How to Create Inside Connections with Companies You Want to Work For
A personal introduction inside an organization is a huge advantage to someone who wants to change careers or begin a new one. In fact, referrals are the number-one source companies use to find outside...
View ArticleWhat Gets Your Resume to the Hiring Manager?
Many companies use applicant tracking systems (ATS) to sort through resumes and streamline their hiring process. These systems scan resumes for keywords that are inputted into for specific hiring...
View ArticleWhy Should I Turn Off My Phone – An Introduction to the Media Richness Theory
In my last article, “Please Turn off Your Phone”, posted on July 7th, you and I had an adult conversation about the potential threats to your upward career mobility by your coveted mobile device. No,...
View ArticleLearn to Surf. Climb a Mountain. It’s Your Vacation — Leave the Smartphone...
Are smartphones awesome or do they suck? I don’t think I’ve ever had a love-hate relationship with anything more than my iPhone. On the one hand, I use it to track exercise mileage, check the weekend...
View ArticleHow To Find Out if You’re Walking Into A Shit Show With This New Job
This morning, I penned an email to a friend who works for a mobile tech firm to see if I could help him out on any roles. Just before I hit the “send” button, I decided to visit his LinkedIn page, to...
View ArticleTake Monday Out of Your Work Schedule
The whispers of a four day week have always been there, but is it just wishful thinking? For this dream to ever be achieved there needs to be some form of professional benefit– and not just that you...
View Article100 Words to Get You Hired
You Google stuff all the time, right? Whether it’s to find the new Italian restaurant in town, get plane tickets, or track down the name of that song you used to sing out loud on the way to the...
View ArticleI Took Myself Out Of The Running
Two of the joys of being in the career advice business are: Career advice is usually just “time spent in the field” meets “common sense.” You know… the type of stuff your grandma would’ve told if you’d...
View ArticleHow to Sell Yourself at Your Next Job Interview
Many gifted salespeople who can effortlessly sell any object or idea struggle to promote themselves. A lack of self-promotion skills can be a matter of humility, or an inability to objectively see the...
View ArticleSo If Not Me, Who Did Get The Job?
When two candidates are equally experienced, equally credentialed, and equally capable, who gets the job? Well, when two companies have similar products, with similar ratings, and similar prices, which...
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