In all my speaking, training and coaching, this has to be the most popular question when talking about LinkedIn. To link or not to link…should a job seeker go after a high quantity of connections or focus more on the quality of …
Connecting with the Hiring Manager – No Recruiters, HR or Gate Keepers
What Worked Last Year…
How to Flawlessly Capture the “Right Details” on Your Resume
You know that we stress the importance of including detailed descriptions of your previous professional accomplishments in your resume. While this is a simple idea, understanding how to execute it effectively trips up a lot of people as they write their documents. …
The Best of Career Attraction 2011
3 Tips to Put Job Search Rejection into Perspective
Don’t think this is a “lemons into lemonade” blog about rejection. It’s the furthest thing from it. Let me start by telling you what you already know: It sucks. Rejection in the interview process, be it the first or final, is the …
Best Job Interview Tips and Advice #4 – Jessica Kleiman and Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, co-authors: Be Your Own Best Publicist
Pulled from the FREE e-book “70+ Tips to Perfect the Interview,” today’s advice comes from Jessica Kleiman and Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, co-authors, Be Your Own Best Publicist.
Be a know-it-all (in a good way): What we mean by this is to do your research before walking into any …
The Biggest Mistake in the Job Interview
I’ve often said that you have to sell yourself during a job interview. The hiring manager is the customer, and you are the “product.” That’s a fairly simple concept. But it’s incomplete.
Imagine that Joe is a salesperson at the local Toyota dealer. The Toyota Tundra has just …
How do I grow and cultivate a real network?
In one of your webinars, you mentioned two types of networks: real and “acquaintance” (or something like that). I would like to know how to cultivate a real network. I don’t really think that I am relationship challenged. It is just the nature of my personality to be calm, …
