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Build Your Brand

You must begin to build your brand! You are a brand and have to keep your connections aware of your successes and position. It will make the next search that much easier to take on the next time. You won’t have to go and find the network; you can just call on the group of friends and business professionals that have helped you over your searches, and career. In my current position at a Fortune 500 company, my job was landed back when I accepted my employment at a previou

Patience

Patience in Job Search

You must exhibit great patience during the time you wait to find you if you are the candidate selected for the position. Corporate inefficiencies will almost always make the hiring process take longer than you want it to. Some companies even plan on a constant flow of their positions remaining open. It becomes a business strategy to not fill all positions. Money is saved, manager time is protected, and budgets stay in check. Just make sure that during the interview

Landing Interviews

Networking Leads to Interviews

Landing an interview is an art. For many of us we just want to get our foot in the door and get some face time with the hiring authority. We know we can sell ourselves once we get in the door but need the chance to get in the door. One of my clients went as far as traveling to a convention in the industry he was targeting. He walked booth to booth and received no response. He handed out dozens of resumes. He couldn’t get to the right person. 

Networking for a Job

Networking Works

Over 80% of jobs come from a person using their own or another person’s network to assist them. Because it is easy to apply to a job on the web through Monster or Hotjobs we often will just throw our resume at postings found on the internet for hours on end. I had one client that had posted their resume to over 400 jobs on the internet and received one phone interview. She was not invited for a

Interview Preparation

PREPARE, PREPARE

Preparation for the interview is the most critical piece of the interview puzzle. The more you work on your preparedness the better your interview will go. Many of my best clients will study for up to 30 hours in preparation for a single interview. In the industry we tell our clients that it takes about 7 interviews to land one job. Those that prepare to a great extent will get 4 or 5 offers in those seven interviews. Here are several tips for preparing.

Resumes Styles

Resume Style Targeting

Use caution in which style of resume you choose. Some styles bring out the best in a particular skill set and others will only damage and draw attention to deficiencies. Find a friend that can help you and provide great feedback on your resume. Sit down and rework your resume. You should add to it the relevant things for the target you are aiming for. Years ago a general resume was su

Hiring a Professional

Finding a Real Resume Profesional

On hiring a professional I would only say find a person that thinks about resumes all of the time. When they don’t have anything to think about, you want the person writing your resume to be thinking of better ways to tell your story. There are some really classy acts out there and even some that have sought special certifications. Regardless of certifications, find someone that you can trust and it is evident that they have had a measure of success in their

Resume Objective Statements

Resume Objective to Solution

One of the most troubling things on peoples’ resumes is an objective statement. Before writing an objective statement one should consider exactly what they are asking for. In the very first line of the resume they are essentially expressing a want instead of proposing themselves as a solution.

Earning the Degree

Pay the Price for Lasting Return

Last night I worked a career fair.  I had so many people that wanted a job from my company that didn’t have the most necessary thing, a degree.  No matter the cost, a degree opens doors.  My conversations with non-degreed people lasted 1 minute or less.  For many of the degreed people the conversation turned into a job interview.  Today several resumes were handed off to hiring managers and soon second interviews will happen.  Why???

The price of a degree!

Focusing Your Resume and Search

Focus Your Contribution

I attended a career fair this week.  It was a great event, however candidate after candidate came to our booth completely lacking focus.  They seemed to come with an attitude of: "I'll take anything, what do you have?"  This is the wrong approach.  You have to act as though that company has exactly what you are looking for and that your research on the company has only increased your desire be part of their team.  Here is an example: