You Can Create Your Own Job. Yes, You Can!

Whether you are unemployed, underemployed, or retired and wanting to work in some capacity, you can create your own job. For employees who are over 50, this mindset is not typical, as earlier generations oriented their job searching toward contacting…

Be Prepared for Telephone Screening

Are you prepared for an employment telephone screening? Many people are caught off guard when an employer or their representative calls to gather more information. Candidates say they feel flustered, particularly if they are in the middle of doing something…

Negotiating Begins With The First Interview

Negotiating is the part of the hiring process that makes most people sweat. The anticipation of the process itself, “Will I ask for too much? Too little?…” can produce much anxiety for the candidate. The employment situation is gradually evolving…

Ten Tips to get to the Interview

Rarely do things happen as quickly as we would like. If you have been in the market for more than six months, then there is probably a missing link in your thinking, strategy or execution. Here are ten tips to help break…

Being Persistent Can Pay Off

Harland was enthusiastic about the networking lead he had received from a friend. A job for which he was qualified had just been vacated in a desirable company where his friend worked. As far as his friend knew, no one…

Executive Strategies

Challenge: You are an unemployed executive. You have assessed your marketability and have come to the conclusion that in order to come close to the earning level of your previous job, you will have to leave the area. For personal…