Career Advice & Insights

Apply the R.I.G.H.T. Job method to analyze and rate every job offer. It’s a good news/bad news dilemma: Yes, they’ve finally given you that job offer you were hoping for; but, no, you’re really not sure if you should take it. Parts of the offer seem excellent, but not everything – definitely not everything. Deciding … Read More

Here’s how one company takes a multimedia approach to personal branding. A few years ago, the idea of posting a video highlighting your professional and academic achievements online was regarded as a novelty. Some job seekers tried it, but they risked public scorn. Aleksey Vayner was perhaps the best-known poster child for video resumes gone … Read More

As a senior executive, when you look for your next job, you will be judged by the hires you made at your last job. Here are six key factors to keep in mind. News Flash #1: As the recession recedes, companies will start hiring more employees. News Flash #2: The people you choose to hire … Read More

If you’re not scoring many interviews by applying for jobs and forwarding your resume to HR, try more creative means to get the hiring manager’s attention. Got your eye on a specific job? Don’t want your resume to get lost in the shuffle? There are ingenious methods of getting an employer’s attention through the side … Read More

Consulting work can be a lifeline when you’re unemployed; it can also derail your job search and extend your unemployment. Any out-of-work executive is likely to hear the siren song of consulting. You can lend your years of expertise to a business part time and temporarily. It can be a paycheck when you really need … Read More

You can’t turn back the clock, but you can show hiring managers your passion and record of results. If you’re older than 50 years old, it often seems the deck is stacked against you. Following last year’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Gross v. FBL Financial Services Inc., which put the burden of … Read More

How do you handle your own joblessness when your significant other is thriving? Your spouse just got a big promotion, while you haven’t worked in months and are struggling to get your foot in the door for an interview. How do you feel? Happy? At least your family income is more secure. Envious that he … Read More

Use a signature color to build your personal brand. Color is one implement in your personal-branding toolbox that will help express brand attributes and create emotional connections with hiring managers and recruiters. Deployed intelligently, color can help you stand out in a job search. Once you think of yourself as a brand, you require a … Read More

At current rates of unemployment, being without a job bears less stigma. It’s called “candidate forgiveness,” and companies are in the mood to practice it. Where do you find the silver lining in the darkest economic cloud since the Great Depression? It’s hard to think of positives. Supposedly, the roads are less crowded as fewer … Read More