LinkedUp: The Ultimate LinkedIn Job Search Guide

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LinkedUp is the Ultimate LinkedIn Job Search Guide.
Your network is one of the most valuable assets you can leverage throughout your career. In today’s digital age, many first impressions begin with an online search, making it imperative that you be present, searchable and branded online.
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for not only increasing [...]

Resignation Without Reservation: The How To’s of Quitting

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You know you’re in trouble if you’ve even thought about saying the words, “I’m tendering my resignation.”
There’s nothing tender about it. I have a foolproof system for helping the candidates I place quit their jobs, but it won’t work unless one thing is true. You Really Want To Quit!
Some candidates give notice for the simple [...]

CAREER ADVICE COLUMN: I’ve Been Out of Work for Over 2 Years

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Hi Dorothy. My question is about many employers don’t like the fact I have been out of work for over two years are afraid to hire me willing to go with someone who has been out work less than a year.
How do I overcome this?
-K
Hi K, I totally understand and appreciate your concern. [...]

CAREER ADVICE COLUMN: They Say They’ll Train But …

Hi Dorothy – I have applied to a few jobs that says will train for positions. And when go for the interview they don’t tell you not what they are looking for the in the applicant for that position.
What can I do to change that when go for interviews? The only thing can think [...]

Helping Yourself While You Help Others

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Job seekers often complain of feeling like they’re anonymously sending their resumes off into a black hole—never to be acknowledged or contacted. In today’s automated world, it can often be difficult to know if your resume is ever even seen by a live human being. Everyone knows that having a contact on the [...]

Job Search Tip: Less Whining, More Action

Here we are going to focus in part on attitude, one of my The Three A’s of a successful job search campaign.
So, what’s the deal with the $5 charge for whining, you ask? It comes from a sign hanging in a local breakfast/lunch restaurant near me, Aunt Judy’s. This got me to thinking…as [...]

CAREER ADVICE COLUMN: I’m a 50-Year-Old Stay-At-Home Mom Trying to Get a Job..HELP!

Hello Dorothy, I have been a stay at home mom for 5 years and now going through a divorce. I am 50 years old but do not look like it. I have applied for about 40 jobs and can’t even get an interview!! It is very frustrating! Do you have any suggestions? – M
Hi M,
First, [...]

CAREER ADVICE COLUMN: How do you Career Transition into a New Area?

How would an advertising creative transition over to working on the account management side?
Hi R,
I suggest “engineering backward”. In other words, first find out what the requirements are for the position in account management. Once you have fully found that out, examine your own background to determine what’s missing.
Once you understand what additional [...]

Are You Making a Tough Job Market Worse?

The Great Recession is America’s obsession. Just today I picked up a magazine and flipped to an article about families who had been affected by job loss. I was struck by one man who was interviewed for the article. He claimed that since losing his job 17 months ago, he had applied [...]

What You Need to Know to Work for Uncle Sam

My sources tell me the market for Federal positions for civilian and ex-military personnel will heat up soon. Therefore you may want to explore transitioning your skills into this sector. To do so you will need to acquaint yourself with the protocols and documents used in this sector because no matter how unique and well [...]