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Inside Job: 5 Reasons You Should Tap Your Friends and Contacts to Get a Job
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2013 CommentAre you sick of hearing about how important it is to tap your network to earn referrals and jobs? You hear it from your friends, your career coach, and when you pick up a book about how to find a job. If you're spending all of your time pushing out resumes to apply for positions, you're missing a crucial piece of a successful job hunter's strategy.
Today, networking opportunities abound and come in many forms: both online (via social networking tools, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+), as well as in-person networking, which is equally important for job seekers who really want to solidify relationships with the potential to earn them introductions to key decision-makers at their target companies.
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Take a Bio From Flat to Fantastic in 6 Simple Steps
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2013 CommentConstructing a bio that's not over the top but isn't ho-hum either can send even the most seasoned professional into a tailspin. You don't want to sound like a braggart, and yet you don't want people to challenge your qualifications or credibility either. In other words, writing a bio is both an art and a science. Hopefully these suggestions will help you find just the right blend of interesting, intriguing, promotional, and truthful.
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How to Respond to Job Rejection—And Even Make It Work For You
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2013 CommentGetting rejected for a job you really wanted is one of the worst parts of job searching. But if you handle the rejection well, you can get something useful out of the disappointment. Here's how.
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How You Can Find a Hidden Job
Tweet Share on Facebook January 29, 2013 CommentThe "hidden job market" is one of the biggest of buzz phrases for job seekers. Many experts argue that up to 80 percent of the available jobs are hidden, although absolute documentation is hard to come by. So where are all these jobs, and how can you access them?
Typically, people think of the hidden job market as all the jobs which aren't publicly viewable on a company's website, job boards, or elsewhere. Some jobs will become public, but just aren't there yet. Others are hidden and aren't ever made public.
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Kick-Start Your Career Dreams in 3 Weeks
Tweet Share on Facebook January 29, 2013 CommentEven if you know you need a career change, it's easy to get distracted by the necessary responsibilities of your daily life—work, family, friends. And that makes it hard to carve out the time and mental space you need to even start thinking about a change.
"We all get stuck in our day-to-day on autopilot and forget to take a moment for ourselves during the day," writes Life Coach Calan Breckon. "But if you want to do anything in your life you must first visualize yourself doing that thing!"
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6 Flubs to Avoid When Quitting Your Job
Tweet Share on Facebook January 29, 2013 CommentEven if you've fantasized about quitting with flair, you know it's not a good idea. As much as you'd like to tell your boss to stick it you-know-where, you'd be better off leaving your job with a sense of decorum. Here's what you absolutely, positively shouldn't do when quitting your job.
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10 Phrases That Don't Belong in Your Cover Letter
Tweet Share on Facebook January 28, 2013 CommentThink your cover letter is perfectly crafted? Check to make sure you're not including any of these no-nos in it.
1. "I meet the requirements for the position." Hundreds of candidates will meet the requirements for the position. That's not enough to get you a second look. You want to explain why you're an excellent candidate, not just an adequate one.
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3 Bite-Size Tips for Using Twitter in a Job Search
Tweet Share on Facebook January 28, 2013 CommentAdvice abounds on how to use social media to advance your career and job search. Beyond reading the volumes of great books, breaking down advice into manageable bites is a smart way to venture into the often-rough social networking waters. Also, choosing one site and really getting your feet wet is helpful to prevent social media overwhelm and scattershot behavior. The following are three snack-size tips to help you get started using the niche-networking site, Twitter.
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A Crash Course on Career Success
Tweet Share on Facebook January 28, 2013 CommentCountless books have been written on how to achieve career success, but their advice can, without great loss, be reduced to these admittedly boy-scout-like musts:
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5 Steps for Handling a Workplace Bully
Tweet Share on Facebook January 24, 2013 CommentSometimes, the workplace can feel a lot like high school: Full of cliques, gossip, and passive-aggressive behavior. Bullying has been a hot topic as of late and sadly, adults are not immune to it. Bullies certainly exist in the workplace, though they aren't quite as obvious as they were in grade school. They don't go around throwing people into trash cans and stealing lunch money. But their torment can be just as destructive.
Whether the bully is criticizing you, conveniently "forgetting" to include you in important conversations, stealing credit for your work, or talking badly about you to others, his goal is always the same: To tear your down (typically in an effort to build himself up).
