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Saturday, December 26, 2015
Job Interview Tips for Job-Seekers
See the 10 most important job-interviewing tips for job-seekers here.
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Use LinkedIn for Job Searching
Many job seekers confuse the intelligent use of social media with a loss of privacy. This is a serious mistake. LinkedIn is the preferred social network for recruiting.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Develop a Strategic Career Vision
If you’re like most people, you’ll change careers at least several times over the course of your life. Success in making transitions among careers can be partially attributed to career planning and preparation.
Job-seekers need to take the time to step way from the day-to-day work and spend quality time reflecting on career and developing plans for the future. Think of career planning as building bridges from your current job/career to your next job/career; without the bridge, you may easily stumble, but with the bridge there is safety and direction.
See basic guidelines for short and long-term career planning here.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Example Career Changes after 50
Reinventing your career; it’s not easy but it’s never too late. That’s the message from people who made life-altering career changes in their 40s, 50s, 60s or even older.
Some second acts aren’t by choice, some have described being forced into midlife career changes after losing their jobs and failing to find similar work because of the economy, their age, a disability or discrimination. Some people start a second or third career because they can’t afford to stop working after retirement. Some discover they’re happier working, even if they can afford to retire.
See six examples of later-in-life changes here.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Advance Within Your Company
In today’s tumultuous economy it is more important than ever to understand the fundamentals of how to manage your career.
With the rapid rate of technological change and the effects of globalization, jobs are changing or even disappearing altogether. By applying time-tested principles you will be in a better position to help yourself and your company be successful.
See 9 areas of career management here.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Tips for Your Job Search
Struggling to find a job?
Recognize it is a full time commitment, which means an 8 hour day or more.
Recognizing common setbacks may help you better identify how to spend your time when searching for employment. For a discussion of five topics in more detail see the complete article here.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Attend the Denver Professional Workshop
The Professional Placement Program assists professionals, managers, and executives in finding or upgrading their employment. The program includes the Career Workshop for professionals, networking opportunities, one-on-one coaching, professional-level job leads, and a place to conduct your job search.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Successful Interview Techniques
Being well prepared for an interview will help you be confident and impress the interviewer(s).
The key to a successful interview is adequate preparation. Most employers ask the same basic questions, so prepare answers before an interview. A list of questions frequently asked by employers, with some ideas on how you might answer can be found in the complete article here.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Use Impressive Written Communication
Aside from resumes, your job search will likely require you to write effectively to communicate your capabilities. Interviews are great when you can get one, but they are usually the result of prior written communication.
Your effectiveness in writing cover letters, completing applications, and sending follow-up thank-you letters depends on paying attention to the details. For pointers on these three necessary documents see the material here.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
How to Help with Employment Efforts
Looking for employment can be a very isolating experience. Unemployment or underemployment can challenge job seekers, and can add stress to their personal relationships. Instead of reaching out for help, many job seekers feel embarrassed or uncomfortable sharing their situation. They may feel like they have failed at self-reliance and that they need to get out of this struggle alone.
You have the opportunity to reach out and support job seekers in ways that can have a significant impact on their lives. They need your love, support, and help now more than ever. With your help, job seekers do not need to go through this challenge alone.
One of the greatest needs a job seeker has is to be connected to opportunities and information. Members are a powerful resource to help job seekers expand their network and find the information they need. Consider ideas to offer valuable support here.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Complete an Impressive Application
Depending on the type of position you are looking for, part of your job search will likely include filling out applications. Employers use applications to identify candidates who have the skills and education needed for the position. However, they may learn much more about you than just your qualifications.
When filling out applications, whether on paper or on a computer, you have the opportunity to demonstrate that you are prepared, thorough, and follow directions. For hints on being successful with both forms of application, see the material here.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Be a Mentor for Employment
As leaders help unemployed members develop a plan, they should share appropriate portions of each plan with the ward council. As needed, mentors or specialists may be assigned to work with members in need.
Mentors and specialists are given specific assignments to help individual members complete or carry out their plan for self-reliance.
One of the greatest challenges a job seeker faces is the internal battle of lowered self-esteem, accompanied by despair and a loss of hope. See where mentors can be of significant support here.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Support Your Spouse in a Job Search
At the same time, you are dealing with your spouse’s discouragement and your own personal worries. How can you alleviate your fears, find answers to your questions,
and offer the support needed? As soon as possible, you should both sit down together and make a plan.
Here are a few tips to help.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Surviving Unemployment
While some of the following points may be seen as hind sight, we need to begin where we are.
- Prepare for the future
- Increase your faith
- Ask for help
- Live within your means
- Seek additional training
- Maintain health and well being
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Returned Missionary Career Steps
As you start on your path to building a career, consider the following tips.
- Keep Your Momentum
- Develop a Career Plan
- Plan for Education and Finances
- Communicate the Skills Gained from Your Mission
- Use Additional Resources
- Move Forward with Trust in the Lord
Saturday, August 15, 2015
How Productive People Do Things
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Employed? Impress Your Boss
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Job offer? Ask yourself 5 questions
If your carefully crafted Resume, job searching and a few interviews have finally landed you a job offer, what now? No longer is it necessary for job seekers to jump at the first opportunity that comes along; if you’re talented, experienced and personable enough, there will be more where that came from.
But for candidates, simply realizing they have a certain amount of agency and leverage in the job hunt is only the first step. After all, having a measure of power is one thing, but making a power play is another. If in the course of your search you land on a job that, on the surface, appears to suit your interests, it’s important to ask some difficult questions of the position, the company, and yourself before saying yes.
See five key issues to consider here.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Contact Hiring Managers Directly
Wish you could contact hiring managers directly? And without necessarily sending out your resume first? Today's technology is literally changing how this is possible.
The Switch Job App is a new way to test the job searching market without necessarily looking for a job. There are no time-consuming applications to fill out and no job searching needed. It takes only a few minutes to sign up with nothing being posted on the Internet for full security. You complete a short profile on-line in four minutes or less with two major ingredients:
- Provide your Linkedin URL and identify the specific job titles that you are most interested in. The Switch Job App does the rest by regularly sending you directly the jobs that best meet your expectations.
- Your Linkedlin posting is your calling card! But have your resume and other credentials ready to go when you receive contact information of each job's hiring manager if you both match up through your social media postings.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
50 Best Job Search Sites
Fortunately, you can use a number of job search websites, tools, and apps to make the hunt for your perfect job easier.
See 50 of the best job search sites, apps, and tools here.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Impress anyone in under 30 seconds
Within seconds, everyone you meet forms an impression that largely determines whether they’ll like, trust, and and respect you. Making a good impression is absolutely critical.
Whether you are raising money for your company, or you are managing your team or leading your business, connecting to people and making a great impression is very important.
For some tips to help win hearts and minds in 30 seconds see the article here.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Surprising Job Interview Tips
Your carefully designed dynamic resume landed you an interview; now it’s time to seal the deal. So what’s the best way to prepare?
Drawing on experience, interviews, research, and most importantly, employees from today’s most coveted companies, useful tips have been developed. These are deep insights beyond the typical “sit up straight!” and “dress to impress!” commonly suggested.
See the dozen best tips before, during and after your interview here.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Turn around Workplace boredom
Time is a resource with high monetary value, and any boredom is a symptom of wasting time you should be putting to good use. Take advantage of the situation and do something you wouldn't ordinarily be able to do.
Start a new initiative, develop your professional skillset, or reorganize your current strategies; you'll make yourself more valuable and ultimately, you'll position yourself for a respectable salary increase at your next formal review.
The next time you find yourself bored at work, try the ideas here.
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Five Meaningful Soft Skills
While your experience and education may land you an interview, you need to be prepared for an additional assessment on how well you would fit into the company culture.
Many assume that a solid education is what employers deem most important when determining the right candidate, but this is not always the case. Soft skills, the traits that measure a person's emotional intelligence, are a good indicator of job performance. Soft skills, aren't necessarily learned at school. They include the following:
- Communication
- Time Management
- Team Player
- Motivation
- Flexibility
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Using Power Statements
Communicating your value to the reader of your resume or your profile is of prime importance. Your value or ability to satisfy the positon requirements is being compared to many other candidates being reviewed. Using well thought out power statements helps you hold a position for further consideration.
Power statements are appropriate for use in your application, resume and online profile. During an interview these principles are applicable to your work experience examples s you reply to questions.
Review the use of power statements here.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Cover Letter Focus and Critique
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Job-Hunting Do's and Don'ts for Job-Seekers
Learning the do's and don'ts (rules) that job-seekers must know regarding the key strategies and tactics of successful job-hunting is essential. Presented in this article are 25 keys to successful job-hunting. Job-seekers who follow these rules and guidelines -- the do's and don'ts of job-hunting -- should have much more success in the job-search.
For more insight, click here.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Quantifying Achievements on Your Resume
Saturday, May 2, 2015
TagCrowd as a Job Search Tool
TagCrowd is a web application for visualizing word frequencies in any text by creating what is popularly known as a word cloud. - TagCrowd is particularly useful in making it easier to analyze a detailed job description for the particular requirements for each job by creating a screen with the most frequently mentioned keywords for skills and experiences emphasized in a concise manner. These keywords must be addressed and customized in your resume for you to have impact with each of your employment applications.
Topics covered included:
- TagCrowd as a job search tool
- How does TagCrowd Work?
- Any problems with TagCrowd?
