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. […]
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Picky, Picky: Resume File Naming Conventions
April 11, 2013 
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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 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 moreJob Board Shootout: Indeed vs. SimplyHired
January 17, 2013 12 Comments
While technologies come and go like the wind in most fields, it seems as if the scenery has barely changed in the “published job board” landscape over these past five years or so. For years now, I’ve been advocating to clients that they primarily rely on three websites for finding published/advertised job leads: SimplyHired, LinkedIn, […]
Read moreTop 10 “High Performer” Characteristics
January 7, 2013 1 Comment
Thought this was interesting. A client of mine passed along the link below from Bloomberg news, showcasing a study from an executive membership organization called CEB that claims to identify the ten “critical competencies employees must embody to thrive as high performers in today’s volatile work environment” and that follows up to conclude that “high […]
Read more6 Job Search Tips Due for “No-Brainer” Status
November 5, 2012 3 Comments
Occasionally, people ask me what methods I use to come up with the blog topics I write about. And while I tend to derive inspiration from a number of different sources, I tell people that there’s one primary mantra I try to follow every time I pull an article together: “What can I write about […]
Read moreIs Faulty Programming Holding You Back?
July 17, 2012 1 Comment
As human beings, we are creatures of habit. From the moment we come into this world, our mission is survival, and our brains start franticly trying to decipher “what works” and “what doesn’t” in terms of getting our wants, needs, and desires met from the environment around us — whether one is talking about a […]
Read moreWho’s to Blame for the Unemployment Rate?
June 23, 2012 2 Comments
If there’s one thing everybody agrees upon, it’s that the economy is in lousy shape and we’re in serious need of getting more Americans back to work. And if there’s one thing everbody DISAGREES upon, it’s who exactly is at fault for this current state of affairs! For those interested in reading some insightful discussion […]
Read moreTop 10 “Rookie Job Hunter” Realizations
June 11, 2012 15 Comments
Having been in the career coaching field now for almost 20 years, I’ve ridden shotgun THOUSANDS of times on the job hunting process, helping people fire up their employment search and master the latest and greatest methods for tracking down new opportunities. One paradox that I’ve consistently witnessed, over all these years? Highly successful people […]
Read moreToday’s Job Market: What’s the Real Glitch?
May 31, 2012 4 Comments
Not sure how many of you out there are faithful Wall Street Journal readers, but for those that missed it, there was a very thought-provoking article published yesterday by David Wessel that discusses the role computerized resume scanners now play in the modern hiring process — and the repercussions this development has created on the […]
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