Category: Preparation and Planning

The Value of Expert Help in a Job Search

Complete Index, Insights, Preparation, Preparation and Planning, Strategic adviceCarrie Krueger, Vice President, JobfullyLeave a comment

A friend of mine wanted to try doing a triathlon – a race involving swimming, bicycling and running. She was confident with the latter two but apprehensive about the swim. “I’ve been swimming since I was a kid, but I’ve never tried racing.”  I offered to take a swim with her and see how she was in the water. It turns out she could barely keep her head up!

Swimming is like a lot of things in life. We can do it well enough to keep from drowning but we’re not truly competent and certainly not good enough to win a race. Read More

Know the Job

Complete Index, Preparation, Preparation and Planning, Strategic adviceKimberly Beatty, Jobfully Online Content and MarketingLeave a comment

There are three key elements to getting the job you want – knowing the job, looking the job, and being the job.  How well do you really know the job you hope to get?  This is the first step to reaching your end goal.

When you are job seeking, you need to know the job you want, what it entails, how to do it, and how to be successful at it.  You also need to be able to get all of that information across to your contacts, interviewers, and potential coworkers in a clear, concise, and consistent manner.  Read More

Answering “How do You Deal with Conflict?”

Challenging Questions, Communication Skills, Complete Index, Interviewing, Managing Your Job search, Marketing Yourself, Preparation and Planning, Strategic advice, StrategyDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager5 Comments

Conflict is something we have to deal with on a daily basis.  How we handle it is a reflection of the type of professional we are. That’s why the question “How do you handle conflict?” gets asked in interviews.  When asked about your ability to deal with conflict, be prepared to explain your overall philosophy and give examples: Read More

Anatomy of a Job Search

Complete Index, Managing Your Job search, Preparation and PlanningCarrie Krueger, Vice President, JobfullyLeave a comment

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

Is Your Job Search Target Unrealistic?

Complete Index, Generating Job Leads, Managing Your Job search, Preparation, Preparation and Planning, Strategy, TroubleshootingMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.com9 Comments

If you are finding it difficult to locate any open positions at all in your targeted area, it may be that you have picked too small a target. Job searchers today are particularly challenged because there are many job areas that have greatly diminished due to changes in the market and economy. If you are targeting such an area, it’s time to widen your target.

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Unemployed Need Not Apply: The Numbers Behind the Claim

Analysis, Complete Index, Job trends, Preparation, Preparation and Planning, ResearchMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.comLeave a comment

There’s been a lot of discussion about the claim that some recruiters and hiring managers are only interested in people who are already employed. This report, circulated on CNN and other major news sources, raised the specter of discrimination against the unemployed. But a recent poll should go a long way to putting minds at ease.

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