Mark Twain once famously remarked “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” And based on a few recent client success stories, I’m starting to think that this same statement may apply to the technique of posting resumes on job boards, as well! For the last few years now, a handful of social networking sites […]
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Archive | September, 2010
9 Tips for Boosting Job Search Accountability
September 23, 2010 
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Believe it or not, there are some folks out there who find job searching to be an absolute kick in the pants. I had one client once, for example, who tallied up 110 interviews and 30 job offers before I begged him to actually take a position — and to save some opportunities for the […]
Continue readingAge/Experience Discrimination: More Thoughts
September 20, 2010 0 Comments
Several weeks ago, I posted a blog article in which I argued that “age discrimination” is usually a less accurate description than “experience discrimination” in terms of why many older workers seem to have increased difficulty landing jobs today. This article (available here in case you missed it) generated an above-average amount of feedback compared […]
Continue readingCareer Poll: How Best Reduce Unemployment Rate?
September 18, 2010 5 Comments
Well, shucks. The UW Huskies don’t seem like they’re going to pull off a 28-point comeback here in the fourth quarter, so I figure it’s time to fire up the blog and do something more productive! As the latest installment of what I plan to become a regular feature of my blog, let’s review/analyze the […]
Continue readingJob Hunting: The Screenplay
September 17, 2010 1 Comment
Scene: It’s a drizzly Thursday afternoon in a picturesque, mid-sized metropolitan U.S. city, and somewhere within the cozy confines of a professional-but-not-too-plush office, a career counselor and his client sit down together for an overdue chat… Client: “Coach, I don’t know what to do. I’ve been searching for work for months now, am barely getting […]
Continue readingLinkedIn Tips: A Bundle of Them!
September 15, 2010 0 Comments
Boy, with all the LinkedIn classes I’ve been teaching lately and all the changes the site has been making, the “tips” have been piling up! So rather than write about each of them individually, let me just bundle them all together, below, for those of you who are constantly seeking new ways to utilize and […]
Continue readingMemo to Job Seekers from HR: Help Us!
September 11, 2010 2 Comments
When you think of the words “human resources” what images come to mind? What thoughts and feelings? What emotions? While I can’t speak for all professionals out there, there’s no question that a healthy contingent of job hunters have gotten frustrated (the most common word I hear) with HR departments and how they feel they’ve […]
Continue readingHow Do the (Un)Employed Spend Their Time?
September 9, 2010 8 Comments
Wow, some of the newfangled presentations produced out there today by the media are downright amazing — not to mention highly enlightening, in terms of the data they display and the interactive ways in which you can manipulate it. For example, a connection of mine recently alerted me to the fascinating little interactive chart you’ll […]
Continue readingWebsite Review: (Your Idea Here)
September 7, 2010 1 Comment
Hope everybody had a great Labor Day weekend — and given that I’ve written a lot of “deeper” posts lately about job search motivation, psychology, and the like, I wanted to lighten things up today with a more “tactical” post related to a new website or piece of technology that relates to the career world […]
Continue readingAge Discrimination? Or Experience Discrimination?
September 3, 2010 6 Comments
With roughly 10% of Americans currently out of work, and a disproportionate number of these professionals just so happening to be Baby Boomers in the 46+ age bracket, it’s not surprising that the question of “age discrimination” is on a lot of peoples’ minds — and that many folks are worried about the impact such […]
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