This month's Career Collective topic revolves around advice to job seekers to make the most out of 2010. I believe that an important strategy for a successful job search in 2010 involves looking at trending industries and going where the growth is. With a little bit of research, cyber-sleuthing, net...
I’m Not Applying for Your Open Job Because Your Posting Process is a Royal Pain!
CareerBuilder internal data suggests that 34% of candidates that try to apply for a job don't because the application process is too much of a hassle. 24% report the "apply now" link is broken and 21% report that the long application process isn't worth their time. My clients tell me unbelievable s...
Commitment and Your Career: Where Do You Draw the Line?
There's a hot debate going on over at Jerry Albright's blog over a tweet by Dan Schawbel stating that you have to be as committed to your social media profile as you are to your husband or wife. Some disagreed with the analogy. Frankly, I think it's all overblown and Dan was just trying to say t...
Why Can’t We All Get on the Same Page on Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
I got a lot of calls and emails today from people who work for companies that I assumed would have been closed because it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But Martin Luther King Jr. Day has always seemed like one of those holidays open to enormous interpretation and frankly I don't get it. Companies s...
LinkedIn Job Search Tips From the Pros
Last week Brian Tietje, Sales Manager for LinkedIn, delivered an excellent presentation on LinkedIn to members of the Human Resources Association of New York networking group. Here are my top ten takeaways for job seekers. Create a keyword driven summary. Forget about the summaries that describe y...
A Lesson in How to Get Fired
I've been dealing with the phone company for over a week trying to get a problem with my business line resolved. After rearranging my schedule to accommodate theirs for the past five days, listening to their lame excuses, and giving them more than their fair share of chances, I am about to terminate...
You’re Perfect for the Job, Except…
Last year I went on multiple interviews for six different consulting assignments. It's kind of strange to go on interviews when your profession revolves around teaching others how to interview. It's often a humbling experience and sometimes I don't even take my own advice. I thought I was perfect fo...
Favorite Job Search Posts of 2009
I've blogged before about the fact that I kept a diary for many years. And at the close of each year I used to re-read my diary to reflect on what had happened over the course of the year to look at my successes and failures, beginnings and ends. I always spotted a few entries where I would think to...
Do New Year’s Resolutions Have to Happen on New Year’s?
Everyone's starting to talk about their New Year's resolutions...lose weight, exercise more, quit smoking, get out of debt, and find a new job are the ones I hear most frequently. And while I think that New Year's resolutions are a great idea in theory, I think that a lot of people fail to keep thei...
Are Salary Ranges Total B.S.?
Marketing Headhunter Harry Joiner seems to think so. And he has several great questions he recommends asking a recruiter when assessing the earning potential for a position including: What did the last guy make? Does the company feel like the last guy was underpaid or overpaid? Why did the previ...