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Job Search Simplified: Finding Work You Love Through The Want Ads
I have been gainfully employed for all my adult life even while I was a student. And I have gotten just about every one of my jobs from answering ads. I got one job just one! through my college placement office. I got another job from a recruiter. But all the rest even my academic […]
Overqualified? How To Get A Job (And Maybe Why You Shouldn’t)
Just came across this article: How To Get A Job If You’re Overqualified Good ideas but make sure you really want a job when you’re overqualified. I knew someone who consistently took jobs below her skills (and resisted promotions) so she’d have time to work in community theatre. She thrived. Others have gotten stressed out, […]
Networking for Job Search: Your Midlife Career Strategy For Success
A few weeks ago I attended a networking event with some very impressive people. One participant “Curtis” had recently left his job as a corporate vice president. He’d obviously enjoyed considerable success, yet he was clearly nervous about networking. Curtis introduced himself almost apologetically, with self-deprecating humor about his situation. He had found some consulting […]
New job search tool: Add Slide Share To Your LinkedIn Profile
These days you almost always need a LinkedIn profile for a job search. But if you’d really like to come across as different as well as professional, check out this newer social medium: Slide Share. SlideShare will surprise you. It sounds pretty simple: you get to upload and share visual files. Use Powerpoint, PDF, Word […]
Job Search Tip: Will Your New Boss Be A Jerk? [Quote of the Week]
This week’s quote comes from a brand new book by Jake Breeden, Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Wok Habits that Masquerade as Virtues. Breeden identifies 7 “sacred cows” of corporate workplace life. These sacred cows are beliefs we’ve always held but they don’t do us any good in today’s corporate world. For example, many […]