This is the fifth in a 10-part series entitled ‘The Smart Job Search.’ You can find the series so far by clicking here. The professional recruiter (aka the headhunter) may be the most maligned figure in the careers field. I can’t count the number of times a job seeker has told me “I don’t work […]
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This is the fourth in a 10-part series entitled ‘The Smart Job Search.’ You can find the series so far by clicking here. Not too long ago, the key to getting a great job was to write a powerful resume and a fantastic cover letter, and then target your search properly. All of those things
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This is the third in a series of posts about a new (and super-effective) approach to looking for work. Read the first post here and the second here. Those of you who have already taken my resume course may be tempted to skip this post (although I hope you won’t!), but for everyone else, this
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This is the second post in a 10-part series. If you missed it, you can read the first post here. In the first post in this series I asked you to “think different” – to approach your search as a proactive endeavor in order to tap into the millions of jobs that are never advertised.
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There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to jump right in and hope I don’t offend anyone … The simple fact is that most people approach looking for a job in completely the wrong way. If you are currently looking for work, chances are that you are making common mistakes and
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If you’re looking for work, you know that the tough economy is making it very hard to get the attention of recruiters and hiring managers. More often that not, it feels as though your carefully crafted resume and cover letter just went into a black hole. You rarely even get a response – even when
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It’s taken me a few days to sort out my thoughts about Steve Jobs. His death affected me far more than I would have expected and I’ve been trying to work out why. Yes I love my iMac and my Macbook Pro. And my iPad. And my iPod. But even though I love my Apple
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Today I came across a couple of articles that got me thinking about the workplace and what makes us happy. The first was an oral history of a Toronto Canada landmark – a massive record store on Yonge Street called HMV. A Happy Place to Work HMV was my employer for 13 years and in
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Many people struggle with how to start their resume. Should you write an objective statement describing the type of position you seek? Or should you just launch right into your career history, figuring that\’s what employers most want to see? The answer is neither. Instead, I recommend starting your resume with a strong resume headline
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Today I had an email from a senior-level job seeker who is frustrated at the response to his resume. He has posted his resume on several boards and he spends hours each day scouring job postings and applying to as many as he can. The result? Almost no response. He asked me to take a
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