In the recent McCain/Palin interview with Katie Couric, the candidates referred to the interview as "gotcha journalism." Job seekers often feel that the job interview process is a similar "gotcha" experience, full of potential land mines and trick questions. It isn't. When a job seeker walks into ...
Resume Optimization Advice From the Experts
I recently attended the National Resume Writers' Association annual conference in San Diego and had the pleasure of hearing Paul Forster, Co-Founder and CEO of Indeed.com speak. Paul offered some excellent tips for resume optimization that can help job seekers increase the chances that they will...
Post-Lehman and Merrill Lynch Career Management Strategies
The sobering developments at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch have served as a catalyst for many to examine their current work situations and future career management strategies. Here's some food for thought as we navigate through these difficult times. Make sure you have electronic copies of you...
Cherish Your Network on 9/11 and the Other 364 Days of the Year
On September 11, 2001, we realized how precious and fragile life is and how important it is to stay connected to family, friends, and colleagues. I'd like to think that everyone became a little bit more caring and human that day.I frequently blog about the importance and power of networking and buil...
Rubbing Elbows with Human Resources
On October 2, 2008, the Human Resources Association of New York (HRNY) is celebrating their 60th anniversary with a wine tasting event at Club 101 in New York City. If you are an HR professional, this is a great way to meet other professionals in your field and if you are a job seeker, this is a g...
Resume Workshop in New York City
Career Solvers will be presenting three resume workshops for the National Society for Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) at Columbia University on Saturday, September 13, 2008 to help prepare participants for the association's national conference in Atlanta in October. Over 300 companies will be interviewing a...
Do You Have a Financial Safety Net to Carry You Through a Job Search?
According to 24/7 Wall Street, some of the country's most well-known companies including Citibank, Sears, Washington Mutual, AT&T, IBM Merck, Ford, Circuit City, Rite-Aid, Gap, and AIG will need to cut thousands of jobs before the end of the year in order to make ends meet or improve earnings....
Make Your LinkedIn Invitations Work For You
I just got an invitation to connect from someone on LinkedIn with the following message: "Since you are a person I trust, I want to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn." I have some real issues with this invitation and here's why: This message was obviously created using a LinkedIn template....
Networking Through Online Affinity Groups
Over on the Stealth Networking Blog, Liz Lynch writes about networking apathy and ways to overcome it. Sometimes people who struggle with networking resist it because they feel the process is unnatural and puts them in situations where they are not comfortable. The key is to find communities that ...
15 Tips for Your Resume To Do List
Career Solvers' article 15 Tips For Your Resume to Do List, recently received praise on The Riley Guide, as a marvelous list of short but great suggestions for creating a more user-friendly resume. Since 1994, the Riley Guide has been providing excellent career and job search information and we are...