Seth Godin's guest post, Don't Try and Get a Job, on GL Hoffman's What Would Dad Say blog suggests that you are better off starting your own business than trying to get a job. And this is exactly the advice I would expect from this unconventional marketing guru and author of such great books a...
Networks Are Like Bridges
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Queensboro Bridge (also called the 59th Street Bridge) that connects the boroughs of Queens and Manhattan. I have a special attachment to this bridge because for me it represents the link between my past, present, and future. As a kid growing up in Queens, I rem...
Online Networking Sites: A Cautionary Tale
The explosion of online networking sites has turned job search on its head and prompted many to supplement their traditional job search strategies with a Web 2.0 component to better market their candidacy and extend their career brand footprint and reach. I'm a huge fan of leveraging Web 2.0 tools t...
Beating the Job Search Blues
Someone recently asked me for advice on how to stay positive during a job search. Here are my top five tips.Find an accountability partner. Find another person in job search to share advice and leads with and help you get back up when you are down. Partner with someone who you will n...
Career Tweets and Tips
In case you want a quick round up of the Career Solvers Twitter stream, let me "tweet" you to some of my latest posts. How to respond to the dreaded "what is your weakness" interview question http://tinyurl.com/cfoeru That's your business card??? http://tinyurl.com/d33pom No degree? 7 ways to sell...
Sizzling Salary Disclosure Discussions
Check out this great post on salary disclosure from Nick Corocodilis on Ask the Headhunter as well as the 100+ comments around this subject on Laurie Ruettimann's Punk Rock HR blog. I agree with Nick and Laurie...A candidate's past salary is not a relevant benchmark for deciding compensation in a...
Are You Too Proud to Ask for Job Search Assistance?
Carer Diva wrote a great post on how frequently people pass up free career advice. Eve Tahmincioglu references the fact that many companies that go through layoffs offer career assistance services (often referred to as outplacement) as part of their severance packages to employees but many don't...
Job Postings Gone Bad
I just reviewed a job posting for a mid to senior level IT position with a major electronics company. The list of qualifications was so generic that it was obvious that absolutely no effort was put into benchmarking the job and determining what the key qualifiers were. Here's the list of qualificati...
March Career Madness on Twitter
Career Solvers is pleased to announce a partnership with leading members of the careers community on Twitter called March Career Madness. During the entire month of March you can follow our career advice by searching for #mcm on Twitter Search or by following the "tweets" of the individual contr...
LinkedIn Invites: When a Potential Connection Quickly Becomes a Disconnect
I receive a lot of invitations on LinkedIn and while I am happy to accept most of them, sometimes the invite process is so poorly managed that the last thing I want to do is connect. Since I seem to see the same LinkedIn networking mistakes repeated over and over, I decided to post them here. Here...