SOAR, CAR or STAR Stories–and The Lord of the Rings?

If you’ve read much about job interview preparation I’m sure you’ve come across acronyms like SOAR, CAR, PAR and STAR, frameworks to help you build compelling interview stories. In this post I’ll review these tools and pose a useful question: which of the letters in this alphabet soup is the most crucial?

And to make it more interesting I’ll use a favorite story to illustrate my points.

How to Stop Procrastinating in Your Job Search

Job search makes foot-draggers of us all. How can you stop procrastinating in your job search and move forward?

7 Reasons to Freelance or Consult Between Jobs

Freelancing or consulting between jobs isn’t for everyone, but it can be so beneficial to your job search and career that I think nearly every job seeker should at least consider it. Here are seven reasons why: some you know, and some you probably hadn’t thought of.

Has LinkedIn sent your resume to the wrong company?

If you’re applying to jobs via LinkedIn, be aware of this LinkedIn jobs mixup: your resume may not always go to the right place.

How to Make Job Search Less Stressful

It’s been said that “suffering is optional.” If your response is, “Whoever said that wasn’t looking for a job!” I understand. But you can learn how to make job search less stressful, less miserable, more effective.

In this post I’ll share several successful job seekers’ advice on this topic, and my own advice as well.