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The Benefits of Informational Interviewing
March 29, 2013 by William FriersonHow 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
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Is My Job Search Doomed if I Don’t Have a Network?
December 10, 2012 by William Frierson
While networking is not all there is to a job search, it can lead to potential opportunities. In the following post, learn about some different ways to network and how to put together a strategy for this process.Your job search is not doomed, but without networking you are doomed to suffer a longer more difficult one.
Although networking is important, it is only one piece in a multiple-channel job search marketing strategy. You help yourself best by working all your channels. Some other channels are:
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The Type of Company You Want to Work For
September 13, 2012 by William Frierson
Ken Sundheim, CEO of KAS Placement Recruitment
Running an executive search firm, many people ask me as to what to look for in a company that they are considering accepting a job at. This is one of the better questions I receive from young job seekers as it is better to get it right earlier in one’s career as opposed to bouncing from job to job, thus appearing unreliable to potential employers.
With that being said, here are some aspects or traits you should seek out in the organizations which you are interviewing with. Continue Reading
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Take Initiative by Getting Involved With Community Service Programs
January 28, 2007 by tahjia cIt’s hard to find out how to get involved with community service programs in your city if the city does not promote their causes. My problems arose while contacting government associations in my city and no one wanted to direct me to organizations. To live in a capitol city, I expected these government associations to give me a sense of direction but I received disappointment instead. This can’t happen everywhere when people want to be involved and want to make changes. It hurts my heart to realize how these ‘officials’ or ‘important’ people would seem so cold to their communities.
