Career Rocketeer - Career Search and Personal Branding Blog
Career Search and Personal Branding Blog
A member of a LinkedIn group shared a post on the Harvard Business Review’s website “Nine Things Successful People Do Differently’ by Heidi Grant Halvorson. I have adapted several of her points with a focus on job seekers.
GET SPECIFIC: A successful job search requires discipline. It is imperative that your efforts center around specific jobs, [...]
1. Google Has Replaced the Resume
Recruiters are now using Google and LinkedIn searches to find talent, instead of paying for job-board or talent databases, like they used to do. In fact, many companies are even mandating that every new application go through a Google screening process. So that means the first page of your Google [...]
Many job seekers are having a long stretch of unemployment before they land a new position these days. For some, it’s self-inflicted. For some, it’s external circumstances. And for some, it’s actually a blessing.
While most people could be doing more to speed up their job search, there are many factors to be considered, and ways [...]
Ever buy a car? Wanted it to be unique? How come as soon as you put your money down you start to notice the very car you just bought, down to color and rims, is all over town?
RAS! The Reticular Activating System is located in your brain stem in the back of your head. Among [...]
Recently a person began telling me they were seriously overwhelmed by their job search and then they burst into tears. Being overwhelmed by your job search does happen. Little wonder it overwhelms many people, because these days there are a lot of moving parts to it, and made even more complex because of the internet.
As [...]
Doing a job search isn’t on the top-ten list of fun things to do; I think we can all agree with that. It can be tough to stay energized when you do it in such a solitary way. You do things that you get no feedback on, like apply for an online job, and then [...]
The job search is fraught with challenges, daunting obstacles, and cutthroat competition. Every day, job seekers deal with high unemployment rates, companies cutting headcount instead of hiring, and rapidly changing job markets – and that’s only the beginning.
For millions of job seekers across the planet, the biggest obstacle of all is themselves.
That’s right. Job seekers are sabotaging themselves each and [...]
With record numbers of applicants for virtually every job, the employment market is more competitive and challenging than ever before.
An effective job search is crucial if applicants are to be successful. Many vacancies are closed in record time for new applicants and finding that potential job opportunity when it reaches the board can sometimes be [...]
A while back I was at a conference with my wife where we heard a speaker discuss family issues. A recurring theme he talked about regarding so many things we deal with as families is that “it’s hard, but it’s good”!
In fact, he made some compelling arguments that many things are good because they’re hard. And [...]
As a job seeker it’s hard to know the boundaries for some of our actions; and certainly a big one is when to call a hiring manager after you send your resume. In a recent survey by Accountemps, USA Today reported the appropriate amount of time to wait before calling a hiring manager after sending [...]
|
|
|
|
|
| SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND GET: 1) Our exclusive weekly newsletter, full of our latest posts and other tips, tools and resources 2) FREE Job Search Jetpack™ |  |
 |  | Feedburner |  |  | RSS |
 Chris Perry Brand & Marketing Generator Career Rocketeer Learn more ► |
 Perry Newman Executive Resume Writer PerryNewman.com Learn more ► |
       |
