The internet is filled with advice on how to find a job. But not all of it is good advice. Today, Jobfully’s Carrie Krueger explains how to make sure that “expert advice” will actually help your job search. Read More
Take Our Poll: How Much Time Do You Spend On Your Job Search?
Hope you had a happy and warm Thanksgiving. Take time this weekend to relax and re-energize by enjoying good meals, family and friends.
Please tell us how much time you spend on job search activities each week. Vote and find out how you compare to other job seekers.
For active job seekers only, please.
Video Friday: Finding a Job that Matches Your Values
A successful job search ends with a job that matches professional goals and personal values. Yet all too often, personal values are overlooked in the search for a job. Today Live Coach Patricia Klingler explains why it’s important to find the right match, and how to do it. Read More
Video Friday: Working with Recruiters
How can you tell if a recruiter is good? Video Friday offers quick tips for finding and working with the best recruiters. Read More
Video Friday: Efficient Job Searching from Home
Job seekers are sometimes challenged by the distractions of working from home. In today’s video, three quick tips for efficiency, when your job is looking for a job and your office is your house. Read More
Video: Making Your Resume Stand Out
What can you do to make sure your resume is noticed by hiring managers and recruiters? Five ways to make your resume stand out in this short video by Jobfully’s Carrie Krueger. Read More
Self-Care During a Job Search
Today’s guest blog is by Helene Cho, Career and Life Coach, Consultant, Author of Hamster on the Wheel; Cultivating Life Work Balance
“If you only focus on the golden egg and neglect the goose who is laying it, there will be no golden eggs.”
Stephen Covey in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (paraphrased).
Looking for a job is often the hardest job you have ever had. For most people, having to be “on” during networking and interviewing activities constantly takes a toll. Read More
Seattle Job Openings: Landesa, Triple-Source
Landesa Rural Development Institute, a Seattle non-profit organization, works with governments and other local organizations to create tailored approaches to expand land rights to the rural poor. Landesa works to secure land rights for the world’s poorest people—those 3 billion chiefly rural people who live on less than two dollars a day. Landesa partners with developing countries to design and implement laws, policies, and programs concerning land that provides opportunity, further economic growth, and promotes social justice. Read More
Seattle Job Openings: SEOmoz
We ran into a fellow Seattle company, SEOmoz, last week at SMX conference in Seattle. They are a cool group of people doing great work. They currently have eight open positions. From SEOmoz.com: “SEOmoz develops SEO software, provides a robust link intelligence API, and hosts the web’s most vibrant SEO community.” Benefits include competitive salary, stock options, 31 paid days off, travel opportunities, home Internet access, transportation options, health benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA), 401k with company match, and weekly catered lunch. Read More
Seattle Job Openings: Wetpaint Entertainment, Rainier Investment Management, Inc.
A fellow Seattle startup, Wetpaint Entertainment, has openings for the following positions. Who is Wetpaint? Here is how they describe themselves: Our mission is to revolutionize media. Our vision is to become the leader in the media industry with the most coveted and profitable brands, driven by our proprietary playbook and technology engine, renowned talent development program and culture of continuous revolution. Read More