I think many candidates are so afraid of getting ripped off that they don’t engage a professional to help them with their job search. I know there are many rip-off artists out there just waiting to take your money. I have written about this and e…
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Getting Professional Help Can Shorten Your Job Search – Example 2- Interview Mistakes
The first article addressed how to handle the problem of turnover. This example deals with two simple issues that could have resulted in the person not getting the job because of simple mistakes that were easy to fix. The person just didn’t know …
Getting Professional Help Can Shorten Your Job Search – Example 1- Turnover
I find it interesting that people will pay for help for just about anything but their job search. People pay for dance lessons, golf and tennis lessons, piano lessons, financial help, help with taxes, the list is endless. Yet for possibly the most impo…
Ask A Recruiter Anything You Want To Know
As a recruiter for the last 30 years this September, I get asked questions daily. Sometimes about one’s career and other times job search questions. Most job search questions focus on the tools of a job search, the resume, cover letter, intervi…
Building An Effective Network Step 2 – Online Social Media & LinkedIn Profile
Step one of effective networking focused on the offline networking process. It discussed why so many candidates receive such little value from networking that most just give up. I understand why this happens and hopefully the 4 steps started to change …
Why Job Boards Are A Poor Job Search Strategy
Are you investing too much time responding to job ads on job boards? Are you depending too much on finding your next job through a job advertisement? The vast majority of jobs are not posted on job boards. This pool of available opportunities …
Understanding Why Transition Often Happens Can Help Avoid Turnover
Understanding the Circle Of Transition
High turnover exists because most candidates accept positions they should never have accepted in the first place.
Candidates with high turnover need to understand why it happens and how to stop it. The first …
Effective Networking Requires Planning – Step #1
The key word in the title is “effective.” Anyone can network ineffectively. The sad part is that most people I meet do ineffective networking. What is sadder is that they get frustrated or burned out and often give up.
The common belief I hear fr…
Mediocre Networking equals Failed Job Search
I just published a blog on our HIRE and RETAIN Top Talent Blog aimed at hiring executives and managers on the subject of networking.
You can read this blog posting on networking for Executives and Managers by CLICKING HERE.
Outrageous Claim ? Networkin…
Job Seekers and Warren Buffet
I am currently reading the book, “The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life” by Alice Schroeder. It is an interesting biography on Warren Buffet’s life starting as a small child. Some of the more interesting parts highlig…