Click here for more info.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Add Pizazz to Your Interview
The job interview is the most anxiety-inducing part of the job search; it's incredibly frustrating to spend time, energy and effort on making a great impression without getting the position as your reward. If you find this happening to you over and over, you may need to sharpen your interview skills. Make sure the following techniques are part of your strategy.
- Use your resume as a reference point
- Present your accomplishments numerically
- Understand the company
- Let your personality come through
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Career Change Planning
There are many reasons that people face career change. Sometimes career change can comes as the result of a long anticipated layoff while other times it can occur suddenly without warning. But don’t think you’re alone. Know that career change (not job change) happens to everyone sooner or later. The average job-seeker will change careers several times over the course of a lifetime. Whatever the reason, the key to having a successful career change is having a good plan.
See several steps you should follow in order to have successful career change here.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Overcome Age in Your Resume
Older workers have an uphill battle when it comes to changing jobs. Although employers are not supposed to discriminate against older workers, some hiring managers do favor younger employees. If overcoming age bias is a concern, there are several things you should do when updating your resume.
There's no rule that you have to list every position you've ever held. Overcome age bias early in the hiring process by listing only your most recent jobs on your resume. If you have been in the same industry for 25 years, eliminate information about jobs you held more than 15 years ago.
Click here the full article on Age and Resumes.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Rules for Successful Networking
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Interview Etiquette
If your effective resume or a personal introduction has provided you with an invitation to interview, do not mess it up.
The first step to a career victory is to adequately prepare for the interview. Use etiquette tips for interviews to ensure you are making the best impression possible to your prospective employer. To see a graphic path to success, with do's and don't, select the link here.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Words for Negotiating Salary
You have the most power to negotiate a salary after you've impressed your future employer in interviews, but before you sign an official job offer. Most employers will informally offer you the job before they give you anything to sign, and this is a good time to talk about what you want.
Your new employer wants to hire you, has received buy-in from other team members and has no desire to keep interviewing. More than anything, she is anxious for you to start work. This is the time to ask for more money.
For the language to use see the complete article here
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Upgrade Your Skills
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Overcome Procrastination
Procrastination is detrimental to efforts in gaining employment and in career change. Many procrastinate, even fewer recognize it.
Many have forgotten the negative consequences of procrastinating such as feelings of anxiety and stress, fatigue, and disappointment from falling below their own standards . Leaving things to the end dramatically increases the chances something will go wrong – like getting sick or a computer problem . So, procrastination can be hard on us and actually increase our chances of failing and falling behind.
If this is a problem you may have acquired in school, see a discussion here.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Career Change Planning
There are many reasons that people face career change. Sometimes career change can comes as the result of a long anticipated layoff while other times it can occur suddenly without warning. But don’t think you’re alone. Know that career change (not job change) happens to everyone sooner or later. The average job-seeker will change careers several times over the course of a lifetime. Whatever the reason, the key to having a successful career change is having a good plan.
See several steps you should follow in order to have successful career change here.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Fill in with a Part Time Job
Part time jobs can supplement your current job or be a fill in while unemployed. If unemployed recognize that the benefits you receive are partly reduced by your income. If you may be out of work for some time, your benefits could be stretched for a longer time before expiring.
Part time work may provide you with funds to pay down credit cards., or some other specific financial objective.
For an on-line source of part time jobs visit the site here.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Best Jobs in America
The job market’s getting stronger, to find America's Best Jobs this year, analysts reviewed professions that offer great growth opportunities, and that are satisfying as well. Other big factors considered: pay (how strong it is now, and how fast it's growing) and how many jobs are in the field overall. Also included weighed how meaningful or low stress a job is, how difficult it is to enter the field, the likelihood of moving up the ladder and, where possible, the ability to telecommute.
See the listing of the 100 top ranking jobs in America here.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Finding a Job Can Take So Long
Finding a job often takes much longer than job seekers expect.
The rule of thumb is to plan for at least one month of job searching for every $10,000 of salary desired. This means that a job seeker who expects to earn $60,000 needs to prepare for a six-month-long job search or more.
Why does finding a job take so long? See the complete article here.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
New Year Trends for Resumes
Technology seems to change everything in the marketplace every few years, and it should be no surprise that resumes are reflecting those changes.
Stay up to date in your job search and make sure you are keeping up with resume trends and career-search innovations.
Review seven of the top resume trends expected to become prevalent in 2015 here.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
When it pays to work for free
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Job Search #11: References and Recommendations
There are several support documents you may have need of; a list of references and letters of recommendation to use in your successful interview. These are not commonly provided with your resume, but held and made available when asked. That said, since it involves others, you must plan ahead; these are not things you can do alone or on short notice.
For reference letter samples and how to request and write recommendation letters, see the complete source here.