Career Collective post: Once a month, a group of career professionals blog on a subject topical and timely for a job seeker. We’ll post our thoughts on our own blog and link to the post of our colleagues on the same topic. This month’s topic: Social media – how to use it in a job […]
Social media: So what’s the point?
Tips for times of transition: Part 2 – Career marketing strategies for job seekers
Bridget Haymond and I collaborated on this series to provide job seeking members of her church some basic job search information. She graciously allowed me to share what we created together here. If you missed part one, no worries. It’s right here. Career marketing strategies for job seekers 6. Set up a LinkedIn account. Fill […]
Tips for times of transition: Part 1 – Career marketing strategies for job seekers
Recently, Twitter friend Bridget Haymond, of Truth for Life Coaching, approached me to collaborate on putting together handouts for job seeking members of the congregation at her church — Grace Covenant Church, in Charlotte, NC. I happily obliged. With Bridget’s permission, I’ll also share the information we created together with my blog readers. Here’s the […]
We’re all connected somehow …
I was going to title this, “It’s a small world after all”, but then “that song” would be stuck in our heads all day and I didn’t want to do that to us. I’m reading Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. In it he recounts Stanley Milgram’s small world experiment, the original study about six-degrees of […]
Is your job search "cookie-cutter" or "hand-dropped"?
I’ve been honored by my career colleagues with an invitation to participate in The Career Collective. Once a month, a group of career professionals will blog on a subject topical and timely for a job seeker. We’ll post our thoughts on our own blog and link to the post of our colleagues on the same […]
Work like you’re working for yourself … well, because you are.
This story came via email yesterday from Phil. I’m sharing it here today because it gives me a chance to spend some time talking about my favorite topics – a positive attitude, good customer service, social media and old friends – and tie it all into job search and career advice. Life is good. Phil […]
Guest Post on What Would Dad Say?
I’ve alluded to the wonderfulness of Twitter in my previous post. Well, here’s an example. I meet G L Hoffman through Twitter. Not only did he send me copy of his e-book Dig your Job or Find a New One (I’ll review it in a future post. Great stuff!!!!) when we connected, he recently tweeted […]