Career Advice & Insights

Marketing executive details his job search and offers tips to other marketers looking for work. William Scheckel is a marketing executive skilled in marketing financial and technical services. He had never thought much about marketing himself, though, until one day last May, a couple of weeks after he had been laid off from a management … Read More

Job seekers can get noticed by employers when they follow these three attention-getting tactics. Of course, today’s job market is trying. Though there is stiff competition out there, successful candidates are persistent in unearthing potential job leads. In last month’s article, ” How to Romance Your Next Employer,” I outlined three key elements for a … Read More

A list of mental-health Web sites to turn to if you have stress and anxiety related to your job search. No single article can cover all the physiological and psychological effects of losing a job and facing a prolonged job search. If you find yourself interested in more, there are great resources on the Web … Read More

One director of business development lands a new job at an enterprise software company in Philadelphia. You want to go to a restaurant, so you make your reservation by cell phone. You’ve got a table waiting for you — as well as the meal you’ve already ordered online. Wade Lee, sales director at Arris Systems … Read More

Warning signs that a job loss is taking a toll on your emotional wellbeing. The loss of a job hits both your pocketbook and your very identity. Negative feelings are only natural after being laid off and going through a job search — especially in the current economic climate — but there are some red … Read More

Help your references help you. Reference checks can confirm or deny the value of a job seeker to a potential employer. They can be the difference maker in employment. When it comes to references, do sweat the small stuff. For a real-life illustration of a reference’s importance, consider “Alex’s” example: “Alex Partain” thought his resume … Read More

Editor’s note: This article was originally available to attendees of Ladders’ finance-industry career event held in New York on Feb. 9, 2009. One thousand applicants for one position. Ron Dadina couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The job wasn’t an open call for an entry-level position; it was a senior finance position at The World … Read More

The hiring manager may not explicitly give you feedback telling you these factors are why you lost the job – but these pet peeves may be the factors that made the hiring managers look elsewhere. Remember the old saying, “The devil is in the details”? Think about how those details can be the devil in … Read More

The basics, such as sacrifice and patience, can soothe an otherwise difficult job search. My parents majored in sacrifice and minored in thrift. Every day for the first 30 years of my life I heard the word “sacrifice” as in, “We sacrificed a lot so you could be better off.” And they weren’t kidding. My … Read More