Given the tight economic conditions over the last five years, and the buyer’s market that this has created in terms of the employment scene, a great many job hunters have expressed frustration with how they’ve been treated by potential employers — and some of the crazy hoops they’ve had to jump through in pursuing opportunities. […]
Read morePassion: Key Career Ingredient or Silly Indulgence?
April 26, 2013 
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One of the new memes that seems to be rapidly gaining traction within the business world is the notion that passion is an overrated aspect of picking one’s career path. As unemployment rates remain historically high, and many Americans continue to feel the pain of not receiving a paycheck, a growing chorus of experts are […]
Read moreYour Resume: Who’s the #1 Audience?
April 18, 2013 5 Comments
I had an interesting insight yesterday strike me during the process of teaching a class on resume-writing methodology. At this event, I was chatting with around 30 or so job seekers about the topic of resume “best practices” and asking them, many of whom are former hiring managers, to share their particular preferences in terms […]
Read morePicky, Picky: Resume File Naming Conventions
April 11, 2013 8 Comments
While one could accuse me of having any number of deficiencies, a lack of organizational skills isn’t one of them. I’ve always been pretty good at getting all my ducks in a row and keeping track of things pretty efficiently. In fact, in some respects I feel like I’m borderline obsessive-compulsive. At my former company, […]
Read moreEvil, Stupid or Busy: Why Don’t Employers Respond?
April 5, 2013 7 Comments
Let’s kick off this post with a note I recently received from a client: “Matt: Had a weird thing happen to me recently I wanted to pass along. I landed an interview with an HR person at a company I’ve had my eye on for a while. After the meeting, the HR person thanked me […]
Read more10 Job Search Lessons for Graduating Students
March 30, 2013 0 Comments
Hi folks! Having recently written my own article discussing some career tips for younger professionals, one of my best pals in the career coaching world, Daniel Hallak, decide to pass along some of his own observations about the job-hunting strategies that are most appropriate to early-career candidates. So I offered to run his thoughts out […]
Read moreCover Letters: Go Big or Go Home
March 28, 2013 0 Comments
Are cover letters still an important part of hunting for employment? Or does nobody bother reading them anymore? Like most questions related to the modern employment scene, you’ll find passionate arguments on both sides. For example, within 15 seconds of poking around on Google, I was able to turn up the article here where an […]
Read moreTheLadders: Here Come Da Judge!
March 16, 2013 5 Comments
If you’ve been job hunting at any point in the last few years, you’ve undoubtedly run across a site called TheLadders. Without question, they’ve been one of the most aggressive players within the Internet employment space, advertising their wares nearly everywhere (including a 2009 Super Bowl commercial) and trying to lure people with the premise […]
Read moreTop 10 Career Tips for Young Professionals
March 12, 2013 6 Comments
Tell you what, I’ll meet you halfway on this. Having recently been asked by a local non-profit to prepare a presentation on the “Top 10 Tips for Young Professionals” to be delivered in April, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on the best advice I could give to aspiring professionals who are just starting […]
Read moreLinkedIn Tip: Time to Pony Up for Paid Subscription?
February 13, 2013 6 Comments
For years, I’ve steadfastly maintained that very few LinkedIn users — including most job hunters — don’t need to fork over the funds to get a “premium” subscription on the LinkedIn website. There was simply no need, as people have historically been able to use about 97% of the system’s key functionality without paying a […]
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