Career Advice & Insights

Business doesn’t stop, nor should you. These job seekers became entrepreneurs to demonstrate that they were still strong employees. Tim Wood is a career software engineer who has ridden the technology-employment roller coaster for years. During the 2001 to 2003 downturn in tech, Wood went through a two-year period of unemployment and considered leaving the … Read More

Whatever you do, have an answer to the question — why have you been out of work so long? Whatever you say, don’t answer, ‘Looking for a job.’ When interviewing candidates who have been out of work for extended periods of time, a human resources manager will almost always ask this question: “Why have you … Read More

The law may not require it, but hiring companies demand a diverse pool of employees and candidates. Being a job seeker from a diverse racial, ethnic or economic background can be an advantage while working with recruiters. It’s a hot-button issue, for sure; some recruiters asked to comment for this article declined to do so, … Read More

Put to the test? Follow these tips from recruiters who’ve used pre-employment assessments as a factor in the hiring process. When you are being considered for a job, your potential employer evaluates myriad factors: your education, your experience and your successes, to name just a few. How about your personality? Increasingly, organizations are turning to … Read More

The most important prop in your job search is one of the most overlooked. When hundreds — or, in many cases, thousands — of job seekers gather in one place, the pressure to stand out can be overwhelming. You can arm yourself with resumes and samples from your portfolio, but the props you’ll need must … Read More

Job seekers in their 50s may be stereotyped as counting the days to retirement or running up health-insurance costs. Older professionals describe how they’ve fought those perceptions on the job search. Trude Diamond has a doctorate in education and many years of proven, successful experience in systems requirement engineering, instructional development and design, and writing … Read More

Leverage your alumni association to find and win a job, but know the rules about what is and isn’t fair play. “Jamal,” a young finance executive, just two years out of business school, applied for a business analyst position at a large bank. He met with the bank’s recruiter at a job fair in Los … Read More

Steve Jobs’ 5 principles of job success As I was researching the material for my new book, ” The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs ” (McGraw-Hill), I realized that many of the principles responsible for Jobs’ breakthrough success at Apple apply equally to the management of one’s job search career. If you are searching for … Read More

If you’re networking to find a job, you’re doing it wrong. Don’t network to get a job. Network to build value-added relationships. The job will come. When people begin their job search, they often start by calling and e-mailing everyone they know in hopes of getting a job, or a better job. Imagine hearing from … Read More