Posts Tagged ‘job search’
3 secrets to correctly using Social Media for job search or communication
Correctly using social media is always a challenge. Strategies for using social media are all over the internet. However, there are three secrets to make your experience more successful. By correctly using social media especially if you are in a job search or using it for your business, you will gain the right kind of…
Read MoreWhat everyone should know about writing an exceptional cover letter!
Why do you need an exceptional cover letter? Aren’t cover letters extinct? One reason I include cover letters in all Design Resumes packages is to ensure that if you target a job where the hiring manager likes to read your exceptional cover letter, you have one. It is better to be prepared than not. …
Read MoreI haven't heard back on my application, what should I do?
Dead silence. You haven’t heard back on your application for the top job you applied to last week, what should you do? Often, people ask me for ideas for an email after the application silence. Take it out of an electronic exchange. If you haven’t heard back: Don’t email. Find a phone number. Time…
Read MoreWhat are you procrastinating? How does it impact your life and career?
Are you procrastinating? Here’s the deal. No matter if it is January or December. Do you realize you were just given 365 days to start over? Anyone can start over any day but we tend to make a big deal of beginnings. What are you procrastinating? Actually, people put things on hold for many reasons…
Read MoreHow to make better career goals
Hunting for a job? Perhaps you need better career goals. As I work with job seekers, we talk about targets and goals. In their hearts, most people desire success. How they define success is often very different. What is important is how YOU define success! Better career goals for you Even within the same field, people…
Read MoreGive a reason for your LinkedIn connection request
Do you give a reason for your LinkedIn Connection Request? One of the tips I give you when we work on LinkedIn is to create a real invite. Avoid hitting the connect button outside of a person’s profile. LinkedIn connection requests often come in with the default: “I’d like to add you to my professional…
Read MoreHow to optimize job search in 3 easy steps
Optimize job search in 3 easy steps? I didn’t mean to imply that job search is easy. It really isn’t. It may be one of the hardest things you will ever do. But in 30 years of working with job seekers I see simple steps that many people avoid. To optimize job search, is your…
Read MoreWhy your job search is like planning a journey
Some job seekers are looking for the end of the job search (finding the job) without having a plan to get there. They hear statistics about how fast resumes are read (some say 3-30 seconds) and think that the resume may have little importance so they do little to do it well. They hear about…
Read MoreThe secret to improving your professional headline on LinkedIn
When you first set up a LinkedIn account, you fill in your name, which is easy and then you see the professional headline line and you may just let LinkedIn fill it in for you with your most recent job title. This professional headline is limited to 120 characters and using your most recent job…
Read MoreAre you out of your comfort zone with your resume?
What makes you feel like you are out of your comfort zone? I’m a resume writer and have been for years. I can be challenged by someone with a new career path but I am very comfortable writing resumes. But other things make me feel way out of my comfort zone. When am I out…
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