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Brutally Honest Job Candidate Feedback – Can you Take It?

Apr 08, 2012 | 2

Have you received a cryptic generic rejection email after applying for a job, or worse no reply at all? If you're of the smart and serious about getting a job variety you appreciate any and all serious, professional feedback you can get. Or not....…

The 10 Step Strategic Job Search Plan

Dec 06, 2011 | 8

You've heard it before, repeated actions garner repeated results. It's true grasshopper, especially in your job search. Here's your chance to break the cycle...…

What’s Personal Branding Got to Do with Job Search?

Sep 04, 2011 |  

It's not enough to have marketable skills - you have to market them as part of the package a company will get when they take you on as a solution provider for their problems. …

What They Don’t Tell You About Job Interviews

Feb 18, 2011 | 4

I'm laying it out on the line like if I were speaking face-to-face with you in one of my job seeker strategy seminars. If you're honest, most likely after reading and reflecting on "What they don't tell you about job interviews" you'll agree at least some of this is new material for you to digest, absorb and apply. At least, I hope so...…

10 LinkedIn Tips for 2011 Job Seekers

Dec 13, 2010 | 7

Baby, it's cold outside here in the northeast! That means it's the perfect opportunity for a LinkedIn lesson - YAY!!!! Grab a cup of something steamy and satisfying (I won't tell if it's a glass of something fermented and chilled) and log into your LinkedIn account for the virtual professional networking ride of your life...…

Interview Edge: The 90 Day Plan

Sep 26, 2010 | 2

Hey there little gerbil on the "submit a resume, get a phone call and an interview and walk out without the job" wheel... there's a gaping hole in your job search strategy. You might have noticed, when you do the same thing you get the same result (which is only good if you are doing something successful - but you're not). It's time to restrategize and give yourself the interview edge. You need a 90 day plan.…

Comp Q & A with Karla in Trying Times

Sep 08, 2010 | 10

You want the job but the pay just isn't what you are used to. You worked hard to get where you were. But those days are gone my friend, it seems they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and day. We'd live the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose.. For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days. Thank you Dolly Parton.…

Solutions – Pathways to Employment in a Tough Economy

Apr 30, 2010 |  

I'm here on a break between my two sessions speaking on social media for older job seekers. I had many requests for copies of the presentation in the first session so I am using my break to upload it. I hope you enjoy. …

The Job Fair and the Loch Ness Monster

Apr 17, 2010 | 3

Is it that our fair citizenry, lost in the art of the job search, needs education to help gain employment because the landscape shifted under their feet since last time they looked? Have we made job search akin to searching for the Loch Ness Monster because we have complicated it with our newfangled ways? I went to teach, instead I learned.....…

How to Work the Job Fair

Mar 27, 2010 |  

It's almost time for the NEPA Job Fair so I have been busy with the job fair blog, getting speakers lined up for the job search strategy seminars and working as a member of the great team that puts this event on every year. It occurred to me over coffee this morning that maybe the reason people come to job fairs with baby strollers, in flip flops and sweatpants is because it's held in an arena where they are accustomed to attending events as a spectator. Let me fix that misconception right now...…

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