As I prepare my March Madness bracket like I do each year I usually take the route of submitting as many brackets into the pool as I can thinking that I’ll have a better chance of ...
It happens to the best of us. You hit a bump in the rocky road of your career and find yourself out of work for longer than you'd like.
Being out of work for an extended ...
The holidays are over. It is a new month, a new year and a new decade. January provides us with a clean slate and a fresh start. There is a newness of where we are heading or ...
As the mother of a toddler, I go above and beyond to ensure that my son is not afraid of the world. I tell him I love him regularly, we spend quality time together, and I make ...
Maintaining an online presence is becoming more important as employers rely on the Internet to research job applicants. This is why it’s a good idea to make your executive ...
Of course, no one is looking for a way to sabotage their executive job search. However, it’s pretty easy to do it unintentionally by taking a few missteps along the way.
If ...
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 ...
