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How does your personal branding message cut through the noise?

October 14, 2009

If you’ve ever been to a networking event, you’ve probably had an experience like this: you meet fifteen or twenty people, and exchange business cards. You have perfectly professional conversations, talking about all the important companies that you’ve worked for, and the projects that you’ve worked on. Then you go home, and you really remember [...]

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Not everything is a job search nail: Effective use of your resume

October 5, 2009

Have you joined the Career Mastermind Network? Jump in for “30 Days to a Powerful LinkedIn Presence.” If you’re trying to fix a hole in the wall, are you going to go after it with a hammer? Every home improvement project has a general work flow and calls for a specific set of tools. To [...]

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Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring: Interview with author Ford Myers

August 18, 2009

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Ford Myers, a fellow career coach and author of the new book Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring. If you read this site regularly, you know that I don’t really make recommendations for books, products or services in the career space.  Share options?  Sure.  [...]

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Your personal “best”: Authenticity and your job search

July 30, 2009

The Career Adventure newsletter has a new look — it’s now the Career Kick Start!  One minute’s worth of immediately useful career advice delivered weekly.  And it’s free, as is the Results Focused Resume ebook (available through August 5).  You can get both here. Success in a job interview requires your very best suit, your [...]

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Informational Interview Etiquette: Make the Most of your Meeting

July 24, 2009

Informational interviews are an invaluable resource for uncovering job opportunities. You are not restricted to only speaking to potential hiring managers when they’re hiring. You can build your network, learn about potential employers, and position yourself as a potential employee by reaching out to peers, managers and other professionals in your industry to ask for [...]

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Evaluating work/life balance in an interview: Ask the right question

July 21, 2009

Imagine this: you’re exiting an interview that you thought went really well.  You leave the mahogany-clad conference table guided by a fashionably dressed, efficient admin.  You reflect on the conversations that you had with the various team members — all very intelligent, clearly dedicated, with impressive professional backgrounds. You’ve determined you like the company.  But [...]

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How to lose a job in 10 days

July 15, 2009

This is what happens when I watch chick flicks on TBS.  For some much more serious business-oriented advice, try the free ebook and newsletter.  I promise to keep Kate Hudson out of it. Imagine this: you meet the perfect company.  You have a great initial connection — this could really have potential!  Okay, don’t screw [...]

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Interview Question of the Week: Are you considering other opportunities?

June 10, 2009

This week, we conclude the Interview Question of the Week series with a very common question that many candidates don’t know how to handle. Are you considering other opportunities? From my standpoint, I asked this question primarily to find out if I needed to put some pressure behind the hiring process in order to bring [...]

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Interview Question of the Week: Tell me about a time that you facilitated a meeting

May 27, 2009

photo credit: e³°°° Sample Interview Question of the Week: Tell me about a time that you were responsible for facilitating an important meeting for your company.  What was the situation?  How did you prepare?  What was the outcome? Regardless of your position, if you work in an organization that has meetings, you need to be [...]

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Interview Question of the Week: What have you done recently to improve your skills?

May 20, 2009

photo credit: Dawn Endico The Interview Question of the Week series highlights common interview questions to aid you in preparing for interviews.  Extra bonus: the questions often also help you think more critically about your career development, like today.  If you’d like to see all of the IQOTWs, you can do so here. What have [...]

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