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People Who Will Help You See Career Success
Tweet Share on Facebook March 31, 2011 CommentIf you want to reach your career’s full potential, you’re not going to do it alone. Whether your career is flying high or you’re struggling in a trough, the need for other people’s support is a constant.
Here are eight people you need in your life to help you make the most of your career:
The energizer: These people are energizing just to be around. They’re excited about what they’re doing. They’re excited about what you’re doing, or what you could be doing. Spending time with these people rubs off on you. It feeds both your energy and your outlook. They’re relentlessly positive (though not in a smarmy, irritating way) and see the world as packed with potential and possibility.
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7 Ways to Use Facebook for Your Job Search
Tweet Share on Facebook March 30, 2011 Comment (1)We often hear about how job seekers can use social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter to their advantage. But what’s sometimes overlooked is the biggest network of them all: Facebook.
We think of Facebook as a way to connect with friends, not necessarily hiring managers or employers. But with over 500 million active users, Facebook is useful for professional networking, too.
Here are some ways you can use Facebook to land your next job:
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How to Improve Your Online Identity
Tweet Share on Facebook March 30, 2011 Comment (7)Job seekers often hear how important it is to make it easy to find information about you online. Why? A Cross-Tab research study, Online Reputation in a Connected World, points out:
- 75 percent of HR departments are expected to research candidates online
- 89 percent of hiring managers and recruiters review candidates’ professional online data
- 86 percent of employers believe a positive online reputation influences their hiring decisions—and nearly 50 percent say the influence is “to a great extent” and they expect it to increase
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Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Manager?
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2011 Comment (6)Recent graduates and entry-level employees often step into the workforce with an eye on moving into management. The thinking is that with a management title comes more money, respect, and power—but that’s not always the case. Being a middle manager comes with its own set of frustrations. Before setting your sights on the corner office, keep the following things about management in mind.
[In Pictures: 15 Ways Good Bosses Keep Their Best Employees.]
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10 Signs of a Healthy Job Search
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2011 Comment (6)If you’re out there looking for a job right now, you may be wondering, am I doing this right?
How would I know? And if I am, why haven’t I found a job yet?
Here’s the truth: In a struggling economy, you can do everything right and still not find the right job—or any job, for that matter.
Because in addition to doing it right, you also need other pieces to fall into place, like the passing of leads from your network, the unearthing of new connections at target companies, and your ability to deliver in front of a recruiter or hiring manager.
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10 Mistakes You’re Making on Your Resume
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2011 Comment (14)Chances are good that you’re making a few of these common mistakes on your resume. How many are you guilty of?
1. Relying on outdated sources of advice. Resume conventions have changed dramatically in the last 20 years. If you’re reading a book that insists you use an objective on your resume or that you can’t exceed one page, chances are good that you’re reading something outdated (or listening to someone who hasn’t hired recently).
[See The Death of the One-Page Resume?]
2. Including every job you’ve ever had, no matter how irrelevant or long ago. A resume isn’t meant to be an exhaustive accounting of every job you’ve ever held. It’s a marketing document designed to present you in the strongest, most compelling light. That means you don’t need to include every job you’ve ever had, or the part-time work you did on top of your regular job last year, or even your degree in an irrelevant field if you don’t want to. You get to decide what you do and don’t include. The only rule is that you can’t make things up.
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11 New Websites for Your Job Search
Tweet Share on Facebook March 25, 2011 Comment (21)If you’re entering the job market for the first time or haven’t searched for a new job in the last three years, you’re in for a shock over how the process works—and how it has changed in a relatively short period of time.
Job search 1.0 = help wanted ads in newspapers
Job search 2.0 = online job boards
Job search 3.0 = social talent communities
What’s next?
"Job search 4.0 will be less about finding talent and finding jobs and more about applying skills to the problems existing in any marketplace,” says Joel Capperella, vice president for Yoh, a Philadelphia-based technology staffing firm.
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Reviewing Your Way to a Better Career
Tweet Share on Facebook March 24, 2011 CommentWhether you’re in a job you love or a job you loathe, there’s always room for improvement. And to open the door to that improvement, you need awareness.
Unfortunately, most people sail through their work days on autopilot. They do what needs to be done to meet the job requirements, but don’t step back to examine the good, the bad, and the ugly as it unfolds. And that’s unfortunate, because they wind up missing countless opportunities to improve their career for the better.
If you want to improve your career on an ongoing basis, review questions are a great place to start. They’ll help you turn your workdays into learning laboratories.
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Don’t Make These Mistakes in a Job Interview
Tweet Share on Facebook March 23, 2011 Comment (6)It’s not always easy to identify exactly what to do or say in an interview to win the job, but there’s little question about what not to do. Employers have no lack of horror stories about candidates—many of the following are examples from actual interviews.
Be sure you don’t commit any of these major faux-pas at your next interview:
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Often Overlooked Job-Search Opportunities
Tweet Share on Facebook March 22, 2011 Comment (2)A job search can be viewed many different ways, depending on your situation and experience. In this economy, it’s clearly difficult, frustrating, and slow.
But no matter how you look at it, you’re likely missing some key aspects. Especially if you feel stressed, are struggling to sleep at night, or simply losing patience for what feels like a broken process.
Looking for a job makes you part of a community. It may be one you never intended to join, but now you can use it your long-term advantage. Your fellow unemployed peers are potential friends, perhaps even future co-workers. They’re people you can lean on, both today and tomorrow. You’ve joined a job-search fraternity of sorts, a group of people with shared experiences. And only you know what it feels like to be a part of that crew.
