If you ask a friend how he lost weight, he will tell you he did it one pound at a time. If you ask a runner how he finished the race, he’ll confirm it happened one mile at a time. A master chef will tell you the award winning soufflé is made step by step. The same is true with job search. You can’t leap straight from “looking” to “employed” anymore than you can leap from flour and eggs to soufflé. You must take small, continuous steps toward success. Just as a runner celebrates each mile, it’s important for job seekers to acknowledge and celebrate every milestone along the way. Read More
IT Consulting Group Hiring Seattle Recruiter
RiverPoint, a Chicago-based Information Consulting Company is hiring a Seattle based recruiting and account manager with experience in the IT sector. This is a full time, base plus commission and benefits position. Details and contact information below. Read More
Being Confident not Cocky as You Job Search
Job seekers, especially older workers, are given two pieces of potentially conflicting advice:
- Be humble
- Sell yourself
The two seem contradictory. Is there a way to do both? The answer is yes, but it takes great communication skills, self awareness, and practice. First understand the reasons behind each piece of advice. Read More
Hanging on to Hope During a Long Job Search
The long term unemployed are not emotionally thriving, according to a new Gallup poll.The results are probably not a surprise for anyone involved in a lengthy job search. As weeks of unemployment increase, so do worry, sadness, stress and anger. Ultimately depression strikes more than a quarter of those out of work for longer than 11 weeks, nearly double the rate of depression for all adults.
There is hope. In fact, hope is the key to thriving during a job search. Read More
Anatomy of a Job Search
A jobseeker who recently got hired said she would have enjoyed her job search more if she had known how it was going to turn out. One reason job search can be stressful is that you don’t know how it will end, or how long it will take. It’s impossible to put a time frame on a typical job search, but there are very distinct phases, and activities typical to successful job searches. Tracking where you are and celebrating your progress will bolster you as you wait to find out how it’s going to turn out. Read More
Rock Bands and Cheerleaders for Job Seekers
Last summer I participated in my first “Rock and Roll Marathon”. This unique road race, held in a variety of cities each year, features a different rock band playing every mile along the route! Not only that, but in between the rock bands, high school cheerleading and pep squads line the street to offer lively encouragement. Needless to say, it was the most fun I’ve ever had on a race course. The miles flew by and I hardly had time to think about the time or distance.
Job search can feel like a real marathon. Read More
Beating Job Search Burnout
“I’m burned out,” Nerissa says. “I’m tired and out of ideas for finding a job. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong and I’m not sure what to do next.” Job search burnout is all too common, especially with the average length of unemployment stretching beyond the six month mark. Nerissa has been out of work 14 months and she, like many, is discouraged, worn out and unsure of her next steps. The solution is emotional care along with tactical steps to re-energize and re-ignite a stagnant job search. Read More
Breaking Through Long Term Unemployment
Long term unemployment is a serious concern these days. Research shows the longer someone is out of work, the more difficult it is to find a new job. Today, how three people struggled with long term unemployment, and the turning points that got each of them back to work. Read More
Lose the Bitterness, Get the Job
Bitterness is perhaps the least attractive trait a person can exhibit. It fouls conversations, taints relationships and will certainly harm your job search. It’s nearly impossible to keep bitterness hidden. If you feel it, your bitterness shows. And, when it does, it poisons everything around it. Read More
The Answer to Job Boards?
A beta release of a new network of web sites is causing a buzz in the job search community. It’s a new URL extension, .jobs. Some have speculated it could wipe out the need for other job boards.
This new extension is backed by a large number of companies, and allows employers to post jobs and job seekers to search for jobs for free. It has a pretty robust search feature allowing you to search by job, region or company. For example: Read More