In obtaining a new position your identity is key. As with advertising the association with a 'brand' creates an effective connection. Professional branding is important for anyone who is job searching or building their career. It's important to create a personal brand that portrays you in a professional light and which provides employers and contacts with a strong positive impression of you as a high-caliber individual.
For articles presenting this approach see several articles here.
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Saturday, December 20, 2014
Job Search #10: Build a Personal Brand
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Job Search #9: Use Social Networking
Social networking can be an integral part of your job search or career building - if you use it correctly. If not used correctly, even information you consider private like a photo posted on Facebook or a random comment on Twitter, could cost you your job and unexpectedly damage your career.
Social media participation is an essential tool in networking with potential professional contacts, staying in touch with current and former contacts, advancing your career, and keeping in touch with the world
To find tips on what you shouldn't do when it comes to social media and your career - and that's just as important as what you should do, see the complete set of references here.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Job Search #8: Find Contacts at a Company
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Job Search #7: Build a Career Network
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Job Search #6: Fast Track Your Job Search
- Plan and Organize Your Search
- Write Your Resume
- Create a Personal Cover Letter Template
- Create/Update Your Professional Profilles
- Select Job Search Websites
- Use Your Words
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Job Search #5: Finding Job Listings
Here are the best sites to find job listings including job search engine sites, job boards, company websites, niche job sites, social media and professional networking sites, jobs listed by type of job seeker and location, and more top job listing sites.
Here is a valuable outline of finding best sites for particular job listings.
- Top 5 Best Job Sites for Students
- Best Job Search Engines
- More Good Job Sites
- Best Local Job Sites
- Jobs Listed by Career Field/Industry
- Jobs Listed by Location
Job Search #4: E-mail Etiquette
Job search email etiquette including choosing an email account, formatting your email messages, what to put in the Subject Line of your message, how to create an email signature, and how to send email messages when job searching.
When you are using email to job search, it's important that all your communications are as professional as they would be if you were writing an old-fashioned paper letter. Here's information on what to include in your job search emails, how to format your email, and how to make sure your email message is read.
For more information, click here.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Job Search #3: Effective Cover Letters
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Job Search #2: Resume Strategies
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Job Search #1: When to start a search
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Moms’ jobs can make a difference …
The Church surveys and research make some projections for the sisters of the Church. Two thirds of all sisters will at one point be the principal breadwinner for their family. This comes about with the husband’s loss of employment, unexpected death or divorce, or a sister remaining single.
There is little opportunity for a mom with the responsibility of a child to move beyond minimum wage work. To make a shift is almost impossible for a family without help. They have to work hard to make the day-to-day.
The biggest motivator for moms is the financial security that a "non-traditional" job can offer. For more details on this topic, see the full article on a Wyoming program here.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Job Longevity Shows Commitment
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Display Your Career Passion!
We recently conducted a survey in conjunction with Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm, to learn what hiring managers are looking for when they search for candidates, the disconnects between employers, job candidates, and the generations that currently make up the workforce. To check out the infographic presented, click here
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Career Fair Checklist for Career Fair Success
Are you planning to attend a career fair soon? Are you searching for pointers to help you succeed at the career fair? Do you know the activities job-seekers should perform before, during, and after the career fair?
Please note that it is important to prepare 10 to 15 hours for each Job Fair with regards to the companies being represented. You need to research each company to more fully understand the scope of their products and/or services, marketing strategies, and needs or solutions that you may offer them. For specific in-depth suggestions of 1) what to do in preparation before attending a Job Fair plus 2) guidelines on what activities to pursue while at the Job Fair as well as 3) what activities to accomplish following the Job Fair, click here for a fantastic list of do’s and don’t’s.
Special bonus, this employment blog maintains an up-to-date list of Colorado Front Range Job Fairs. Click here for daily updates. For easier reading in your Internet browser to enlarge type size, use the control key plus the + key. To reduce the type size, use the control key plus the – key.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Best 100 Colorado Companies for Flexible Jobs
- The purpose of the free Colorado List of Best Companies for Flexible Jobs is to help people in Colorado to easily find and research the legitimate employers embracing workplace flexibility.
If you you're looking for a job in Colorado, click here. This guide is excellent and free as a resource for jobs!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
10 Best-Paying Jobs Of The Future
If you decided on a new career path today, wouldn't you like to know which jobs will be in high demand and pay the most once you were out of school? To serve as a guide, 24/7 Wall St. has identified the best-paying jobs of the future. These jobs will grow the most in the next decade and have median incomes well above the national average. Almost without exception, these occupations will be in highest demand
One change that will create high demands for some professions is the increasing amount of data available to businesses. For more info, click here
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Reasons for Changing Jobs
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Nonverbal First Impressions
- The nonverbal messages
- The Handshake
- Your Posture
- Eye Contact
- Your Hands
- Don't Fidget
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Cover Letter for over 50
Searching for a new job when you are over 50 can produce anxiety, but you can create a cover letter that makes you stand out as a highly desirable job candidate. The first thing that employers notice about your application is your cover letter, so it is important for it to be effective.
Your cover letter is a tool to get you noticed by employers; it should be customized for the job you are seeking. Draft a compelling message for each position, and let employers know why you want to work for them and how your skills and experience are useful for the position.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Write a Persuasive Cover Letter
Saturday, July 19, 2014
100 Potential Interview Questions
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Strategies for a Career Change
- Accept the Risk
- Avoid the Traps
- New Career Choices
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Benefits of career networking
Monday, June 30, 2014
Job Search Site List
COMPANIES | CONSTRUCTION | ENERGY |
ENGINEERING | FELONS | FINANCE – BANKING |
GENERAL | GOVERNMENT JOBS | HEALTHCARE |
HOSPITALITY | IT– TECHNOLOGY | JOURNALISM – BROADCASTING |
REGIONS – LOCATIONS |
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Top 10 Best Job Sites
Looking for a good position is never easy, especially in tough employment markets. But even so, there are hundreds of thousands of jobs available at any given time, if one knows where to look. Many of them are posted on job boards.
To see the top sites click here.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Smart career moves to make by 30
For people in their twenties, life can be a rich time for personal self-discovery—a period when you’re more willing to take risks and maybe even make mistakes along the way. These can also be some of the most formative years for your career.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Your Interview: hard questions, best answers
There aren't necessarily any right or wrong answers, but carefully consider the job you are applying for, your abilities, and the company culture before you respond.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Tips for how to find a job
There's always the opportunity of working in the temporary arena. People should be calling temporary employment firms to find light industrial jobs, or jobs that will make a minimum wage or maybe a little more. For example, if you've been an accountant your whole life, there are opportunities out there, and you might be able to find some temporary jobs.
Develop a system of looking for a job. This way, you focus on the process without having to worry about the results. Keep track of the calls you make and the interviews you get. That way you can follow up on the interviews.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Tips for networking when job hunting
You can take a direct approach and ask for job leads or try a less formal approach and ask for information and advice. Contact everyone you know. You may be surprised by the people they know.
For a complete copy of the article on networking see it here.