Posts Tagged ‘#FridayFeelings’
#JobSearch #Friday – STEPS IN YOUR CAREER SEARCH
Your career search is a sales process, more importantly, your search for a new career mirrors the sales process perfectly. This is a prime reason that hunting for a new position is so painful for many people. They do not understand the rules of this new game. What Is Step ONE? Very simply – get…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – THE PURPOSE OF YOUR RESUME
As a Talent Attraction expert on a current recruiting consulting contract, I see many resumes. Some contain everything, including the kitchen sink (please do not send 4+ page resumes!). While other resumes are so vague, I wonder what were the candidate’s responsibilities? When I coach professionals on their career search, I ask them, “What’s the…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – LET US TALK ABOUT VALUE OF TOTAL COMPENSATION
Too often professionals lock in their need for a specific level of salary compensation without spending time to learn the value of other forms of compensation. This is a huge mistake. I understand that we all have bills. And that we have to pay those bills. For professionals with children in their later high school…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – RESPONSIBLE RESIGNATIONS
When I recently finished writing my third book, Expect Success! The Science Of The Over 50 Career Search, my Editor thanked me for the Step (My chapters are called “Steps”) on Resignations. She said that she was the “World’s Worst Resigner”. Based on my experience as an expert recruiter, my feeling is that she has…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – DO YOU POST RESUMES ONLINE – AND PRAY THE RIGHT PERSON SEES THEM?
This practice is common among Job Seekers. They find a job on Indeed or a company website. Then they submit their resume – Easy-Peasy, sort of. Unfortunately, this practice rarely works. According to the Career Transition industry (tracks the metrics how professionals find a new career), only 8% of all jobs are filled by submitting…
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