Are You Operating Without a Playbook? You ought to be operating without a playbook in your job search and/or career management because there is no playbook for living in a pandemic. I have been talking with a lot of HR consultants, recruiters, resume writers, and career coaches about what they are seeing. Lisa Rangel of […]
5 Things You Will Never Know About the Hiring Process [Updated]
5 Things You Will Never Know About the Hiring Process The reality is when you are looking for a job at a target company you do not know anything about their hiring process. That is unless you have a contact at the target company with intimate knowledge of how hiring is done. What we usually do […]
Finding People Who Look, Taste and Smell Like You [Updated]
Look, Taste and Smell Like You When making your next career move, the first thing you should do is find people who look, taste, and smell like you who are doing the kind of work you want to do. This is particularly true if your industry is in decline and you need to make a […]
4 Ingredients to a Winning Video Interview Environment [Updated]
Video Interview With the COVID-19 pandemic, you will be asked to video interview rather than interview in person. These interviews are usually conducted via Skype, Zoom, or WebEx. There are new automated platforms like HireVue that will make video interviews with robots even more common. The key to a successful video interview with a human […]
The Traditional Job Search is Dead – R.I.P. [Updated]
The Traditional Job Search is Dead The days of looking online for a job posting, applying for the job, and then getting an interview are long gone. Check out the post I wrote in 2015, Social Disruption: How Job Search has Changed. In it, I discussed why the current hiring process is broken. The process […]
Emotions and the Job Search – Creating a Blank Slate [Updated]
Emotions and the Job Search Managing your emotions is as key in the job search as it is in negotiations. It is important to become a blank slate! If you can keep your emotions in check, you will find that you will be so much better off as you go through the job search. This […]
Who is Really Making the Hiring Decision? [Updated]
Who is Making the Hiring Decision? Who makes the hiring decision to hire you? It may seem obvious, but it’s often a shell game. You would think it was the hiring manager, but does he or she really have the final say? There is an exact correlation between a) understanding who is the decision-maker in […]
Should I Take a Survival Job and Why? [Updated]
Survival Job Are you considering taking a survival job? Have you been out of work for over six months? Have your unemployment benefits run out? Are you running out of money to pay the mortgage, or are you going to raid your 401(k) for living expenses? Many are driven to this decision by monetary issues […]
It Is Permissible To Be A Pest In Your Job Search
Being a Pest is not Just Permissible it is Required I cannot tell you the number of times I have heard from the unemployed, I do not want to be a pest. They may get angry with me and reject me. If you want to get the attention of a prospective employer, you may very […]
