How Changing Your Attitude Can Improve Your Resume

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

As job seekers, it’s easy to believe that the process of looking for work is a cut-and-dried experience. You look for a job, type up your resume and cover letter, score an interview, and win the job. It’s easy, right? Well, not quite.

Actually, a lot of time and effort go into the job-seeking process—and how you feel about that process is not exempt from affecting the outcome. Believe it or not, your attitude about the job search could have an adverse effect on how you write your resume. And, of course, if your resume isn’t good, you most likely will not get the job. So how can you keep a good attitude about the job search? Continue Reading

3 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Internship

Say again? So I struggle for months to find an internship. Research, wear a suit, interview, interview and interview again until finally I convince a company to take a chance on me. And now I work over 60 hours a week in a completely new and challenging environment, trying things I’ve never done before with people I’ve never met before. Grabbing coffee, researching until my eyes roll back in my head, becoming the go-to for anything tech-related just because I know how to register a URL, basically at my “boss’s” beck and call… and all this, I do for FREE?

I’ve heard this lament about internships more times than I care to count – but let me assure you, the biggest mistake you can make is to think (and even worse, act) as if you’re working for free. In fact, if you’re making the most out of your internship, you’re going to be walking away with one of the most lucrative opportunities of your career. Here are the three things you want to get out of an internship that will make it all worth it. Continue Reading

Challenges Young People Face After Graduation

Just when you think all of your hard work is over after graduating from college, it is only the beginning.  As a college graduate, you now face new challenges including getting a job.  Check out the following infographic for more information. Continue Reading

Engage Your Employees to Promote the Company Brand

Recently, I read an article about the importance of employee engagement.  It mentioned how a company can become more prosperous when its employees feel valued in the workplace.  That should not be a surprise.  When workers know they are appreciated, they’re more likely to give their best effort, which in turn reflects well on the company brand.

Here are some expert tips to improve employee engagement at your company: Continue Reading

Reader’s Choice – Job Search Resources

“Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time” – David Bowie

Every so often I cover suggestions/recommendations from CareerAlley readers. The following are resources &/or articles recommended via email. Enjoy and please keep the recommendations coming. Continue Reading

Optimize Your C-Level Resume by Showcasing Field Contributions

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

When looking for C-level employment, you’re probably well aware that the majority of your opportunities will be found through network connections.  Applying online is definitely the road less traveled at this level, so if this is a road you choose to take, your resume should be stellar.

One way to create an amazing C-level resume is by showcasing the contributions you’ve made to your field.  By highlighting your awards, publications, speeches, and related information, you can prove you are an important asset to the industry you represent. Continue Reading

3 Key Resume Changes You Need to Make Now if You’re Changing Careers

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

Going through a career change and wondering what you need to do to make your resume right?  Here are three key areas of your resume that you need to make adjustments to when switching careers:

1. Your Job Target/Job Title: Make sure you’re not falling into the trap of listing multiple job targets or titles at the top of your resume.  I know it can be tempting when you’re qualified for more than one type of role—or you’re seeking something … anything … different from what you’re doing now.  Instead, focus on one position at a time, and put this at the top of your resume: Continue Reading

Problem Solving: How It Should Work

Do you know people who think they have all the answers?  When it comes to the problems we face, they can be solved if we’re willing to try to find solutions.

Tim Harford is an undercover economist who believes we can solve complicated problems without being know-it-alls.  In the following video, he discusses what initially keeps us from solving our problems. Continue Reading

Is Your Company’s Recruitment Mickey Mouse?

Francois Guay of Attack Defend Disrupt

Amazing but true, this is in many cases the norm versus the exception at many large corporations.

- Excel is your candidate database.
- You use headhunters for almost all open jobs, even junior ones.
- Your CEO re-schedules or does not even show up at interviews. Continue Reading

Three Tips for Teaching Audio Conference Training Sessions

Mary White of Mobile Technical Institute & MTI Business Solutions

Are you planning to teach an audio conference training session? Delivering training to attendees via telephone communication is very different from teaching in a face-to face setting or via a webinar. When you are leading an audio conference, you must engage and educate the participants whether they are listening in on the live session or they’ll be utilizing a recording of the class at some point in the future. Because of the unique nature of this type of training, there are several tips that anyone who teaches audio conferences should keep in mind when developing training that will be delivered in this manner.

3 Audio Conference Facilitator Tips Continue Reading