How will we approach our careers in the future? Imagine if by 2050 people are living until age 120, or by 2100 we're living until 150! Maybe we should rethink this historical "job for life", and instead break our careers into three or four distinct phases that work...
Why not use professional resume writing services? I took a call from a fellow just recently and he'd lost his job. As with most people who don't have oodles of disposable cash lying around, he wanted to get another job quickly. That made sense. What made zero sense,...
Companies looking to hire have created protocols that suit them. It usually works like this: Advertise the position Tell the candidate proper response methods. (phone, online, job fair) Respond to the candidate in a timely manner… (that's more of a wish-list item than...
It starts with a feeling of low energy. A bit like that end-of-week procrastination we all get, but this time it's tinged with something else you can't yet define. You've been on top of the merry-go-round of interviews, applications, telephone calls, coffees and...
I know the process of job search is hard. People ranging from your mum to the supervisor at work and the friend-of-a-friend who is a manager will give advice that ranges from outdated and absurd, to the cutting edge. I also know it is confusing. The fact is, you can...
Most of you have probably caught American Idol on TV. At the least, you will likely know that it's a talent competition that week-after-week eliminates competitors until the eventual winner remains. During the hectic rounds of auditions, where thousands of hopefuls...