Did you know that your attitude can be the key to success in a job interview? Receiving a job offer depends on many factors: how well your skills and talents fit, how well you communicate your value proposition, other qualified candidates, and sometimes the unpredictability of the hiring managers. Keep a Positive Attitude But one [...]
Do you find your indecision is holding your career from moving forward? Are you crippling your job search and professional career goals by your inability to decide? The inability to make personal or career decisions is often embedded in another underlying fear. Sometimes, we may be unable to decide simply because we lack the resources, [...]
What is your branding statement? Have you given much thought to your professional brand? Let’s discuss many aspects of determining your brand. Finding your value or personal brand is essential to your job search success. The information employers see about you online needs to be positive and professional. Remember that many employers will Google their [...]
Many professionals a hire a LinkedIn profile writer to write a LinkedIn profile to move their career and job search forward. Are you thinking, why? Developing a LinkedIn profile that will be searchable and found by hiring managers or recruiters can be a challenge. For many job seekers, having this networking platform at their disposal [...]
Ever wondered what to do to ensure interview success? When interviewing for that all-important job opportunity, the last thing that you want to do is make a horrible first impression on your potential boss. In an interview, you want to be likable and win over your interviewer, so here are five simple things that you should do [...]
It’s important to draw attention to a growing issue: workaholism. The world seems to be headed in a direction where our work is the central facet of our lives. Work begins to supersede sleep, eating, and our favorite pastimes. In fact, it’s already reared its head for many professionals. It’s important to avoid workaholism and find work [...]
Resumes are job search marking documents. Picture the recruiting process as a sale. The person who is recruiting (hiring) is the buyer, and you’re the actual product. To start selling the product, you need to create a strong advertisement that describes the benefits of purchasing. Just like the packaging of a product attracts the attention of [...]
Letters of recommendation from past employers play a significant role in helping you to attain a new position. Many companies require letters of recommendation. Letters of references are great to have to back up the claims you make about yourself. Given that competition is fierce in today’s job market, having past colleagues and bosses sing [...]
Do you know how to react after the job interview is over? The interview process doesn’t always end the moment you walk out the door, and you should strive to ensure that it doesn’t. There are a few things you should do to follow up after the interview, and there could be some things the employer [...]
Staying optimistic about your professional and personal life is essential, especially during a job search. Many people go through their lives picking up and carrying the negative things that others spew at them throughout their day—and throughout their lives. It can get to the point that these people are full of negativity and garbage. As [...]
