During a Job Search Keep Your Heart and Life in Focus

Professional development is about living a life you love and plays a role in how successful your job search will be. Life is a long, long road we travel. Why not start where you are standing now and blossom outwards from all sides? Your life and desires should not be linear but should expand from [...]

How to Submit Employment References

A lot of job seekers struggle with how to submit employment references. Submitting employment references when requested by the hiring authority is the correct procedure.  Do not add references to a resume. References belong on a separate piece of paper that matches your resume. Use the same format and letterhead. Quite often, you will not [...]

Move Your Career Forward to Prevent Boredom

To prevent becoming stagnant and bored, it is vital to advance your career when needed. No matter what your professional career is, continuous learning is important to avoid career stagnation. Have a solid career development goal to ensure that your career will go beyond the typical plateau experience in the work environment. Always have to [...]

How to Properly End a Job Interview

There are several steps to achieving a new job: answering questions with confidence, accuracy, and passion, and of course ending the job interview successfully. When you get chosen, this shows that an employer is interested in you and you have some quality or skill they need. They will then require you to come in person [...]

A Job Interview Should Be an Open Discussion

If possible, make the job interview an open discussion to increase rapport and build your credibility. A conversational interview format will allow the dialogue to flow naturally, and the interviewer will learn more about your personality and who you are as a professional. In turn, you will learn more about the company and the interviewer. [...]

Prepare a strategy for attending a job fair to get results. Start by researching companies and organizing what you need to bring to the career fair. A career or job fair gathers companies from different industries to scout for new talent. Potential employees can showcase their skills and distribute their resumes to other companies at [...]

How To Fill Out a Job Application to Increase Interviews

Completing job applications properly can be tedious and time-consuming. Job applications don’t replace a resume but are frequently required. How you complete them is crucial to your job search. Many employers request an application for conformity reasons and to obtain the applicant’s signature. Some companies require job applications because they want information in a particular [...]

How to Write a Resume to Increase Job Interviews

Are you struggling to write a resume to generate more interviews for positions of interest? You are not alone! Let’s discuss the critical components when writing a resume that will grab the reader’s attention. First of all, you need to understand that your resume is a marketing tool and marketing a product. That product is [...]

5 Phone Interview Tips to Increase Job Search Success

Are you looking for some phone interview tips to increase the chance of securing a second interview, probably an in-person formal meeting? Even though a phone interview may seem more comfortable than a regular discussion on the surface, it can be a bit harder. A phone interview can happen when you least expect it, or [...]

Continuing Education – Checklist to Get Started

Professional fields and careers are continually changing because of new information and research studies being introduced; therefore, as a professional, continuing education is essential. There are plenty of new studies that can help make you more effective in your profession. To stay on par with the new developments in your field, you must know the [...]