February – even early March – seems SO far away, doesn’t it? And when it comes to looking for a job? Shaking hands....
The Ways Your Job Search Will Change Due to the Coronavirus Crisis
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Candidate Advice
The Job Search Has Changed: Now and for the Foreseeable Future
If you’re in the midst of a job search, you’ve no doubt learned that all interviews now are being conducted via video....
Looking for Work While Following “Safer at Home” Guidelines
Life sure feels and definitely looks different here in Southern California than it did just two weeks ago. Many of us...
When You Chose the Wrong Career
It happens: we spend four – or more! – years studying for a certain type of career or profession and then two or three years after working within it, we come to the conclusion that it’s simply the wrong career. For us. If this is you, don’t panic. ...
Congratulations on Graduating! Now Get to Work!
Graduation was mere weeks ago. Congratulations on your accomplishments and – if you’ve found one – starting your new “real job.” Your campus’ career center and/or family and friends may have given you lots of great advice and guidance when it came...
Job Search Strategies for Over-50 Job Seekers
It’s sad and, unfortunately, true: even in this hot, hot, hot candidates’ market, it can still take people 40- and 50-plus a long time to find work, especially if they’ve been laid off or out of the workforce for a few years going back to school, ...
3 Ways New Grads Can Advance Their Job Search
Many new college – and even high school – graduates haven’t yet lined up “real” jobs and, if this is you, you may have started to panic, especially if several of your friends already have jobs lined up. (“Everyone is telling me it’s a great job...
How to Really Stand Out in a Sea of New Graduates
High schools and colleges soon will be holding Commencement exercise for the Class of 2018 and thousands upon thousands of graduating seniors will be looking for work. If you will be one of them, here’s a question: with so many graduates flooding...
Why Preparation is 80 Percent of Career Success
You’ve no doubt heard the saying that 80 percent of your accomplishments comes from 20 percent of your efforts. This is known as the Pareto Principle (which actually states that 80 percent of effects come from 20 percent of causes). (You also may...
How to Keep Learning When You Have No Time for an Education
Your life is….busy! Really busy: you work 40-plus hours a week, you have a spouse who also works full-time, you have two school-aged children (or maybe their teens and so you want to keep a close eye on them). You want to eat right and exercise....
Thinking of Becoming a Recruiter? Tips to Help You Thrive (and Survive)
If you’ve ever thought of becoming a recruiter – particularly in the staffing industry – you’ve picked a great time in the history of the industry to do so: Staffing Industry Analysts projects that the staffing market will grow by three percent in...
Why Bragging Can Be a Very Good Thing for Your Career
Many of us – especially the many of us that are women – are told that bragging is rude and self-centered. It’s. Not. Something. Polite. People. Do. But if you want to get ahead in your career, your business, even your personal life, “strategic”...
