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Should You Respond to Online Job Postings and “Help-Wanted” Ads?
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Let’s assume that you’ve just spent a lot of time preparing, strategizing and tooling-up for a job search. Now, you’re finally ready to get into action. What’s the first thing you’re likely to...
Tags: finding job, help wanted ads, job seekers, resumes, target companies
Staying Positive When The Job Search Is Going Poorly
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
The economy may be getting better for some, but the unemployment rate is still at 9.9% nationwide. A few industries may be adding jobs, but many others are still shredding them. The process of finding...
Tags: economy, job seeker, media outlets, unemployment rate
Interview Questions You Can Ask
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
The most important questions of your interviews might be the ones you ask. In the interview, don’t think you’re the only one who is “on the spot.” It is perfectly acceptable for you to ask questions...
Tags: management style, savvy business, smart questions, strengths and weaknesses
Get The Job You Want By Following These Interview Guidelines!
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
In today's economy it is hard enough to get an interview, so when you have that opportunity you want to cash in on it. Just like everything in life, in order to excel at something, you practice and study...
Tags: interview tips, interviewing, list of references
Funny Job-Search and Work Stories
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Winter was long and cold across much of the country, and for many people it was an extremely challenging period with regard to work, careers and job search. The news about the economy and job market continued...
Tags: careers and job, job search, true stories
How Important Is Your Resume?
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Resumes - Many job seekers view them as the primary tool to seek new employment. The average job seeker emails their resume to three companies per day, with the average response being 1 for every 45 resumes...
Tags: cover letter, job search, job seeker, resume
Join the Ranks of the Work At Home Professionals
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Let's face it. The economy may be getting better but most of us still aren't feeling it where it counts - in our pocketbooks. And the unemployment rate is predicted to continue to rise in spite of the...
Tags: baby boomers, unemployment rate, working from home
Job Search
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Time continues to go by and yet the job market seems to be getting worse. The jobs that do exist are becoming harder and harder to find. A strong resume and catchy cover letter can certainly give you...
Tags: career advice, interviewing for a job, job search
Overcoming Network Marketing Fears
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
If someone gave me a magic wand that I could use to solve any network marketing issue my team faced, what would that issue be? Only one comes to mind. I suspect it was the same issue fifty years ago and...
Tags: fear, network marketing, prospective customer, prospects
Job Coaching: What Is It And Is It Worth My Money?
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Job Coaching is a term that you have probably heard more and more of in the last year. The truth is that "Job Coaches" have been there all along, but not as many people needed them due to the thriving...
Tags: career consultants, human resource managers, interview techniques, job search
The “Bridge Job” Strategy:Making Money While You’re in Career Transition
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
If you’re out of work now, what part-time or flexible work can you do to fill the gap until you land the job you want? If you’re fully-employed but concerned about losing your job, what sort of opportunities...
Tags: flexible work, service organizations, substitute teaching, temp agencies, temporary job
Creating Your Career Transition Binder
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
If you’re in job search mode, you should create a binder – your very own Career Transition Binder. I’ve found that there are two types of job seekers: those who create a binder to keep track of all...
Tags: career transition, job search, networking meetings, organizing your career, professional binders
Resume Do’s and Don’ts for Boomers
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
DO’S
DO develop a resume template that will separate your resume from everyone else’s. Most people will use a MS Word template from “Resume Wizard”. There isn’t anything wrong with these...
Tags: computer software skills, cover letter, job description, power verbs, professional work history
Stages of Business
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
If you have been in any kind of business of your own, then you know that it changes as time passes. You will go through stages while you get things up and running and then find your equilibrium. There...
Tags: boomer, economy, mentor, network marketing business, planning
3 Tips for Guilt Free Marketing for Service Professionals
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
So many people write us, explaining how guilty they feel doing anything that smacks of “getting people to buy” - “getting people to spend their money.”
For Service Providers, Service Professionals...
Tags: getting people to buy, getting people to spend their money, guilt free marketing, marketing for service professionals
It’s NOT a Pyramid!
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
One of the first questions I inevitably get when presenting my network marketing business is "Is this a pyramid scheme? Aren't those illegal?" So let me state once and for all - NETWORK MARKETING IS NOT...
Tags: extra income, genuine product, initial investment, network marketing business, pyramids
How to Answer the Dreaded “Salary Question”
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
One of the most dreaded questions in the interview process is "What salary are you looking for?”. At some point during the interview process, this is a question that is very likely to come up. The way...
Tags: interviewing, job, lateral move, salary reduction
If Used Right, Job Boards Can Actually Help Boomers Find A Job
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
A large percentage of individuals, including Boomers, who are unemployed spend countless hours searching job boards such as Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, Theladders.com and Craigslist. Many people will...
Tags: hiring manager, linkedin, monster, social networking site, twitter
Only Five Interview Questions
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Of all the subjects we cover in career management and job search, the one that seems to cause clients the most anxiety is INTERVIEWING. To ease my clients’ concerns, I often simplify the topic by reducing...
Tags: career management, interview questions, job interviews
How You Can Get the Most Out of Your Recruiter
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
There are ways to work with a recruiter that will help your job search be more effective. The following will help you overcome some of the disadvantages I spoke about in my previous post.
1) Go meet...
Tags: background check, job offer, job search, recruiter, work experiences
Resume Building Blocks For Boomers
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Regardless of format, every resume will be composed of some standard sections. Below is a quick guide to the main elements that should be included in every resume.
Personal Information – Always include...
Tags: resume, Resume building blocks
Should I use a Recruiter? Part II
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
Disadvantages of working with a recruiting agency
You are not the client: The companies are the ones that are paying the recruiting agencies, not you. This means that they are going to focus most of...
Tags: job search, main objective, recruiting agencies, resume
Should I use a Recruiter? Part I
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
When most people lose their job or decide to look for a new job they immediately think of calling a recruiter (a person who will help market you to companies to help you find employment). After working...
Tags: background information, credibility, personality, recruiting agency, resume
Take Some Time To RELAX
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
The majority of my articles focus on actions you can take to increase the probability of you finding employment, which means putting in a normal 8 hour day. You should treat your job search as if...
Tags: depression, full time job, job search, jobs, new thoughts
Counting the Hours …
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
To happy hour, to the weekend, to date night? Sure, but what about counting the hours that you are at work?
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires a covered employer (one with 50 or more...
Tags: eligible employee, family and medical leave, health condition, medical records, newborn child
