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“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”- Anthony Robbins “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” – Thich Nhat Hanh “They do not love, that do not show their love.” – William Shakespeare In job search, and in our careers, we have many reasons to thank others. Someone may [continue reading…]
How about a resume that included time spent in jail for assaulting a former boss? This was a real-life example mentioned by an employer responding to a CareerBuilder survey. Resume “fails” like these can be instructive– and amusing, if you’re not the one making them! Bizarre Resume Mistakes Examples included a resume that … … [continue reading…]
Recently I asked some colleagues in a LinkedIn group what bad advice they had heard for job seekers. It was a very popular topic! There’s a lot of questionable guidance out there. A resume should never be longer than one page. (Bad advice.) Maybe this was once true, but times have changed. Recent surveys of [continue reading…]
If you’re among those to whom LinkedIn’s new simplified menu has rolled out, you may have noticed that the path to requesting a Recommendation from a contact is no longer obvious. And if you’ve read my recent posts LinkedIn Profile Mistake #1 or LinkedIn: Recommendations vs. Endorsements, you’ll know that recommendations from supervisors and higher-ups, [continue reading…]
In a recent post I covered a key reason for the cover letter: to show you’ve done your homework and can relate your skills to the specific company and job. Here are five more good reasons: You can say things in a letter that might not be appropriate in your resume. For example, you can [continue reading…]
