How to Work Around a Hiring Bias
It’s a sad fact but some hiring managers have a stigma against unemployed candidates. Here’s how to overcome this bias and land the job.
Everyone Deserves an Entourage: A Conversation with Author Leslie Grossman
Being generous with your time, contacts and wisdom will make you attractive to the right kinds of people. You’ll find that the contacts and wisdom seem to grow exponentially as your circle of quality contacts grows.
You… The Brand: A Conversation with Bernadette Rivell Daniels
Rivell Daniels says that there are several steps to creating a memorable brand, whether it’s for a new network or a candidate newly on the market for a job.
