Aargh. It’s happening again. There on Twitter were some posts promising access to articles with mouth-watering promises. “Get 7 interviews in one week.” “Find a job in any economy.” The “find a job” article consisted of stale cookie cutter advice, including advice to post on job boards. These days you must use job boards selectively […]
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Helping a Friend With a Job Search
We see many articles about jump-starting your own job search but this articles targets friends of job seekers. The author herself went through a painful job search. Now happily employed, she’s put together these very helpful tips. Just buying someone a hot chocolate or giving thm a ride can make a huge difference, she says. […]
Career Change in a Pay-Per-Click Environment
Today’s Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2009, page B4: Recruiters Use Search Engines to Lure Job Hunters” by Sarah Needleman) reports that recruiters increasingly turn to Google adwords and other forms of pay per click advertising (ppc). That is, they buy ads that you see next to your search results. Developing and writing these ads […]
Interview Tips: Rehearse. And then act “as if.”
Just reading Penelope Trunk’s article on how to handle a job interview. Her main tip is, “Rehearse.” As she points out, few questions are really new. You can anticipate most of them and have answers ready. But she also talks about preparing yourself mentally, Think of all the good things you ever did. Think of […]
“Regular Guy” Goes Homeless
A few years ago, the newspaper USA Today carried a story by former Wall Street Journal reporter Les Gapay, now living out of his truck as he travels around national parks. Unable to find a job, Gapay uses library computers to freelance as a writer and publicist. Approaching sixty, he fears many jobs will go […]
Should you relocate to accept a new job? How to decide
Nearly every career coaching client negotiates a balancing act between location and career choice. Many people invest more time setting up a moving van than asking themselves, “Can I be happy here?” One of the most stressful relocation decisions comes when you get an exciting job offer. At first it doesn’t seem like a problem…unless […]