3 Types of Communication While in Transition
Certainly, the cliché “It’s not what you know but whom you know” is often true. However, when people are in transition, I would add “but while in transition, who knows you is more important” because you are the one who needs a job, and if people cannot find you, your job search will be unnecessarily …
How to Approach the Job Search
At times, I am amazed at people in transition who approach the job search the way we used to in the past. Looking for a job nowadays puts job seekers into extremely tough competitions unlike those of the past, and job seekers who do not both understand and apply the rules of the game will …
Learn to Avoid Long Term Unemployment
If you’re out of work for a long time, it’s not necessarily your fault, says Ben Casselman of FiveThirtyEight, a polling aggregator. Casselman says his firm’s work shows that by far, the single biggest predictor of whether people will be out of work for a year or more is the state of the economy at …
There is No Free Lunch
Subtitled: As the water cooler goes … So goes the company.
When the water stops being delivered … When the sodas are not stocked … When the Odwalla’s stop showing up …You know the free lunch is coming to an end.
One simple observation is:
As the water cooler goes … So goes the …
Volunteering While in a Job Transition has Many Hidden Advantages
While in transition, you’re after a paid job, not working for free. It’s natural to feel that way, but in fact volunteering could be the thing that gets you your next position. It’s happened often to job seekers. Volunteering has many rewarding facets, and most of them remain hidden till you uncover them by performing …
The Fastest Way to Get Promoted
Before you can get promoted you will need to do a few things. First and foremost … you need a plan. Part of that plan should include defining, describing and delineating what you do. This post is focused on one of the most important things you will need to get promoted. Specifically … your transition …