Articles in the Featured Category
Job Search, Social Media, networking »
How can social media land that next great job? Simple, it can’t. Only you can land a job. The best way to land a job is through personal connection, not through the internet. However, social media can help you build, expand, and manage those connections. However, you have to use these tools wisely to succeed.
Limited connections – Each social networking tools limits the number or types of connections you can make to present spammers. LinkedIn will only allow you to have 5 introductions and 10 bad requests to connect. Twitter …
Job Interviews, Job Tips »
No matter what you think of a company or hiring manager, bad interviews just happen. It’s unavoidable. In the current recession, the number of interviews required to land a job is abnormally high. This means, that your odds of landing a bad interview are equally high. Most of the time, a bad interview has less to do with you and more to do with the interviewer.
Hiring managers get busy just like everyone else. The fact that they are hiring is a sign that their currently understaffed. When interviewers get busy, …
Social Media, networking »
Building a large high-quality network on linkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter can give you an opportunity to share your expertise with a huge audience of potential employers and peers. Unfortunately most people don’t even know where to begin when it comes to building a social network. This article will give you a jump start.
Complete your profile: Before building your network, complete your profile. The more information you add to your profile, the easier it is to build your network. This information will also naturally fill your profile with keywords making you …
Career Advice, Consulting, Education, Job Search, Job Tips »
In our last article, we discussed consulting as a viable way of providing short-term income. However, getting started can be a challenge for anyone. This article will talk about a few ways of getting some work early and staying busy.
Freelance websites: There are a number of websites dedicated to freelance work that can help you get started with a few consulting assignments. oDesk.com and eLance.com is an international company that connects freelancers and employers. The pay scale is not high, but the volume of work can be. If you are …
Career Advice, Consulting »
When a recession sets in, the first employees to go are highly compensated executives that can be replaced by much lower cost managers who are eager to make a name in the company. Unfortunately many of these executives are overlooked when applying for jobs because of their age and past accomplishes. Hiring managers are either intimidated by their experience or doubtful of their capabilities because of their age. Unfortunately these misconceptions can make it very hard to find a new job and contrary to popular belief the career as an …