Most job seekers are wondering this same question - Am I not receiving calls because of the economy or is it my resume? I've read the articles, blogs, business week stories, ...
LinkedIn Invitation Etiquette
Lately I have noticed a flurry of LinkedIn invitation activity. What bothers me is not the amount of invitations being sent or received but how ...
Do you know who you are ... on paper?
Thanks to an amazing membership with Career Directors International, I had the distinct pleasure of hosting a booth at the most recent ...
In Part 1 of this article, we listed communications skills, attention to detail and leadership ability as among the important character traits employers are looking for in new ...
What kind of infectious agent do you want to be? Infectious like humor or infectious like the plague?
For good or ill the senior leadership of every organization is ...
Writing a cover letter can sometimes be a bit confusing. You simply don’t know what information to add, what to exclude and how exactly to tell your story. For many, this leads to ...
The job market is definitely suffering nowadays. With the recession forging ahead and thousands still losing their jobs, it’s a wonder that anyone can get hired. However, as some ...
So, where are the jobs? Even as the fog seems to be lifting over housing, manufacturing and the financial sector, the unemployment rate continues to float ever higher.
Despite ...
There are two different sets of skills that candidates must possess if they want to be among the ones that employers consider for job openings. The category often referred to as ...
Everyone knows that “going green” is all the rage nowadays – and it should be. Sparing our environment of all of the pollution and toxic chemicals we’ve thrown its way over the ...
Social media is a growing resource for job seekers looking for new opportunities to help you land your ideal job. As a career coach with the Cosmic Coaching Centre based in ...
Do you want to hear the truth about your career? Are you sure the answer is yes?
Many people come to me and they want to know what's wrong with their career. Why can't they get ...
While things are looking a little brighter, the economy still seems to be in a bit of free fall. (Except if you're at Goldman Sachs.)
If you aren't looking for work yourself, ...
With nearly one in ten Americans currently unemployed, the job market hasn’t been this challenging since possibly the Great Depression. The recession and subsequent layoffs have ...
Are you moving forward in your career? Or, are you spinning your wheels wondering when the spinning will stop?
Do you feel at times that you are working hard, but not seeing ...
In recent weeks I have been absolutely overwhelmed by friends and associates telling me I need to be involved in Twitter and Facebook and countless other internet sites that ...
I love a bad economy.
Not because of the pain it causes. Far from it. A lot of people and industries are suffering as never before, and there's nothing positive about that. ...
“Partner love at first bite.” That’s how I describe first meeting Robin Koval.
When I decided to start my own agency over a decade ago, I knew I needed a great partner to make ...
If you go to Amazon.com and search in books using the word 'leadership' you get over 300,000 possibilities. If you are interested in getting a formal education in leadership, you ...
Every business faces the vexing problem of why clients aren’t buying from them . . . as much, as quickly, or at all. The question of why they aren't buying is even more critical ...
