Tweet Don’t underestimate the power of the interactions and contacts you make at job search networking events, even when there possible connection to you seems fairly far fetched. Harry Urschel, writing as a guest blogger on the Career Rocketeer Blog, one of our featured job search blog feeds, describes in a blog titled “What good […]
Tag Archive for ‘job search best practices’ 
How Can You Improve Your Job Search?
Tweet I’m writing an article series of 101 ways to improve your job search. Are you following this series on our Job Search and Career Blog? After grabbing all 101 tactics, there is no reason you shouldn’t be able to quickly, rapidly, instantly bring your job search to a conclusion. However, I’ll bet that you’re […]
Does Age Discrimination Exist in Hiring?
Tweet Of course, age discrimination exists. What a silly question. However, when a younger candidate is selected, we want to cry foul quickly. Sometimes, the reason the older candidate was not selected has nothing to do with age. My partner Brad presents an interesting case study on a recent executive search regarding candidates of different […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
No Reason NOT to Master Your Job Search
Tweet After thousands of interviews with candidates over the last few years during this current job market depression (worst I’ve seen in my 25 years of recruiting, speaking, and consulting), I’ve come to stark realization that most job seekers HAVE NO CLUE how to conduct an effective job search in this digital age. The most […]
Expanded Olympic Job Search Metaphor
Tweet As I indicated in a previous post, I was going to expand upon the metaphor of comparing your job search to the level of athletic competition at the Olympics. You can view this blog post titled, “Are You Competing at an Olympic Level in Your Job Search?”on our Career and Job Search Blog. I […]
