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An Image Makeover — A New Shot at Success Sometimes it takes more than just a little self-knowledge and chutzpah to get what you want. Sometimes it takes someone with an outside perspective to help you see that you may be frustrated in pursuing a goal not because you can’t reach it, but because it’s … Read More

One small, negative step can sink a job search. Blogging has become an impulsive contemporary art for careerists. Should you develop your own blog or shouldn’t you? Will it help or hurt your career? Let me present this canvas to you as a primer of sorts to think about this issue. Much of my career … Read More

Here’s how resume writers transform ordinary resumes into attention-grabbing documents. Ever wonder how career coaches and resume writers transform ordinary resumes into attention-grabbing documents? As career professionals, we use a variety of strategies to position job seekers and add the much-needed “punch” to their resumes. Address employer needs; speak their language. Employers look for solutions, … Read More

Here are 5 free resources that you can use to establish or extend your online brand quickly and economically. By Kirsten Dixson and William Arruda If you haven’t figured out that you are being Googled in your job search just as frequently as you are Googling your business contacts, then it is time to enter … Read More

See the corporate culture from the inside. I often remind my clients that when they are interviewing for an open position, they are interviewing the employer as much as the employer is interviewing them. By paying attention to the subtle clues in the office environment, job seekers can gain a better perspective on the culture … Read More

Solid suggestions for networking in tough times. When a market crashes, the advice career coaches give displaced senior-level executives matches financial experts’ guidance for consumers: Don’t abandon the assets you’ve spent years building just because they suddenly look – at best – like major liabilities. That’s easy to understand with a stock; stock prices recover. … Read More

Crash! Pick up Those Network Pieces When your industry is dealt a heavy blow like the recent Wall Street woes, networking takes a little creativity. Here’s a short list of tips from job seekers and recruiters. Use your resources creatively Services like Ladders are not only good to find job openings, they also provide tremendous … Read More

Your Personal Brand: A Career Advancement Must Have Consider this scene from the recently released Kevin Spacey movie, “21”: In an interview for a prestigious scholarship, the main character, Ben, tells his interviewer, Professor Phillips, that money is the only thing between him and fulfilling his long-held dream of attending Harvard Medical School. While the … Read More

Market yourself outside your ‘box.’ The last few weeks have certainly been difficult for the folks on Wall Street and the companies affected by the credit freeze. If you had asked me if there was a surplus of talent in August, I would have said no. Even with today’s landscape and with more ‘feet on … Read More