LinkedIn Profile Mistake #1

Most LinkedIn profiles fail to fully utilize one of the platform’s most valuable features: recommendations. How can you make the most of this awesome opportunity to have your contacts praising you on the Internet? First, make sure you understand the difference between recommendations and endorsements. Recommendations are: Free advertising for your job search. A boost [continue reading…]

LinkedIn – Recommendations vs. Endorsements

If you’re on LinkedIn, you’ve probably been baffled by receiving endorsements from people who don’t know anything about you. You may also be aware that you can give and receive recommendations. Why are there two similar features, and what’s the difference? (If you’re not on LinkedIn, by the way, you may want to read my post [continue reading…]

Get a Job or Paint the Kitchen?

“Since I have time on my hands, I’d better make myself useful at home…” An honorable thought, but too often it becomes a trap. Here’s the scenario:  I do a coaching session with a job seeker, we’ll call her Carla, who has been unemployed for a year and is eager to get a job ASAP. [continue reading…]

6 Mood Lifters for Job Seekers

Everyone feels down sometimes, but persistent feelings of discouragement can cripple your job search. If your resume wasn’t working you’d rewrite it. Your state of mind is even more important, so do something about it. Here are some actions you can take to get into a more peaceful, resourceful state of mind. Exercise. As a [continue reading…]

A Clever Way to Get Referred Into a Job

 Applying for a job? It helps to be referred in by an existing employee, but if you don’t know anyone there, why would they refer you? Many larger companies have employee referral programs in which employees can get a cash reward for referring someone. The trick is to find someone in the company who will [continue reading…]