When LinkedIn Can Hurt the Recent Graduate
For recent graduates, LinkedIn has provided a platform that allows the young graduate to apply to a mass quantity of job openings with little to no effort.
The ease of the application process coupled with the curiosity in many different fields lends the graduate to apply, in some cases to over 100 positions. While they …
Don’t Turn Off Those Who Can Help
I had lunch with a friend recently – a talented marketing manager who is not loving her job in a professional services firm.
We had only just sat down when she started moaning and groaning. “Where is my ideal job Kate? Tell me what I should do?”
Okay, I realize I am a career coach …
It’s Counterintuitive for Job Seekers
It would be interesting to review a few perceptions that job seekers have on issues stemming from feelings rather than from thinking. Such perceptions are based more on gut feelings rather than logic. Examples follow.
The interview is about me.
People feel good when asked to come in and interview, because they think the interview …
4 Ways to Build Your Employment Brand
So there’s been a lot of focus on your personal brand, but have you ever considered your employment brand?
Your employment brand is very similar to your personal brand in respect to marketing your expertise to the people in your networks. However, when you create your employment brand, you’re specifically marketing yourself as a job …
Mr. Smith Recommended I Contact You…
I was recently asked about how to use another person’s name (referral) in one’s networking efforts. When using another’s name in your networking efforts – you are tapping his/her reputation – his/her personal brand – to help open doors for you. While having referrals are like gold when networking, it is important to remember some …
2 Sales Strategies for Managing Your Career
Did you just say sales strategies in managing your career?
Yes, you need sales strategies where your career is concerned.
Let’s start with some basics. There are two types of sales persons.
Hunter Farmer HunterThe hunter is the one who goes out and does the research who will buy your product (In this case …
Do You Prime Your Referees?
I have had the occasional phone call from a recruitment consultant or hiring manager reference checking a job candidate that has come out of the blue.
In some cases the job candidate was someone who had reported directly to me years ago and in others it was someone I had worked with within six months …
Make Your Resume Stand Out Using Marketing Strategies
Few would doubt the importance of a resume in the job process. It is the first chance you have to convince an employer you’re the person for the job. According to a report in the George Washington University Office of Career Services, job seekers compete with 75 to 100 other candidates for every job opening. …
Give Your Job Search A Boost & Avoid Blame
We all do it at one time or another. We blame someone or something for what’s going wrong in our lives. We can’t do something we want because of a law, so we blame the lawmakers. We can’t get into a certain school, so we blame the university’s board of admissions. We are tired, so …
Job Hopping: A Smart Career Strategy!
During my 30 year career in “Corporate America”, I worked 14 years with my first employer and 16 subsequent years with 6 different employers. I increased my income and job satisfaction tremendously during the second half of my career because I changed employers proactively whenever I was able to find something better. Despite the potential …