Tuesday’s Tip: In The Chicago Area? Come See Me Live (and alive)!
If you are in the Chicagoland area, I would like to invite you to come see me (for free) at one of the following dates/times next week: June 15th 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Topic: How to Work with Recruiters Streamwood Job Club Village of Streamwood Village Hall – Room 102 301 E. Irving Park […]
Thursday’s Thought: Sometimes We Just Need To Laugh For Awhile…
Here is Our Top 20 of the Most Hilarious Spelling Mistakes on Resumes and Cover Letters: 20. “I have a known track record and excellent experience with accurancy and fixing erors” 19. “Strong Work Ethic, Attention to Detail, Team Player, Attention to Detail” 18. “My experience include filing, billing, printing and coping” 17. “Demonstrated ability in […]
Tuesday’s Tip: LinkedIn IPO
I am really glad to have (and use) LinkedIn as a networking tool for finding qualified candidates and networking with like-minded individuals. It has been a great tool to accomplish these tasks. And with the price of FREE, it is making the big monster mega job boards run for cover. But, is this another MySpace […]
Thursday’s Thought: Are You On The Exciting New Fall TV Line-up? Or Are You Just Another Re-run?
I want everyone to take a “Reality Check” Pill today. Have you been doing the same stuff month after month and getting tired of having the same ole results? If so, I want to encourage everyone to try something new next week. You have a long 3-day weekend to think about this! But on Tuesday, […]
Tuesday’s Tip: Your Negotiation Levergage is Now… Not a Year from Now
Research shows that more than 50% of the people accepting positions have no negotiations at all with their potential employer. This is wrong for at least 3 reasons: 1) There is no easy way for a company to come back to you after you fail to negotiate and say, “I know we offered you $50,000 […]
Thursday’s Thought: WIA Grant Money and Other “Free” Training
If I where to take a poll on how many job seekers have looked into WIA Grant Money, or have taken any kind of free education while they have been searching for their next opportunity, I am afraid that the results would make me cry. Why is it that so many of us are reluctant […]
Tuesday’s Tip: Is There Activity, Productivity (or both) in Your Job Search?
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there! When I work with job seekers, too many of them confuse (or substitute) activity for productivity. Activity does not necessarily equal productivity. I see a lot of people keeping themselves “busy” (or active) by going to multiple networking groups every week, applying […]
Thursday’s Thought: “It Takes a Village” to Get Me a Job?
It might not take a Village, but you certainly don’t want to be the only cheerleader for Team You. You need to network and establish relationships with people in your area of interest if you want to have a team of willing supporters of You. And I don’t mean by inviting them to connect on […]
Tuesday’s Tip: You Can’t Click “APPLY” to Find the Hidden Job Market
The majority of all positions ever filled in the history of time have never been posted! So all of you that are comfortable signing onto your computer, finding positions posted online, and clicking on that dreaded “APPLY” button are not only “clicking” your resume into a black hole, but you are missing out on a […]
Thursday’s Thought: Get Those Creative Juices Flowing!
I have met many job seekers during my career, and the one thing that still amazes me is their reluctance to do (or try) something outside-of-the-box. We need to bring back the “kid in us” and not worry about what someone is going to think about us. When we were kids, we seldom “asked for […]