When I tell clients that they need to personalize their cover letters, often the response is “oh but that would take too much time!” Last week I had a young client who hired me to help him with his goal to be hired in law enforcement. As a new graduate, he was facing the challenge…
Everyone talks about this nebulous thing called networking. Some of us network without even thinking about it and for others, it is this bizarre concept is one they just can’t figure out. They can’t visualize and they make it way too hard. I coach all my clients that an effective job search includes networking as…
Sometimes it is hard to see the forests for the trees. You might even know what you need to do to be successful but you are afraid of the investment so you sit on your hands. We all do it. Business people fear investments because they can’t predict future customer growth and job seekers do…
Yes, I know it is a rough economy and sometimes you just have to let people go. But what happens if you keep the person who is creating chaos and disharmony for everyone else? Recently, I wrote a post about toxic personalities: But this type of person is dangerous to others too. Some take…
Saturday I invited my friend, Linda, to come and help me clear mail, files, and clutter from my office. One of my goals for this year was to organize my office and rid myself of clutter. I work a lot of hours but I find it hard to be motivated to sort mail, throw things…
It is easy to get caught up in how the world seems to us at the minute. But our perspective is challenged by how we perceive that world. If I learned anything this last year, I learned that things I take for granted are not quite what I thought they were. Talking to clients, friends,…
It’s November and I live in Wisconsin. To you readers in Florida and Arizona or other warm clients that will mean nothing to you. But to those of you who have weathered a Wisconsin or northern winter or two, you know that this means the end of warm weather and the challenge of snow and…
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…
I’m in the business of creating career marketing strategies for job seekers. This is not new to me. I have been doing this for 25+ years. How I do it has changed and the level of complexity of the job search has changed. Our global communication has changed and we know what is happening instantly…
The telephone has always played an important role in the job search but since cell phones have changed the rules somewhat, let’s revisit how to best use your phone in the job search. 1. → Should I put my cell phone number on the resume? In today’s world, you need your cell phone on the resume….