The Benefits of Informational Interviewing

How to Try On Careers Before You Decide Which Ones to Pursue

Before you go and get all the training or education it requires, or before you go job-hunting for that career, you need to try it on.

This is exactly analogous to shopping at a clothing store and trying on different suits (or dresses) that you see in their window or on their racks. Why do you try them on? Well, the suits or dresses that look terrific in the window don’t always look so hot when you see them on you. The clothes don’t hang quite right, etc.

It’s the same with careers. Ones that sound terrific in books or in your imagination don’t always look so great when you actually see them up close and personal. Continue Reading

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

The way you interact with people during your job search speaks about you as a potential candidate.  Check out some tips in the following post to help you establish your personal brand with everyone in your search.

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Job Hunt Series Part 3: Can You Have Too Many Degrees?

Thanks to the difficult and time-consuming nature of job hunting, many job hunters find themselves overwhelmed before even getting their employment search off the ground. In this series, we’ve split up the three major aspects of the job hunt into three parts. Part one discussed the importance of creating a successful resume by creating a new resumé for every job you apply for and modernizing your resume to include tech skills, among other helpful tips. Part two taught you how to use LinkedIn to its fullest potential by participating in Groups and Answers, filling out your profile, using keywords, and more. Now we’re ready for part three of our series, which is about deciding what kind of information you should put on your resume and LinkedIn profile to yield an ideal response. Continue Reading

Job Hunt Series Part 2: Four Ways to Become the Strongest Link in the Job Hunt with LinkedIn

In part one of this series we discussed ways to make your resume stand out by tailoring it in the following ways: emphasizing internships and training opportunities, embellishing your education and including more contemporary skills. In this second part, we’ll discuss how you can master the job hunt by creating a personal brand on LinkedIn. Whether you’re actively job searching for primary employment or are looking for something better than what you have now, having a strong presence on LinkedIn is key to getting potential employers to discover more about you than a simple resumé can reveal. To truly hone this professional social networking medium, consider the four tips below. Continue Reading

Avoid Age Discrimination in Your Job Hunt

So, you’re not a 20-something, right out of college? Not a spring chicken when it comes to the working world? Are you worried about age discrimination in your job hunt?
Recently, I contributed my 2 cents to a discussion on Linkedin about the pros and cons of listing a date specifying when you received your degree on your resume. (Thus, presumably revealing your age.) The questioner had been told that he should remove degree dates for any degrees ten years or older.
Coincidentally, last week, I worked with two clients in their 30′s, both of whom asked about removing graduation dates. Maybe they are all getting advice from the same source!

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