Career Advice & Insights

Atypical, Career-Enhancing Do’s in a Down Economy As the economy takes a nose-dive, we’re seeing a flood of career advice on how to rework your resume, connect with executive recruiters and perform best during a job interview. If you’re looking for that kind of advice, this article is not for you. This article highlights areas … Read More

Five tips to increase your visibility when networking in the job search. Submitting your resume to any position is stressful, but submitting it to the job of your dreams can sometimes be paralyzing. You’ve read the job description, and you’ve acknowledged that you’re the best candidate for the role. You cross your fingers and your … Read More

Solid suggestions for networking in tough times. When a market crashes, the advice career coaches give displaced senior-level executives matches financial experts’ guidance for consumers: Don’t abandon the assets you’ve spent years building just because they suddenly look – at best – like major liabilities. That’s easy to understand with a stock; stock prices recover. … Read More

Networking is important, but job postings are still the bread and butter of job searches. Networking is a critical skill for anyone looking for a job right now or planning for a job change in the future. Nothing is better than a personal reference to make a candidate credible to a potential employer or point … Read More

These traits will ensure that you get noticed by hiring managers and executive recruiters. Along with a little humility, there are three important ‘ilities’ that are critical to your candidature. These traits will ensure that you get noticed by hiring managers and executive recruiters. Capability You need to start with skills. Being skilled gets you … Read More

Market Meltdown: Change Your Job-Search Mindset The current economic meltdown is just the tip of a much larger iceberg that will have far reaching economic implications for all of us here in the U.S. Tens of thousands of layoffs in and beyond the financial industry will only be the start of more sober times as … Read More

It’s not your job search, it’s how you’re approaching it. Ever feel like you have a terrific job, but you still don’t enjoy your work? I recently met two professionals whose situations exemplify this situation. Job seeker 1 Sally held a lucrative job at a career development firm. Despite a comfortable salary, plush office, and … Read More

It’s not a matter of whether or not you can do the job, but it’s a matter of knowing if you’re the right person for the job.   As a recruiter and career coach, I have worked with and have placed professionals at all levels. In many cases, candidates will usually tell me the same … Read More

In this time of corporate upheaval and general uneasiness, simple details that can make a candidate stand out among their peers are often left by the wayside. Make Connecting Easy: Email 101 Use an email address that makes sense. Think about how email programs make suggestions when you begin entering an email address in the … Read More