10 Ways Social Media Just Cost You That Job!
With all of the clamor (“outrage”?) in recent years about employers using social media, or more precisely, posts on these media, to “screen” job candidates, you might expect that a lot of hiring companies have wised up and started backing off the practice. You would, however, be wrong, very wrong!
Employers’ use of social media, …
OK, You Can Talk, But Can You Also LISTEN?!
We’ve all run into these kind of people. You attempt to have a “conversation” with them but you know that all the time you’re talking they are not really listening. They’re merely thinking about what they are going to say next. And, if you happen to take a breath, or otherwise pause while speaking, they …
Are YOU Time-Management ‘Challenged’?
How well are you managing your valuable, irreplaceable time? Do you consistently manage time, or do you let time consistently manage you? If it’s the latter situation, you just might be time-management “challenged,” and that definitely has a negative impact on both your professional brand and your future career prospects. For example, if you are …
Can a ‘Headhunter’ Help in Your Job Search? Maybe
If you’re at all typical, when it’s time to look for a new job (for whatever reason(s)), you quite probably say something like this: “I’m going to ‘dust off’ my résumé and start contacting some ‘headhunters.’” Both of these moves can be integral to a successful new job search, but when it comes to contacting—and …
5 Common Résumé Mistakes That Can Sink Your Candidacy
While, ultimately, the claim that the traditional résumé is “dead” may indeed prove to be true, significant to note, currently it still has a LOT of life left in it! As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, some high-tech companies seem to be moving toward the video-oriented résumé (or some other “non-conventional” format), yet the vast …
Making Sense of All the Recent Changes on LinkedIn
If LinkedIn is an important part of establishing and maintaining your professional image, your professional brand—and it definitely should be!—then you may be among the millions of people on LinkedIn who, because of some significant changes recently made by the site, are confused, confounded, and, yes, perhaps even a little bit angry!
Some of LinkedIn’s …
CBS’s The Job: The Job Interview on Steroids
I happened to catch the second installment of a new CBS “reality” show, The Job, last Friday night (8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT – also available for later viewing at http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-job) that captures the essence (in a highly condensed fashion, of course!) of the interview process involved in the typical job search in today’s extremely …
Lights, Camera, ACTION! Video Job Interviews Moving into Mainstream
Is a video job interview in your future? If you’re competing—or will be competing—for one of the higher-end positions available today in major companies, the answer is quite probably “yes,” and you can expect to encounter one of these types of interviews sooner rather than later. So, if your professional brand/image is not currently “shining,” …
Medical Aesthetics – The New Job Search Weapon?
Right or wrong, looks do matter in the job market of 2013. With 12 million unemployed and over 35 million currently employed people competing for a finite number of jobs (CareerBuilder Employment Survey, Jan 24, 2013) more and more people are turning to medical aesthetics, a branch of medicine that deals with beautification of the …
2013 Job Market Fast Becoming Candidate-Driven
For those of you who have branded yourselves as being—and are perceived as being—among the TOP performers in your profession, there is some GREAT news! The 2013 job market for you is fast becoming candidate-driven. That means that you now will have more and better choices: Multiple job offers, greater salary leverage and more lucrative …