On Tuesday, July 31st, the Wall Street Journal ran an article: Advice on Landing a Job After Moving to a New Area (p. B6): The Question: “John” (or “Jane”) recently moved from a high-cost to a low-cost area. He (or she) gets interviews but no offers. Interviewers say the newcomer lacks confidence and probably wouldn’t […]
New career development etiquette…or new road to disaster?
Penelope Trunk, best-selling author of The Brazen Careerist, offers 10 tips for the “new etiquette.” You can read them here She drew a great deal of controversy – over 900 comments, mostly negative. Some of these tips, with my comments: “Forget the exit interview.” She points out that an exit interview won’t help you but […]
Bragging 101: Personal Branding One Story At A Time
What holds you back from strong personal branding? The vast majority of professionals, business owners and executives have trouble branding themselves because they suffer from FOB syndrome: Fear of Bragging. Professionals and business owners need marketing materials that will demonstrate value to their clients. Corporate executives also get stuck because they can’t sell […]
Q. Hi Cathy. I was laid off sixteen months ago with a great severance package. Since my spouse was working, I really didn’t need to search for a job right away. How do I explain my time off? A. Gaps can be challenging to navigate — and even more challenging to explain. But when a […]
Talking Back to Barbara Ehrenreich
I’m a great fan of Barbara Ehrenreich. I loved Nickel and Dimed and enjoyed reading Bait and Switch. One of my ezine readers sent me a link to Ehrenreich’s blog, which recently discussed the gap within professions: those at the top make mega-bucks, those on the bottom hover at the poverty level. Seethe blog entry […]
Networking for Career Change
Career advisors tend to sum up all their advice in one word: “networking.” Too old? Too big a resume gap? Bypass the hiring process through networking. Inevitably my clients groan: “Networking? I knew you were going to say that. I hate to network.” Frankly, I don’t blame them. The realities: (1) In my experience, people […]