Career Advice & Insights

Depression and anxiety create a destructive cycle for job seekers, making it harder to find a job. Soroush Ghaderi was a confident young engineer. He worked at Sun Microsystems, one of the giants of Silicon Valley, where he had been on staff for 10 years, almost his entire career since college. As Sun’s fortunes faded, … Read More

Some hiring managers relish the opportunity to counsel a job candidate on what he could have improved. You just have to ask the right person, the right way. Read More

Studies indicate the language often used to describe female professionals weakens their appeal to hiring managers. What can you do to level the playing field? Do job references describe men and women in different terms? In subtle ways executives routinely use different terms to refer to men and women in recommendations, negatively affecting job candidates … Read More

2011 brings new tools and Web sites to end your personal brand schizophrenia and take more control of the message you’re sending. Expect to encounter these five personal branding trends in 2011 and be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities they offer and combat the obstacles they might present. 1. Anywhere Hiring As companies … Read More

As you age, you will want to change the types of jobs you seek, the personal brand you introduce, even the way you present your resume. Whether you are 22 or 62, a job search may be in your future. But the 20-something’s job search strategy should look very different than the 60-something’s — and … Read More

A look at eight of the high-paying occupations and industries gaining traction. If you’re planning to change jobs — and perhaps boost your salary — you might first consider some lucrative industries, and then pry into those industries for specific occupations. According to an analysis of Department of Labor figures by Dr. Laurence Shatkin, a … Read More

Is there a best time of year to search for a new job? To everything there is a season. The Old Testament declared it. Pete Seeger and the Byrds sang it. And many things in our lives follow discernible calendar cycles. Does the same apply to the job search? Do companies follow a business calendar … Read More

A marathon runner determines training and running 26 miles to be easier than the job search, where she can’t control the finish line, if there is one. Marc Cenedella wrote a piece a few weeks ago comparing the search process with running a marathon (It’s a marathon, not a sprint, Nov. 8, 2010). As a … Read More

Manufacturers fired more than necessary. Now they should be poised to hire, but only a particular type of candidate. Since 2008, many manufacturing, supply-chain and consumer products businesses have been in a state of crisis. The result was a perfect storm of bad news for Frank Laux, the president and founder of Strategic Search Partners, … Read More