Career Advice & Insights

Recruiters and hiring managers use four dimensions to evaluate the people they Google. There’s no debating it, your online reputation will impact your ability to get a job. The facts: 83 percent of hiring managers and recruiters research candidates online. [ Execunet, 2007 ] 70 percent of recruiters have eliminated candidates based on information they … Read More

Test the letter you send after you didn’t get the job to make sure it’s gracious enough to build bridges. Before you send a letter to the company that hired somebody else, run the content through this quick test. 1. The letter is addressed to… A. the person who spent the most time interviewing you. … Read More

Before you say it or write it, think about the listener and reader. How do they want to hear it and read it? The starting point for all communication is becoming aware of the intended audience and approaching them on an appropriate level. So many times, people get themselves into difficult situations because they did … Read More

How do you find the inner fortitude to get up one more day and try again, even when the world kicks you in the shin with a golf shoe? I’m sick and tired of people saying, “This, too, shall pass.” Worst. Consolation. Ever. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a nice cliché and everything. But it … Read More

Kelly, a job seeker in Southern California, was surprised by the importance placed on having an online presence, but she wasn’t caught off guard. “Kelly’s” experience during the Great Recession has been different from some of the horror stories you might have heard on the news. Instead of wallowing in unemployment for a long time … Read More

Businesses have limited what they will pay for and who is eligible, but few cut the budget entirely. Realtors say property sales come down to “location, location, location.” The same might be true for the job search – it’s not just what you do and how well you do it, but where you’re willing to … Read More

Nothing improves your bargaining position more than a better salary offer from a competitor, but the offer can win you a raise or blow up in your hand. After two years of a deep recession that put employees at a disadvantage in the job market, it can be hard to imagine employing the sort of … Read More

Parting can be sorrow if you explain it wrong in your next interview. Here are tips on positioning your resume (and your head) to provide a positive answer to the question: “Why did you leave?” Like any hiring professional worth her salt, Jillian Zavitz’s eyebrows go up when she sees short work stints on a … Read More

The salary gap between men and women may have as much to do with how the sexes approach salary negotiation as with gender politics. By Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller EDITORS’ NOTE: This article is adapted from the just released “A Woman’s Guide to Successful Negotiating” (McGraw-Hill, 2010) by Lee E. Miller and Jessica … Read More