Wonder Why You Can’t Get Hired? Recently, a client retained me to hire three individuals to perform office administrative responsibilities for his small, but rapidly growing company. The position offered excellent professional growth potential as well as a great incentive compensation plan not typically offered to administrative hires. The core competency we were looking for…
If you want to find a job, let employers find you, and the way that’s done in 2019 is through social media. Finding a job was once a matter of scanning job boards like Monster or Careerbuilder – or even the classified ads in print media, back in the day! Data shows in order to…
Time and again, when clients show me their old resumes, I see skills that are completely outdated or irrelevant. Not only does listing these skills take you out of the running, but it really ages you as well. To avoid this career faux-pas, here are the most in demand skills employers look for in 2019.…
When you’re unemployed, or just really, really need to quit your current job, you may wonder if it makes sense to take a lower level job – either in terms of salary, responsibilities, title, or all three. The answer – as with so much in life – is that it depends. And what it depends…
As if we didn’t already know the critical importance of digital networking, a 2015 The New York Times Business Section featured two articles that contain useful strategies beyond “just do it.” The points made are as relevant today as they were in 2015. Margaret Morford’s “How Not to be a Networking Leech,” in particular, resonated with me…
Temp to Perm is a great way to get hired, especially if you don’t have the exact background an employer is looking for.By signing up with a company like HireArt that provides employers and job seekers the opportunity to try each other out for a specified time, or temp to perm, as it’s called in…
What is a professional brand? When I hire people, or when I’m evaluating a client’s current resume, I often have to ask, “so what, exactly, is it that you do?” I shouldn’t have to ask. Your professional brand should be the first thing I learn about you when I open your resume. A resume should…
Why is getting a job so difficult? When you discover an interesting job posting and decide to apply, you follow the prompt to complete your application online. Like everyone else, you upload a cover letter and your resume, answer some questions and hit “send,” confident that your candidacy will be considered because your qualifications are…