When you’re burned out from your job search, your interview responses get defensive. You come across as an energy drain when you network. You dismiss leads prematurely because you assume the worst. Here are some ways to combat burnout before it derails your job search.    Read More

Once people start feeling better about the market, those currently employed will feel braver about considering job alternatives.     Read More

A lot is written about how to interview well. Most of the advice includes the benefit of practice. But do you know the best way to practice?    Read More

Take your nose out of your work for a moment and think: who are your stakeholders? Is your boss a stakeholder? Is it people in the department that you often have to share data with? Is it senior management, two or three levels above you? Is it your mentor, from an area of the company that isn’t much related to yours? Do you know where your stakeholders are?    Read More

Jobseekers anxiously want to know: does working for free pay off? You already work for free if you manage your career proactively.    Read More

Successful job searches often turn on small details – the confidence in your hand shake, the banter at a networking event, the typo that sinks a resume. The best candidates dot the i’s and cross the t’s in everything they do. Here are examples of small adjustments you can make to take your job search to the next level.   Read More

The unemployment rate is not just under 10% or 20-25% for young professionals or declining or stabilizing or any of the things the media reports. For you personally, the unemployment rate is 0% or 100% (maybe 50% if you’re living in a two-income household). Are you employed or are you unemployed? The statistic you need to track is a simple all or nothing.    Read More

At every workshop, I invariably get a question asking for the “real” reason: the real reason a candidate doesn’t get called back, the real reason a resume gets to the top of the pile, the real reason someone gets hired or not. Many jobseekers seem to believe that there is some back story that is hidden from them. I rarely get anyone who admits they blew an interview and asks how to fix it.    Read More

As a former recruiter, I often knew where my candidates had issues based on where their answers would linger. The guilty can’t help but confess, and when candidates would go on and on about something I took that as a sign to probe further.    Read More

A lot of jobseekers fret about what job postings say:  I have most but not all requirements, so should I submit anyway?  I am overqualified, so should I dumb down my resume?  I am afraid to look “old” so should I omit my date of graduation?     Read More