Brand Your Resume: Three Tips to Brand Your Resume for Success
Have you heard all the buzz about branding yourself? Are you wondering how to make sure your resume is reflecting your brand? Here are three quick tips to brand your resume so it really reflects you at your very best. Tip Number One: Understand Your BrandWhat is your brand? I believe your brand is simply […]
Resume Tips: How to Quickly and Easily Create Jaw-Dropping Career Accomplishments
When I ask my clients to give me success stories of their various career achievements I often hear the following comments: I can’t really quantify my successes It’s just my job I don’t think of myself in that way I can’t recall accomplishments “like that” It’s really hard for me to give you that information […]
Hate Your Job? Survival Skills 101
I won’t name names, but I would like to share a little story with you about a past company I used to work for. The conditions were almost unbearable and although I was planning my escape and had my dream job in sight, it took about a year for me to make the transition. Sparing […]
3 Job Search Strategies For Today’s Economy
Okay, things in our economy aren’t going so well. Though I can’t look into the future to see what will happen, what I can do for you today is share three tips that will increase your odds of getting the job you want. Job Search Strategy #1: Go where the jobs are It’s a wise move […]
The Unadvertised Job Market: What Exactly IS It and WHY Should I Care?
In part one of this article, we looked at the facts and fallacies of the hidden job market including why you should consider tapping into it. In part two we explored precisely how to tap into hidden jobs. In our final look at the unadvertised market we will focus on three real-life stories of professionals […]
I Was Fired: How to Discuss Being Fired From Your Last Job In an Interview and STILL Look Like A Star Candidate
Mid Managers and executives get fired for lots of reasons. Some are legitimate for performance reasons and some firings are completely unjustified. Regardless of the reason for being let go there are solid methods for communicating the circumstances without it hurting your candidacy with future potential employers. Here are three solid steps you can take […]
Salary Negotiation Strategies: How to Ask for, and Get More Money / Part II
Now let’s get into the nitty gritty details of how to counter a job offer. Most professionals, when asked why they don’t counter their job offers share that they are simply afraid they will loose the opportunity. After helping hundreds of professionals negotiate job offers I am happy to share with you I have never […]
Salary Negotiation Strategies: How to Ask For, and Get More Money / Part I
I am always surprised when I am talking to an executive in the midst of an interview…and they share with me how they approached the money topic. Here are two very common things I hear: “They asked me how much I needed and I said at least $250k” “I asked them what they had in […]
What Motivates Companies to Hire You?
Knowing what triggers a company’s interest and quickly motivates them to sit up and take notice of you is powerful knowledge that you can use over and over again. Each situation is different of course, but the general practices behind them are the same. Here are several motivators that will increase a company’s interest in […]
Job Search Got You Down? Take the Day Off!
Today so far has been one of those rare days I look up to the sky and ask “could we just start this day over again please?” At 5 am today, I was snuggled up with my 7-month-old daughter when I felt something crawling on my neck (cringing already, anyone?). I jumped and woke up […]