Posts Tagged ‘#Jobsearch’
#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…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – BEWARE OF DANGERS OF ACCEPTING A COUNTEROFFER!
You were recruited to a new company or you decided that your current employer was not meeting your career goals. You interviewed with the new company and enjoyed their description of the responsibilities in this new position. This is exactly the direction you want your career headed. The staff was great, and you visualized yourself…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – PROJECT CONFIDENCE DURING YOUR INTERVIEW
Are you searching for a new position with your targeted employer? Would you like to know how to raise their interest in you? Would you like to know One Secret that will improve your potential to receive an offer? Reflect on the recruiting process. The manager decides they need to hire one or more new…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – YOU’RE WORKING. RECRUITER CALLS. YOUR RESPONSE?
With 40 years of experience as a professional recruiter, you may imagine some of the responses that I have received. I am currently engaged in a recruiting contract with a large electrical contractor. We are searching for experienced Electrical Construction Estimators. Recently, during my calls, I contacted an estimator working for another company. Moments into…
Read More#JobSearch #Friday – PUT LAST EMPLOYER IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
Professionals often struggle with putting a former employer in the rearview mirror. Their focus is on the past – how they were treated and how they reacted. I was that person once. The economy caused the company to cut back employees, and I was among the people they cut. After my layoff, I experienced the…
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