This is a time in our history where many of the things that you took for granted if you only job searched in a good economy have new rules. You can’t assume everything will be the same. Below are some common questions and answers about interview protocol, methods, and strategies. They called me to schedule…
You are one of the lucky ones. Your resume was accepted and you either have been called for an interview or you are in round 3 or 4 and you are contemplating an offer. What should you be reviewing before you accept the offer and even more importantly what should you be doing long before…
You all have probably heard of the “Law of Attraction.” We are naturally attracted to attractive people — not meaning necessarily movie-star quality people but the people whose personalities brighten a room, the person you naturally call when you want to chat, and the person you enjoy spending time with on a regular basis. Bad…
Famous last words – “they said I’ll get an interview.” The way people look at job search often amazes me. The Internal Candidate Let’s look at an organization with high level opportunities for management and upper management. I have a client targeting an upper management position. As an internal candidate, she is essentially working in…
Never in the history of job search have individual job seekers been so visible. AND never in the history of job search could you blow a job search so easily! During a rousing discussion between my husband and a group of young men (my two sons and two of their friends) I learned again how…
What if in the middle of an interview you feel like you are in the wrong place? Your mojo is gone and you just can’t seem to get up any enthusiasm for the rest of the interview. When is it right to follow those feelings and say, “NO, I don’t want the job? Economic History…
When you use traditional search for anything, you tend to get traditional results. If you are hunting for a new car and only look on car lots, you will miss all of the cars that pop up on corner lots or are advertised online or in the classifieds. If you are hunting for a new…
At our monthly Christian Business Leaders meeting, the conversation turned to the economy, the growing unemployment rate, and how business owner’s evaluate both their present employees as well as who they hire when they do have openings. Everyone in the room nodded in agreement when Jim, owner of a commercial and residential HVAC company said,…
I work with a wide range of job seekers. Some are totally plugged in and understand how critical networking is to the process of job search. Others seems to hang only on using the advertised listings and the job boards for openings. All their eggs in one basket! What’s wrong with that? When you are…
How often do you think about what kind of ruts you are stuck in and what being in a rut is doing to your overall perspective? This is Teddy. For any of you who are new to this blog or are just getting to know me, Teddy is part of our family and part of…