Job Search Trap: I Can Do Other Things Before My Job Hunt
As I give my talks about Manage Your Job Search, I ask people, “What traps have you noticed in your job search?” I hear all kinds of things. I’ve addressed a number of them in the book, and I’ll...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Spray-and-Pray
In Manage Your Job Search, I discuss a number of traps. A common one is “spray and pray” for your resume. Spray-and-pray is when you send your resume everywhere, without thinking of your target market....
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Stickies Everywhere Except on My Board
I recently met someone who thought he could manage his job search with yellow stickies. Given that I recommend personal kanban, I thought we’d be on the same wavelength. Imagine my surprise when he...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Not Preparing for Each Interview
You’ve landed the interview. Congratulations! Now what? Make sure you can discuss your value in detail. If you haven’t done so, review your value as in Four Tips to Defining Your Value. For each and...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: I Can Network Only by Going to Meetings
Here’s another job search trap: you think you can network by going to professional group meetings, mashups, informational lunches, and other kinds of what I call “background networking.” You need to do...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Too Much to Do
Today’s job search trap is something we can all identify with: biting off a big chunk of work and not getting it to done fast enough. I suspect we have all been there and done that! How do you avoid...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: I Can Narrow My Job Search Fast
When I speak to job hunters, they often think they can get a job doing what they studied, or what they have done, or they way they have always searched. “But the last three times I looked, I looked...
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Networking Traps and Tips Slides Posted
I gave a webinar this past week to the BU Career Connection. We had a great turnout. I have posted my slides: Eight Traps (and Tips) of Networking When Job Searching. The slides are based on Manage...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: I Can Do Other Things Before My Job Hunt
As I give my talks about Manage Your Job Search, I ask people, “What traps have you noticed in your job search?” I hear all kinds of things. I’ve addressed a number of them in the book, and I’ll...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Spray-and-Pray
In Manage Your Job Search, I discuss a number of traps. A common one is “spray and pray” for your resume. Spray-and-pray is when you send your resume everywhere, without thinking of your target market....
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Stickies Everywhere Except on My Board
I recently met someone who thought he could manage his job search with yellow stickies. Given that I recommend personal kanban, I thought we’d be on the same wavelength. Imagine my surprise when he...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Not Preparing for Each Interview
You’ve landed the interview. Congratulations! Now what? Make sure you can discuss your value in detail. If you haven’t done so, review your value as in Four Tips to Defining Your Value. For each and...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: I Can Network Only by Going to Meetings
Here’s another job search trap: you think you can network by going to professional group meetings, mashups, informational lunches, and other kinds of what I call “background networking.” You need to do...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Too Much to Do
Today’s job search trap is something we can all identify with: biting off a big chunk of work and not getting it to done fast enough. I suspect we have all been there and done that! How do you avoid...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: I Can Narrow My Job Search Fast
When I speak to job hunters, they often think they can get a job doing what they studied, or what they have done, or they way they have always searched. “But the last three times I looked, I looked...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Networking Traps and Tips Slides Posted
I gave a webinar this past week to the BU Career Connection. We had a great turnout. I have posted my slides: Eight Traps (and Tips) of Networking When Job Searching. The slides are based on Manage...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: I Can Do Other Things Before My Job Hunt
As I give my talks about Manage Your Job Search, I ask people, “What traps have you noticed in your job search?” I hear all kinds of things. I’ve addressed a number of them in the book, and I’ll...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Spray-and-Pray
In Manage Your Job Search, I discuss a number of traps. A common one is “spray and pray” for your resume. Spray-and-pray is when you send your resume everywhere, without thinking of your target market....
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Stickies Everywhere Except on My Board
I recently met someone who thought he could manage his job search with yellow stickies. Given that I recommend personal kanban, I thought we’d be on the same wavelength. Imagine my surprise when he...
View ArticleJob Search Trap: Not Preparing for Each Interview
You’ve landed the interview. Congratulations! Now what? Make sure you can discuss your value in detail. If you haven’t done so, review your value as in Four Tips to Defining Your Value. For each and...
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