Very Cool Job Search Strategy
I came across this write-up by William Henderson, who graduated from Berkley in ’95. William “spent several years as a project manager for a leading consulting firm” and put together …
Job Search Strategies
Are Recruiters Worth Your Time?
(I’m sure the recruiters reading this post are saying “are certain candidates worth MY time?”) Within 30 days of getting my own personal pink slip I had 30 recruiters in …
My Favorite Recruiters – all 5 of them!
Yesterday I went to a small network meeting and someone asked for a list of local recruiters – the discussion quickly went towards “how do you work with recruiters” and …
personal branding revisited
I have a few buddies (job seekers and business owners) that are interested in looking at how a website or blog could improve your personal (or company) brand. Since I …
Stinky Resume?
After six weeks of job searching I finally broke down and went to a two-day workshop to help me hone my job search skills and techniques. By this time I …
Did I Hurt Your Tender Feelings?
I hope I don’t hurt anyone’s feelings with this post. But I gotta get it off my chest. Following up from yesterday’s post about the conflict of interest of the …
Are you networking like this?
Here is a great example of “working your network.” A couple of days ago I wrote about this bootstrapping new company without a name (they have a name now – …
I wish I were a marketer! I’d blog about….
A few posts ago I talked about creating a personal brand or identity through your blog. I gave the example of the marketing communications specialist that could really put this …
Dude! Where’s my (next) JOB?
In this great job-seeker economy, how come it is so hard for me to find a job? Did it go to immigrants? Not according to this article. I thought I …
It won’t happen to me … again!
My story is kind of weird – at least that is what I thought. But I’m reliving parts of it through a local company, make that ex-company, here in Utah. …