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by Thea KELLEY | May 29, 2014
Memorial Day is past, and many job seekers are easing off the job search accelerator and slowing down, thinking summer isn’t the right time of year to look for a new job. Actually, there are several very good reasons to put your search on cruise control instead of downshifting. While there may be fewer openings, [continue reading…]
by Thea KELLEY | May 22, 2014
In a recent post I listed 7 Reasons to Negotiate a Job Offer. That was the “why,” for those of us who are tempted to shy away from questioning the initial salary, benefits and other details of a compensation package. Now let’s talk about how to do it. Send the right messages. Your demeanor and [continue reading…]
by Thea KELLEY | May 19, 2014
A surprising percentage of us think we can’t or shouldn’t negotiate when offered a job. We may be afraid the employer will withdraw the offer or find us ungrateful or arrogant. Or we don’t really know why we don’t negotiate. “I just can’t see myself doing it!” Before you decide “I can’t” or “It doesn’t [continue reading…]
Many job seekers miss the boat in job interviews, because they forget that the purpose of answering every question is to market themselves for the job. You never forget that, right? You’d be amazed how many questions you may answering is a less-than-strategic way. Most job seekers, at least occasionally, answer interview questions as if [continue reading…]
by Thea KELLEY | April 1, 2014
In last week’s post I shared two easy ways to build your target companies list – a powerful tool for a proactive job search – by using LinkedIn. In this post I’ll share two more methods from The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton. These methods use (1) Indeed.com and (2) news sources related to [continue reading…]
