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The Other “F” Word: How to Explain Why You Got Fired
Being fired from a job can happen to anyone and occur for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you had a personality conflict with your immediate supervisor and your supervisor prevailed. Perhaps the job...
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Relocation in Your Future? Ask These 8 Questions First
Relocating for a job allows for new beginnings. There are new goals to meet, people to greet and sights to see. Not only is it an opportunity to amaze a new team of colleagues with an awesome first...
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Avoid the Black Hole: ATS-proof Your Resume [Infographic]
early all large organizations – and many mid-sized companies – rely on an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to automatically screen thousands of candidates at the click of a button! After all, with so...
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Social Media Profiles: Now More Important Than Your Resume?
Is your personal Internet reputation now more important than your resume? Yes! Each day, billions of searches are run on Google... and many of them are done by recruiters looking for that perfect...
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Engage Employers Through Social Media: 7 Great Tips
Social media is a great tool for your job search and career. After all, relationships are key to new job opportunities. With all of the advice about making these connections, however, you may wonder,...
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The Right (and Wrong) Way of Saying “No” at Work
Prioritizing is the first step to working smarter, not harder—and part of prioritizing is deciding when to say “no” to stuff that just doesn’t need your full attention right now. There is a way to say...
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Lights! Camera! 6 Tips to Rock Your Video Interview
Video can provide a deeper impression of a person than a phone call, while eliminating the time and travel costs of on-site interviewing. That is why many companies, especially those with a global...
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5 Must-read Books for Young Professional Success
There's a lot to learn in your first real job: accepting your first full-time offer, impressing your first boss and negotiating your first salary, to name a few. These difficult issues that influence...
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Defend Your Right to a Work-Life Balance
"Americans work too much." That is the oft-heard comment about our live-to-work culture. Especially in a challenging economy, where employees often feel extra pressure to demonstrate clear value in...
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7 Ways to Impress the Hell Out of Your Boss
"I have to impress my boss?!" you may say after you read this post's headline... "Go out of my way to impress that guy who dumps his work on me, leaves early, steals credit for what I do and makes sure...
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Here’s 5 Reasons Your Boss Dislikes You (For Now)
If you have a gnawing gut feeling that your boss doesn’t like you, which happens to everyone at some point in their career, it would be good to listen to it! Take a minute to think about your behavior,...
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Career Advice for Recent Grads… from Recent Grads
I have been out of the college scene for more than two years now and, after turning a three-month internship into a full-time position after graduation, I've learned a few lessons about the corporate...
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Break the Career Catch-22: Get a Job… Without Experience
You're now facing the problem that has dogged every young professional since jobs were invented: How do you get experience to land a job which requires a worker with experience? It is the Career...
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Would You Bring a Parent to the Job Interview?
Sandi Webster had interviewed newly-minted young professionals for her company’s management trainee program for years. Then one day she encountered something new: a dad accompanying the potential...
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Finally! THIS is How You Follow Up After a Job Interview [Infographic]
One of the most hotly debated, and seemingly one of the most perplexing subjects for job seekers, is how and when to follow-up after a job interview. In the most simple terms, unless you’re...
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Hiring Managers Reveal: The Top 5 Interview-Killing Mistakes
Scoring an interview is cause for celebration. A company sees you as a competitive candidate and you have a chance to get your foot in the door! Your job search is not over yet though... not even...
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The Top 5 Job Search Challenges Faced by Veterans
Even when a veteran is ready in body and soul to search for that post-military job, he or she may encounter immediate rejection. Hiring managers generally possess rigid mind sets when it comes to...
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Going Up: 5 Tips for an Excellent Elevator Pitch
Right now... stop what you're doing and tell me: What do you do... Who you do it for... why you do it well... And what can you do for me to solve my problem? You have one shot. Go! Such is the...
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8 Tips to Ace the Extra-Important Second Interview
You’re feeling great after your first interview for a job... you've already been told to expect a call back from HR regarding a second interview. They call, and your initial feelings are excitement and...
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10 Ways to Ensure Your Body Language Sends the Right Message
Having sat on both sides of the interviewing table, Guy Cole is conscious of the importance of non-verbal communication flowing between the two parties. “Interviewing is a tricky thing for the...
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