Helping people land their next job faster and perform better in the job they have.
To land your job of choice, you've got to be open to trying something new!
I love being a student more than anything else — it’s so tempting to sign up for a program (convenient, online!) that promises a shiny new set of qualifications and guaranteed employability. [Read more...]
High-level search strategies can land your job of choice--even with little previous experience in the field.
It’s also a job that I never would have landed were it not for this party. In fact, I couldn’t even complete the on-line application, because I lacked certain minimum qualifications and the software blocked my submission. [Read more...]
Don't weed yourself out of a job you want.
Soon there’s an ache of nervousness in your belly as you wonder how you can possibly fulfill every requirement listed in what was once a job posting but has turned into a Hemingway-esque short story, but with more adjectives.
Your excitement turns to consternation as you ask yourself, “Should I really apply for this job?” [Read more...]
The holiday season can be an ideal time to reach hard-to-access contacts.
Everything slowing down is exactly the reason we SHOULD be intensively networking right now–reaching out to our existing contacts, and working to establish new ones. [Read more...]
There's nothing like jury duty to remind us of our shared humanity.
Last week, I came tantalizingly close to serving on the jury for a DUI (driving under the influence) trial. As always, jury duty gave me an intimate—and for the most part, edifying—glimpse inside our justice system. [Read more...]
Interview nerves can point you in the wrong direction.
Yesterday, she had an interview scheduled with a man we’ll call “James.” The interview was scheduled for 2:00. At 1:55, James had yet to show, so Cindy told her co-worker that she was going to run down to the restroom. “If James arrives, have him wait for me in the conference room and tell him I’ll be right there.”
Cindy walked down the hall, pushed open the restroom door, and saw…a man. A very shocked man in his mid-40s and wearing a suit. The following exchange occurred.
“Are you Cindy?”
“Yes.”
“Am I in the women’s restroom?”
Most job seekers never escape the "Internet Suck." But you can.
It looks like this. You sit down at the computer to check out a job board. The job board suggests you read an article on what not to wear to an interview. That gets you curious about what the stars wore to the latest award show. So why not go to YouTube and see highlights from the Best Short-Subject Documentary nominations? And on and on until they’re turning off the lights and hosing down the espresso machines, and you look around and think, ‘What happened?”
