Put Yourself in Good CompanyOnce you’ve made sure that your chosen industry is the right place to conduct your job search, it’s time to figure out which company’s door to knock upon. In order to make the right call, you need to learn as much as possible ...
If you could buy insurance coverage after an accident, you would. When we lose a job, we can start work on our resume, but it feels better to have the insurance already in place. A resume is a part of a personal job insurance package. It is not the only ...
Rather than summarizing your resume, your cover letter should highlight your key qualifications. It should end with either a promise to contact the hiring manager to set up an interview, or an invitation to get in touch with you. If your letter is sufficiently appealing, the contact invitation will merely ...
Attention job seekers: The world is smaller than we thought, according to research published by Facebook and the University of Milan, which also provides a twist on the theory, “Six Degrees of Separation,” published in 1967.At last, there’s some science behind job networking. This theory, based on a ...
From the very beginning of the application process, you should be on a fact-finding mission. You should be learning about the company, the industry, the job, and how those three things fit together. You should be tailoring everything you do to what you learn, beginning with your resume. That same ...
The Millennial generation, our favorite generation to talk about. Will this be the first generation to be less well off than their parents? Will this be the generation that holds strong to their entitlement streak? Will the recession negatively impact their career trajectory? Do we truly understand what is important ...
Some of the greatest help for your job interview will come from your résumé, believe it or not. A well-thought-out résumé will be an excellent source for hiring manager's questions, so be prepared to speak to any, and every, point you've placed-or had placed-on the document. Granted, hiring ...

The headline above is intentionally provocative. I have friends at Yahoo who are facing job insecurity. Others have already been laid off. I've helped some with their resumes. Since I've written about technology for years, I'm comfortable with high tech resumes. I want to encourage all of ...
“What do you do?” It's one of the first questions strangers ask each other. That's because your career is you, to a large extent. It consumes the largest part of your waking hours and shapes your habits of thought. It's part of your definition. Your career can ...
Job seekers might be tempted to go it alone when it's time to get their resumes in order. New grads might feel that there just isn’t much to say. Old hands might decide that they know their fields so well that writing resumes is simplicity itself. People who ...