Groucho Marx once said “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member.”
Groucho must not have been conducting a job search when he made that comment.
Joining Groups (like clubs) on LinkedIn is an excellent way to engage with…
Archive for March 2010
Don’t Be Like Groucho Marx – Job Search Tactic #2
How Do You Guarantee Career and Job Search Success?
Tweet One of the methods of ensuring long-term career success is to build a powerful personal brand so that you can be found vs. always trying to find a better deal when your desperate. Andy Robinson, wrote a blog post on the Smart Networking Blog, that talks about the 8 key benefits from having a […]
Stop Being a LinkedIn Lurker: Job Search Tactic #3
Sounds like something you could be arrested for – maybe even a felony conviction.
Seriously, if you want to take your job search to another level, you’ve got to engage in communicating and interacting on the primary social media forum for professio…
How To Get Recruiters To Reply To Your Resume
I know this is one of the major complaints by candidates. I hear it all the time, “I send them my resume and they don’t reply. Most won’t even return my phone call.” As difficult as it is to say, for the most part these candidates are correct…
How to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile: Job Search Tactic #1
Brad and I have talked endlessly about how much easier your job search is to found than to find a job. I recently wrote a post on this exact subject.
We did a radio broadcast on how to improve your LinkedIn Profile. We posted our LinkedIn Self-Assessme…
Seth Godin Rocked Me Back on My Heels
Tweet Seth Godin once again rocked me back on my heels with his simple question why do so many people (in my universe – job seekers) seem stuck in high school mode OR non-self-determinant mode. I wrote a tough love article on our Career and Job Search Blog to the all our job seeker followers […]
101 Job Search Tactics to Find a Job NOW!
I’m boiling mad!
I’m offended.
Brad and I put in an effort that exceeds most experts in the job search space. Do we deserve grief and abuse for it?
A recent commenter on my last blog posting inferred that Brad and I publish “fluff” and DO NOT p…
Is Your Job Search Stuck in High School Time Warp?
Is Your Job Search an Extension of High School?
One of my favorite bloggers, writers, speakers – Seth Godin, published a blog titled “On Self-determination”. After reading the article, I realized, there was a frightening metaphor for most job see…
Failure Due to Culture Mismatch - Don't Fall into This Trap
Tweet Have you ever failed due to a cultural mismatch? Ever have one view of a company from the interview – but it turns out to be something different? One of the greatest failure points for new hires, after the inability to deliver the expected outcomes, is a cultural mismatch. You’re NOT a bad person […]
Should I Go OR Should I Stay?
Tweet There is a good career management article by Kris Parfitt on the Career Realism Blog titled “Career Question: What Do You Have At Stake?” Many candidates start applying for jobs to “kick the tires”, validate their self-worth, test whether they are being fairly compensated, or they might just want to explore whether the “grass […]
