Teaching Kids to Toot Their Own Horn
Many applicants say they don’t like to “brag” about their accomplishments in an interview. We get that. Not everyone feels comfortable talking about themselves and their accomplishments and worse saying how you would be better than someone else. Tooting your own horn has a bad name. Many applicants say they don’t want to SELL THEMSELVES…
Read MoreNetworking is Critical to Landing a Job
We recently read an article in Forbes on the Hidden Job Market. For all the hype on job search engines, it’s now known there is a hidden job market where many jobs either never get posted or if they are posted, the job is pretty much filled. So how, you ask, are these jobs being filled…
Read MoreGetting a Job is a Job
Statistics show it takes an average of 3 – 6 months to find a job. Some quote it takes 1 month for every $10,000 you are looking to earn. Getting a job is a job, but with the right amount of attention and focus, like anything, you can get the job you want. Remember, it’s…
Read MoreNecessity is the Mother of Invention
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” In our years recruiting for corporate America, we found a large majority of applicants were unable to link what they had accomplished in their lives to a workplace need. In other words, they were unable to take one of their strengths, give an example of how they had demonstrated this…
Read MoreWhy are great candidates being overlooked for Jobs?
Students and their parents are faced with a heart wrenching issue – why are their kids not getting jobs or the jobs they want? Although there is not one reason it’s important to understand all the factors affecting great kids from getting great jobs. Most colleges have adopted a job aggregator that brings jobs to…
Read MoreYour Graduate May Not Have the Job They Want Upon Graduation
When my oldest was a junior in college I encouraged him to go to the Career Center to begin applying for internships. He informed me because he didn’t have a 3.5 GPA (3.3) he was ineligible to use the school for his search. How did we miss that when we were looking at schools? They…
Read MoreWe Told Them They Could Do Anything……
Remember when our kids were growing up, we told them they could do anything – if they put their minds to it. I believe that continues to hold true however in the world of getting a job there appears to be a lot of rejection which is out of our control. Do our kids think…
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