Fuel your job search with a goal and a sense of urgency
Looking for work without a plan or being lackadaisical about your approach can extend the length of your search unnecessarily.
Tagged: strategy
Leveraging Change
Change is inevitable. Change for the better and change for the worse. Either way, a time of change can be a great opportunity for you to make a statement, become more visible or take on a major challenge that ultimately builds your value over the long term.
Taking Advantage of an Improving Economy
It’s important to stay focused and build a strategy for optimizing conditions during these improving economic times. The upswing in the economy/job market doesn’t mean it’s time to forget about planning..
Employment Recovery: Why it will take longer and what you can do about it
Unemployment is the product of a recession, not the cause of it. Unemployment numbers will continue to climb long after the official start of a recession, and typically will take considerable time to correct...
How to know when it is time to change your approach to your job search
You are not working and: You live in Seattle and already have a tan You have not missed one of your kids’ softball or soccer games or practices, and they begin at 3:00 PM...
Having or Setting Realistic Expectations
Networking is typically the best way to learn about new opportunities, whether it is work related or otherwise. Being open and available to meet new contacts is a large part of what it takes...
What to Do During a Recession
For many, a recession is a new experience. Others may simply have weathered past storms by remaining employed with the same company during times when the rest of the market was in turmoil. This...
Optimism vs Fantasy
In order to get productive leads (operative word being productive), it is necessary to be clear about what you are qualified to do and actually competitive for in this market. Using casual language to...
Success! Job Search Efforts That Paid Off –
I don’t have children, but I think I know how proud parents feel when their kids achieve their goals and soar past milestones on their way to bigger dreams. Recently several of my clients...
So, you find yourself unemployed. Now what?
The recession has officially been declared and the proverbial elephant in the living room is now visible, so to speak. It seems people are finally getting a grip on how the economy has, and...
