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Catherine Byers Breet, founder of Arbez, does a number of excellent presentations on an effective job search around the Minneapolis area. One of her presentations is titled: Would you hire you?
Although I haven’t seen her presentation, the title intrigues me and raises an excellent question that many job seekers don’t think through enough as they [...]
I got an email this week asking about how to write a really catchy LinkedIn professional headline.
Their original idea was this:
Experienced leader, change agent and recent University of San Diego Graduate; searching for a business leadership position in a multinational corporation with responsibility for implementation of strategic growth initiatives.
Here are some problems with it.
It’s [...]
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 [...]
I once heard about a guy who made about $80K/year going to an interview in his tennis clothes, because he had a game scheduled afterwards. His roommate advised him against it, but the job seeker said “If they don’t like me for who I am, then I don’t want to work there.”
The majority of job [...]
It’s tough when you’re the new person on the job. There are a lot of things you don’t know. You’re learning how things are done, who to go to or the office politics. You are also dependent on others to help you learn your job. Although we always hope to be greeted with open arms [...]
By now, the news has spread that 80 percent of recruiters look to fill openings through searching on LinkedIn.
Although I don’t think this is the best use for LinkedIn (sitting around waiting for a call), there is still a chance it could happen.
So learning how to rank your profile for certain keywords is a [...]
Do you have second thoughts about your current resume? Are you uncertain if it is a 20th Century fact sheet or a 21st Century marketing document, or if it makes you come across like a polished professional or if it makes you seem pedestrian or a back burner also-ran. Finally, are you at your wits [...]
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 [...]
As you go about life and interacting with people, you invariably encounter those whose behavior simply screams “I’ll never be going anywhere in my career.”
OK, harsh, but you know you’ve met those folks and then maybe one of them could be you.
There are some things that will ensure you go nowhere in your [...]
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