Career Advice & Insights

Experts weigh in on the do’s and don’ts of using social media to look for your next job. DO maintain your accounts. Update daily, if possible. (But DON’T update so much that your posts become white noise.) DO share articles, videos, blog posts and other content that people in your target industry, or at your … Read More

Sales engineer leaves Microsoft rather than relocate. Michael Numa is a confident guy. He’s not cocky, not arrogant — just confident. He has worked in Information Technology for more than 25 years and was considered a rising star at Microsoft for the past 14 years. But by 2010, it seemed to Numa that he had … Read More

Thomas Publishing, best known for its “Big Green Books,” no longer prints a book. That means hiring a different type of employee and a new way to approach recruiting. Thomas Publishing is best known for its “Big Green Books” – the directories and buying guides of suppliers, vendors and service providers in just about every … Read More

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