| Thinking Like a Recruiter by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Jul, 2010 People often ask me why anyone would seek professional help with writing his or her resume. The great part about resume writing is that I often work with educated professionals who have years of great experience. Unfortunately, they just don’t know how to get their resumes in front of pe... | |||
| What To Do About An Employment Gap by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Jul, 2010 Historically, having a significant gap in your professional employment has been seen as a huge negative on a resume. However, given that a May Gallup poll showed that 19% of the American population is underemployed (either not working or working part-time instead of full-time), there are ... | |||
| Why I Won't Be Reading Your Cover Letter by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Jul, 2010 We recently had an open position we were trying to fill and I was amazed—or should I say appalled—at the blanket responses we received from job seekers. Potential candidates sent us cover letters describing experience they possessed that was completely irrelevant to our opening; it was th... | |||
| Reflecting on Career Mentoring – 4th of July Raspberry Picking by Julie Walraven - Jul, 2010 Yesterday, I picked raspberries at my father-in-law Bob’s house. The raspberries are early this year. In other years, the raspberries were at their peak during the week of the fair in early August. But spring came early and so did the raspberries. No ordinary raspberry patch Bob has ... | |||
| Four Job Search Frustrations - Fixed by Kevin Donlin - Jun, 2010 I recently reviewed several hundred emails from job seekers across the country. As you might imagine, many things are bugging many job seekers in this economy. But I boiled their frustrations down to four common ones. Here they are, with suggested solutions. Which of them apply... | |||
| You Won’t Hire Me Because I’m Unemployed? REALLY? by Harry Urschel - Jun, 2010 CNN.com posted an article titled “In the job hunt, the stigma of being laid off is hard to erase”. In it, Stephanie Chen, writes: “As if securing work in a jobless recovery isn't tricky enough, being labeled unemployed brings additional obstacles.” I was privileged to be interviewed ... | |||
| Three Tips To Shore Up For A Career Flood by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter - Jun, 2010 Ankle-deep in water, we waded across the ramp to our dock. The next day, after a satiating weekend of sailing, we returned to the ramp for departure, and alas, the water had risen to our knees. Granted, we had slept the prior night ‘on the water,’ and then sailed through the day, water... | |||
| How to Learn Everything You Need to Know About Interviewing in One Day by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2010 My daughter landed a plum internship this summer as an assistant to a musical director and casting director for the national tour of a very well known Broadway musical. On her first day she observed a typical theater audition, cattle-call style and in less than eight hours learned what it ... | |||
| Six Tips To Help You From Being Overwhelmed By Your Job Hunt by Miriam Salpeter - Jun, 2010 "The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain, in The Success Principles, by Jack Canfield It seems obvious – you can’t be success... | |||
| Do Recruiters Really Ignore Those Without Jobs? by Kimberly Schneiderman - Jun, 2010 Chances are you saw this Yahoo! article: finance.yahoo.com/news/Outofwork-job-applicants-told-cnnm and panicked - especially if you are an unemployed job seeker in a tough industry. So what can you do? After all, NYC is already the toughest place live and work - and now you have this to th... | |||
| Make A Plan For Your Job Hunt by Miriam Salpeter - Jun, 2010 Today, I spoke to a client. He mentioned that, since he had decided to hire me and we had a plan in place to move forward, he felt much better about his job search plans and not so hurried or hectic. I told him I thought that was a great topic for a blog post! Do you find that just havi... | |||
| Can’t Find A Job...Now What? by Amanda Guralski - Jun, 2010 After four or five years, you have accomplished the big prize—your college degree! Graduation—a day in your life that you have looked forward to since you started your post-secondary education. As you relish the idea of no more studying, no more tests and most importantly no more homework ... | |||
| Questions To Ask At The End of The Interview by Amanda Guralski - Jun, 2010 You’ve impressed with your resume and here you sit with the interviewer. You’re nearing the end of the interview. You start reflecting on how well the conversation flowed, the great answers you gave to the questions, and you’re thinking, I totally am perfect for this position! Then the ... | |||
| Who Quits Their Job in This Economy? by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2010 According to the most recent report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more employees left their jobs voluntarily in March (1.9M) than were laid off (1.8M). You may be wondering why so many are quitting their jobs in what is still a volatile economy, but the reality is that people... | |||
| The Littlest Blue Jay by Julie Walraven - Jun, 2010 One day last week, this little blue jay flew over to my window and perched for a few minutes on my screen. I’ve never seen a baby blue jay before. I believe he was in the middle of flying lessons from his parents and made a wrong turn. Since then, I have seen his brother (or sister) and... | |||
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