Career and Job Search
Green Jobs: What They Are and Where to Look for Them, Part III
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This is the third in a series of guest posts on green jobs by Alexia Vernon, a leadership and career speaker, certified coach, trainer, and writer with an expertise in [...]
Green Jobs: What They Are and Where to Look for Them, Part II
This is the second in a series of guest posts on green jobs by Alexia Vernon, a leadership and career speaker, certified coach, trainer, and writer with an expertise in social enterprise and millennials.
As discussed in Part I of this green jobs series, “a green job is a position that stimulates the economy, makes [...]
Green Jobs: What They Are and Where to Look for Them, Part I
This is the first in a series of guest posts on green jobs by Alexia Vernon, a leadership and career speaker, certified coach, trainer, and writer with an expertise in social enterprise and millennials.
Tough Job Interview Question: “What Is Your Greatest Weakness?”
Three Tips for Answering This One
Why Do Interviewers Ask About My Weaknesses?
No interviewer expects “brutally honest answers like,’I’m below-average intelligence and difficult to work with,’” says a hiring expert quoted by the Washington Post.
So why do they ask this tough job interview question? “The intent of this question is to throw you off course,” says EmploymentDigest.net. Many positions [...]
Online Job Search and Recruitment Part III — Five Tips for Getting Your Online Resume Noticed
So Many Resumes, So Little Time
In the late 1990’s, I helped my boss screen candidates for a new position. It was my job to review the resumes and separate them into two piles: “Interview” and “Send Immediate, Polite Rejection Letter.”
With only a few ads in the paper, we received roughly sixty resumes, about seven [...]
The Best Time to Schedule an Interview
This guest post via Recruiting Blogswap is from JobGoRound.com, providing career advice on resume writing, job searching, interviewing, and more.
There are certain rules for scheduling job interviews that should be followed for the best results.
Best Days of the Week for Scheduling a Job Interview
You should always schedule your job interviews between Tuesday and Thursday. [...]
Maintaining Morale During Your Job Search: Top 15 Tips
Keeping the Recession from Leading to Personal Depression
Maybe you’ve been laid off recently. Maybe, like me, you’ve been looking for a long time now.
But whether you’re dealing with the fresh kick in the gut of a recently-lost job or the long and winding grind of an extended job search, there are several things you [...]
Making a Resume: What to Do if You Make a Mistake
Mistakes Happen
You spent hours looking over your resume. You used spell check and proofread it. Then you printed it off and mailed or emailed it to your prospective employer.
But after you went through the process of making a resume and sending it off, you noticed an error that you missed before.
Should you re-send [...]
Three Habits of Highly Effective Job Seekers
This job search tips guest post by Kevin Donlin comes to us courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap.
After speaking and writing to more than 20,000 job seekers since 1996, I’ve met hundreds of folks who seem to sail smoothly from one position to the next, in good times and bad, while others struggle painfully in their job [...]
Charming the Stimulus Act COBRA:
New COBRA Rights and Employer Obligations
A federal subsidy of continued health coverage under COBRA is one of the main “ease-the-pain” provisions of the Stimulus Act enacted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009).
This provision is intended to keep the recession from swelling the ranks of the uninsured, by making COBRA coverage more affordable for [...]
Resume Tip: Five Ways To Prevent Emailed Resumes From Getting Blocked as Spam
If you’re looking for work and creating a resume, you should not only carefully review the resume, but also consider some tactics to make sure your emailed resume isn’t getting lost in employers’ spam email filters.
If you’re on the hiring side of the desk, check for the same problem, which may be be preventing you [...]
Evaluating Potential Employers
Employee Gripe Sites and the Real Way to Find the Best Companies to Work For
In January of this year, George and I received a post submission about sites that allow anonymous employee evaluations of their employers.
Rather than publish that post (which was essentially a sales piece for the sites) we decided to take a look at the sites themselves to give you an honest review.
Our conclusion: While these [...]
Resume Tip: The 5 Most Basic to Remember
It’s not possible to just give one resume tip. When it comes to resumes, there’s a top five of Do’s and Don’ts.
1. Resume Honesty is Essential.
The first and perhaps most important resume tip is to not lie or exaggerate on your resume!
Exaggeration and outright lying used to be standard procedure.
People who supervised three [...]
Resume Style – Why Is It Important?
Personal and Professional Style and Your Resume
Your resume style reflects your own personal style, and the type of job that you’re looking for.
When it comes to searching for executive or professional jobs, a staid, conservative style is usually recommended.
You want light colored or white, heavy bond paper, with matching envelopes, which provide a professional [...]
Resume Format Sample: Choosing Yours
Importance of Resume Format
Regardless of what kind of job you’re looking for, you’re going to need a resume.
A resume lists your educational qualifications and your work experience, and is the first thing your prospective employer sees.
If your resume doesn’t impress, you won’t be called in for an interview.
That’s the goal of a resume [...]
