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This section is more of a general career category that include articles related to your job search, job interviews, career planning, career change or career networking
Career Tips for Using LinkedIn
Last week, we sponsored a Webinar on LinkedIn. In case you missed the Live Webinar, Debra has uploaded the presentation as a video and we have it embedded below.
In this video, Debra Wheatman, President of Careers Done Write, takes you through the best practices in using LinkedIn effectively and efficiently to help you achieve your dream career. The video provides a variety of tips and techniques that can be helpful in landing a job, networking and advancing within your industry.
Enhancing & Evolving Your Personal Brand
This is the age of the careerist in which we must anticipate and fully understand our employers and customers’ needs. In fact, the most successful careerists are those that consider their employer a customer. If you are not growing and evolving to fill those needs, you are not relevant. How do we stay relevant? We do so by developing our skills and evolving our brand. Is brand enhancement a part of your new year’s resolution? Repeat the cycle below to continuously enhance and evolve your brand.
The Ultimate Job Test: Ready for a Challenge?
You’ve heard of the brainteaser questions used by Google in their candidate selection process. Candidates comb the Internet for insight from candidates who’ve succeeded in a Google interview. Well, Upstream Systems has raised the stakes with a new employee selection tool. Upstream Systems is a global mobile marketing technology and services provider. The company has always been an industry leader, having launched inaugural mobile marketing campaigns for giants, such as Coca Cola and T-Mobile. Now they are seeking five talented Marketing Campaign Managers. If you think you have what it takes, they have a challenge for you. Your seven-part mission, should you choose to accept it, begins on this webpage. You just get one shot, and as they state in the instructions, they will know and “will call the police” if you try to take the challenge a second time. (This reminds me of Willy Wonka as he begins the tour of his famous chocolate factory.)
Secret Steps to Finding a Job on LinkedIn
According to a recent study that was conducted by ROI Research on behalf of Performics marketing agency, 59% of active social networkers say LinkedIn is their most important social media site when compared with Facebook and Twitter. I would tend to agree.
5 Career Tips to Create a Unique Professional Brand
To establish a personal brand that optimizes career growth, you must take a close look at what your distinguishing traits and accomplishments are. Why do people pay more for Godiva Chocolate? Why not just buy any chocolate bar? The answer lies in branding.
4 Interview Must-Dos for Job Seekers
Are you interview savvy? If you haven’t interviewed in some time, or if you keep getting passed over for hire, you may need to brush up on a few key strategies in order to successfully compete.
5 ½ Reasons You Haven’t Gotten a Job Offer?
The economy is clearly still lagging, but as time goes by, your friends and colleagues are getting jobs, so why not you? Sure, luck is one factor, but if you have the sneaking suspicion that you are always the bridesmaid, but never the bride, it may be time to take a hard look at what you can do to improve your job search.
Interview Screw Ups You Might Be Making
In an attempt to obtain specific information about career accomplishments, I ask my clients very targeted questions. What I get from most of them is a reasonable answer that I then turn into appropriate résumé content. MOST of the time.
Digital Resumes for Career Planning
If you are on the career path to success, one of the latest methods for getting your information to potential hiring managers and marketing yourself effectively in the age of social media is the digital resume. A digital resume can turn your information into a multi-dimensional journey filled with color and visual appeal.
Explain Your Resume with 3 Simple Interview Techniques
A good resume is intended to get your foot in the door, but – once you get that foot in – the last thing you want to do is wind up sticking it in your mouth.
5 Career Management Tips for the Holiday Season
If you are like me, you enjoy the holiday season; for me, it represents a time to get together with family and friends, reminisce, and share good moments. Of course, it can be a manic time – people running all over the place, traveling, and shopping, must have the shopping.
3 Smart Moves For The Holidays
The holidays are here! A time of jingle bells, reindeer – and OFFICE PARTIES. Almost every office environment, no matter how small, has an obligatory year end celebration.
Top Job Search Marketing Strategies to Get You Noticed!
Let’s face it, in today’s economy it’s not enough to have a dynamite resume. In order to be truly competitive in the current job market, it is absolutely essential to stand out from the crowd.
5 Must Do’s for Hiring Managers in Today’s Job Market
Since I spend a significant amount of time providing advice that help those seeking employment, I thought in this article, I would reference some useful tips for hiring managers to help with effective decision making when screening candidates.
7 Success Rules – Navigating the Road in Your New Role
Looking for a new job takes plenty of work, planning, and a lot of focus. When you get that shiny new job you are probably going to encounter some additional challenges; nothing that you cannot overcome, of course. Starting a new job has its hurdles, too. Despite the amount of research you have done and the questions you asked, despite meeting several people over the course of what was a grueling eight-week period, you still don’t really know what to expect. How could you? You have never worked in this new environment. Likely you have gotten a sense of the people; but the true immersion lesson will begin on your first day. Here are some things to help you get along and go along the yellow brick road to a successful and productive new endeavor:
Working with Recruiters to Land a Job
When going about a job search, the question often arises as to whether or not you should reach out to recruiters or go it alone.
Maintaining Motivation
I realize how difficult it is to remain motivated during the search for new employment. For some, it seems like time is standing still. More than 50% of success is ‘showing up’ – or remaining motivated!
The Job Market Falters Again; What Does It Mean To You?
The most recent job report came out last Friday and the numbers were not very strong – not significantly worse – but not better. Certainly, not the summer of recovery – not the unicorns and rainbows we were promised. I certainly don’t want to bore you with the details, but some highlights, well low-lights -
What Does It Mean To Be Over Qualified For a Job?
A recent client of mine has been out of work for a long time. She is desperate – she has run out of unemployment insurance and her husband just got some indication that he may be losing his job next month unless things pick up. The latest economic forecast numbers – well let us say weren’t great.
Getting From Here to Here: Gearing Up for Career Transition
I won’t lie; making a career transition is a very difficult thing. In a lot of cases, many professionals have been working for a number of years in one area and then decide they want to pursue a different line of work. Some decide that they want to do something they are more passionate about; work in an area that they previously studied; or even, pursue something that was a hobby and turn it into their professional life. No matter what the reason, there are some basic things that you need to explore and understand to ensure that you are not wasting your time.
This blog's author, Debra Wheatman of Careers Done Write, provides executive career services including resume and cover letter preparation, job search / interviewing strategies and professional branding including how to effectively use LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media in your career.
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