Category: Complete Index

What Does Your Resume Convey in 6 Seconds?

Best Practices, Complete Index, Improving, Resumesadmin@jobfully.comLeave a comment

Today our guest blogger is Matt Youngquist. Matt is the President of Career Horizons, serving Northwest individuals and organizations dealing with the unique challenges of job hunting and employment transition.  Matt is a recognized expert in the field of career coaching, job hunting, and professional employment counseling.  You can follow him on Twitter @mattyoungquist.

Resume angst.  It’s a very real thing and the majority of job hunters I meet seem to suffer from it.  There just aren’t many people you’ll meet who will stand behind their resume 100% and say “I think my resume is terrific, sums up my qualifications beautifully, and is a piece I’m highly confident in sending out to potential employers.” Read More

Transition from Being a Big Company Employee to Working at a Startup (Part 2 of 2)

Career Transition, Complete Index, Managing Your Job search, Networking, PreparationMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.comLeave a comment

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a talk by Bryan Starbuck (on Twitter @BryanStarbuck), a serial tech startup entrepreneur and a former Microsoft Engineering Manager, about how to transition from a big company (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, etc.) employee to a career at startups.  Bryan provided great insights and practical advice for people interested in this process.  I’d like to share with you a summary of this talk and the main takeaways. Read More

Tips for Navigating a Career Transition

Career Transition, Complete Index, Managing Your Job search, Personal support, Preparation, Preparation and Planningadmin@jobfully.comLeave a comment

Today our guest blogger is Amy Nicole. Amy is a freelance writer for Incepture, a Florida based staffing agency serving Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Miami.  You can follow Incepture on Twitter @incepture.

In February 2009, I received my pink slip.

I had just started my job five months prior, uprooting my life in Florida to move to the unknown land of Washington, DC. Read More

Staying Positive During Your Job Search

Complete Index, Inspiration, Mindset, Personal supportStephanie Heydrick Jobfully Customer Support1 Comment

Having a positive mindset is important in your job search.  However, job search length has become much longer in the past few years no matter you are trying to change your job or are currently out of work.  It’s understandable for job seekers to get discouraged after job hunting for a while, but without results.  Keeping a positive mindset constantly will be important during this time period.  Read More

Transition from Being a Big Company Employee to Working at a Startup (Part 1 of 2)

Career Transition, Complete Index, Managing Your Job search, Networking, PreparationMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.comLeave a comment

Last week I attended a talk by Bryan Starbuck (on Twitter @BryanStarbuck), a serial tech startup entrepreneur and a former Microsoft Engineering Manager, about how to transition from a big company (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, etc.) employee to a career at startups.  Bryan provided great insights and practical advice for people interested in this process.  I’d like to share with you a summary of this talk and the main takeaways. Read More

Bringing Life to a “Dead End” Internship

Complete Index, InternshipsCarrie Krueger, Vice President, JobfullyLeave a comment

“I spent my first week working the hole punch,” said Nadya. “I’ve got you beat,” said Derek. “My first week I simply ‘observed.’ A hole punch would have been fun!” Nadya and Derek are two of the many college students and job seekers starting summer internships this month. And like many, they have already found their internships may not be all they were cracked up to be. Read More

Repairing and Building Your Online Reputation

Blogging, Complete Index, Marketing Yourself, News reports, Online presence, Other, Social MediaCarrie Krueger, Vice President, JobfullyLeave a comment

“The End of Forgetting” is a perfect way to signify today’s new reality of how difficult it is to retract information about and photos of yourself from the web. Many articles have discussed in-depth the issues of reputation and privacy. For job seekers, this topic is extremely relevant as the vast majority of recruiters are now using online tools to research applicants and many report turning down applicants after the discovery of controversial information.
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Using Conversation Marketing When Networking

Communication Skills, Complete Index, How To, Marketing Yourself, NetworkingMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.com1 Comment

Today I’d like to share about an internet marketing strategy for businesses, called Conversation Marketing, and saw how it can also help job seekers with their job hunt.

I attended a talk by Ian Lurie, President of Portent Interactive, discussing SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for online content producers.  Portent Interactive is a Seattle-based Internet Marketing and SEO company, helping businesses practice intelligent internet marketing. Read More

Top 10 “Rookie Job Hunter” Realizations

Complete Index, Interviewing, Managing Your Job search, Preparation and Planning, Social Mediaadmin@jobfully.com

Today our guest blogger is Matt Youngquist. Matt is the President of Career Horizons, serving Northwest individuals and organizations dealing with the unique challenges of job hunting and employment transition.  Matt is a recognized expert in the field of career coaching, job hunting, and professional employment counseling.  You can follow him on Twitter @mattyoungquist.

Having been in the career coaching field now for almost 20 years, I’ve ridden shotgun THOUSANDS of times on the job hunting process, helping people fire up their employment search and master the latest and greatest methods for tracking down new opportunities.

One paradox that I’ve consistently witnessed, over all these years?  Highly successful people usually make the crummiest job hunters.  At least initially, when they’re just starting their search out, since it’s usually been an inordinately long time since they last had to hustle for a new assignment.  What many folks don’t always realize, at first, is that 1) they’re older and more experienced (i.e. higher up the food chain where jobs are scarcer) and 2) that the whole market has changed around them, while they were safely ensconced in their last assignment. Read More