Don’t forget to say “Thanks”

Sending a Thank You note following a job interview, an informational meeting, or a networking event is a simple way to stand out. I always thought this was a common courtesy, but I discovered last spring just how uncommon it really is. Then I recently attended a meeting where a panel of recruiters agreed that [...]

Informational Interviews, part 2

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about conducting informational interviews. Today, I noticed that Marci Alboher added a different perspective to the topic by discussing her pet peeves about informational interviews in her New York Times blog.
In her article, Ms. Alboher (she called me Mr. Wilson) specifically mentioned 4 pet [...]

Tips from recruiters

I recently had the opportunity to listen a panel of recruiters sharing tips with an audience of job seekers. The panel included two internal recruiters (one with a large multi-national corporation, and one with a smaller, local corporation), and one external recruiter. The questions and discussion yielded some really good information, and [...]

Informational interviews

The informational interview is one of the most useful and yet under-utilized career management tools. I’ve become a big proponent of informational interviews ever since conducting my first one several months ago. When I’m among job seekers, I often ask if they are including informational interviews as part of their strategy. Many have never heard [...]

Business cards and job seekers

I attended a career fair this week where I rubbed shoulders with hundreds of recruiters and job seekers. (Okay, it was more like hundreds of job seekers and a handful of recruiters). I arrived with a stack of my own business cards, expecting to hand a few to interested recruiters, and drop a few [...]

Job search vs career management

There is a big difference between job search and career management. Job search is more like an event that commences when you need a job and ends when a new job is secured. Career management, on the other hand, is a mindset that transcends job changes.
Back when the average worker went to work for a [...]

Chimby search engine

I just recently discovered Chimby, an innovative career advice search engine. What exactly is Chimby? According to the site:
CHIMBY is a vertical search engine that lets you search over 400 career advice sites at once. We crawl the sites of career coaches, career blogs and other media sources in order to provide the best answers [...]

Introducing Jobfox

I just discovered this really cool new career site called Jobfox, and wanted to pass it along. You can read more about it in this Forbes.com article.
The site is designed to compete directly with the mega job boards Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. One might think it is crazy to take on these giants, unless you consider [...]

Career in a Box

Are you living in a box? Is your career in a box?
Too many people live and work in a box of someone else’s choosing, often because they don’t know any better. Some people don’t even know they are in a box; they just acquiesce to others’ expectations and think this is all life has [...]

Interviewing advice

If you want to succeed in your job interview (and who doesn’t?), it’s good to understand the perspective of the interviewer. What is he or she expecting from the candidate? What kinds of actions can kill the interview?
The folks at Boost Your Career With LinkedIn offer some excellent advice on preparing for an interview, [...]