When you are desperate and needing a job or a new client, it is easy to sound desperate and you might not even know you are doing it. Instead of attracting people who can help you, you are more likely to be repelling those same people. How job seekers market themselves wrongly 1.) → Your…
Does that headline sound like ridiculous advice? “You have never lived in a better time to be unemployed.”But think about it. We have had recessions before. We have had economic uncertainty before. We have had tough times before. But never before in the history have we had the access to technology and career professionals. Never…
Yikes! You just went through an extensive time of hunting for the right job and it isn’t. You want to bail, right now, you don’t want to stay and stick it out. In a great economy, you have more options but even then moving and switching jobs has to be done with utmost care and…
One of the common questions from clients when we start talking about LinkedIn is, “My employer doesn’t like us on LinkedIn” or “what if my employer finds out?” How big is LinkedIn? Those are two different questions but both point to the same symptom.Take note of this information from the about section on LinkedIn: As…
One of the challenges of a job search is that it is very hard to keep a positive mental attitude when you feel like you or your life is broken. When I work with clients to design their career marketing strategy, we explore not only their accomplishments and strengths but what can be holding them…
Hat tip to my friends, Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter and Rob Poindexter from CareerTrend who will always come to mind when I say the word “Sailing.” Their passion for sailing and using the analogies in the career industry has truly become their brand. But I couldn’t help use the word because for me, though not a sailor,…
Let’s talk about how education and change fit together. I’ve mentioned my intern, Emily, in several posts: An “A” on your resume does NOT mean you have an “A” quality resume! which was a post actually suggested by Emily as a real need for those people confused by what their campus teaches and why professional…
Every once in awhile I write a post about career fairs. If I had any doubt that they could be effective, those doubts were blown away when my most recent intern, Emily, updated me on how she was doing with her job search. Emily will land on her feet anyway, she is a talented young…
Most of the time, we don’t realize how many things that we just trust that are invisible to our eyes. For example, with our new German Shepherd, Buddy, we decided to invest in an invisible fence. Buddy turns one on April 16 and with Teddy, our first German Shepherd, it took until he was about…
It’s springtime here in Wisconsin and all around you can see changes. My own life has been changing lately too. Up until about a month ago, my oldest son was living with us. Tim had left when he was younger and then returned again in late 2008. He’s 26 now but for him and many…
