All Entries Tagged With: "career coach"
The Morning Blend: 29 Things To Do Before, During, and After a Career Expo! Part 3
This week concludes our series on the “29 Things To Do Before, During and After a Career Expo!” In the first two installments (PART 1 | PART 2) we have discussed some great ways to prepare for a job fair, and how to execute a game plan on the day of the event.
Let’s turn our [...]
The Morning Blend: Great Questions!
In working with job seekers, one of the elements that I stress is for them to do “meticulous research” before showing up for an interview. If they are interviewing with a hiring manager, they should know as much as possible about the company’s history, mission/vision statements, personal notes on the hiring manager (if possible), etc.
If the first [...]
The Morning Blend: It’s Not How You Start A Job, It’s How You Leave It
As many of you know, I’ve been a hiring manager for over 20 years. In that time, I’ve discovered that one of the most misunderstood (and under-utilized) facets of the interview process can cause chaos or bliss depending on how it’s handled. The topic today is the dreaded “reference list” and how you should be using to [...]
The Morning Blend: Get Real With Your Deadlines!
The biggest complaint I hear from job seekers is about the amount of time that it takes to find their next great opportunity. However, most of this frustration is self-created - some believe that their credentials and experience levels are so good that some employer won’t be able to wait to hire them! Let me quickly put [...]
‘What Not to Wear’s Stacy London Helps You Dress for Less Stress at Work
Anyone who’s ever watched TLC has probably both laughed and cringed, and finally applauded, at the work of fashion gurus Stacy London and Clinton Kelly on the cable network’s long-running reality hit, “What Not to Wear.’ Together they’ve taken hundre…
Dr. Phil Feels Your Pain
“You’ve done nothing wrong!”
That’s one of the most important messages Dr. Phil McGraw wants to send you as you try to recover from these difficult times and try to find work. “The decisions that caused this economic crisis happened at pay grades w…
Suze Orman Helps You Earn More and Keep It
Suze Orman hasn’t always been a personal finance guru. Her father, a Russian immigrant, owned a deli on the South Side of Chicago and when she was older, she moved to Berkeley, Calif., and became a waitress. When she was able to borrow enough to sta…
The Morning Blend: Happy No Fear! Part 4
At the beginning of January, we began a four-part series on turning the fear of your job search inside out and finding ways to make 2011 your “Happy No Fear!” year. This series centers on four shifts in your mental approach and ways that you can embrace change and actually enjoy the journey to your [...]
The Morning Blend: Happy No Fear! Part 3
Recently, we began a four-part series on shifting your job search from one of fear to one of inclusion, understanding and acceptance. We have talked about four critical states of mind that must be mastered before you can truly embrace the positives in your current job search.
We began this series with Realization and Analyzation, and in final [...]
The Morning Blend: Surviving the ‘Screener Interview’
Over the past six weeks, I have been working with a local Christian group called the Career Transition Workshop. Each week, two important topics have been covered relating to the job search process and the program concludes this week with me giving the 12th session on motivation. The workshop has covered many diverse aspects of finding a great job, [...]
