The first summer job idea is you better get one. If you are in college, now is the time to gather experience so that you will have some idea what you want to do with your life when you get out of school. Graduating from college is a very hard transition. One way you can [...]
Browsing category "Job Hunt"Job hopping: How much is too much?
Posted to: Job Hunt
February 14th, 2007
Between the ages of 20 and 30, most people have more than 8 jobs. This is a positive thing for a number of reasons. First of all, Daniel Gilbert, psychologist at Harvard, says that we really don't know what we'll like until we try it. So having a lot of jobs when you start your [...] A sort-of-but-not-really review of job hunting software
Posted to: Job Hunt | Time management
January 18th, 2007
I write a lot about how effective job hunters hunt all the time, and how it's important to integrate this project into our life with their other personal and professional projects. And I write a lot about how networking is the new job hunt. The connection between a good job and happiness is overrated
January 16th, 2007
One of my favorite topics is the science of happiness, which academia calls positive psychology. I love this topic because most of us think of our careers in terms of happiness. That is, we look for work that makes us happy. Positive psychology turns this hunt into a science. And then tells us to look [...] How to turn down a job offer
Posted to: Job Hunt | Networking
January 10th, 2007
A reader asked this question: Would you mind writing a post about dealing with multiple job offers and declining some of them — politely and gracefully? Are you good at job hunting? Test yourself
Posted to: Job Hunt
January 9th, 2007
It's hard to look at the job you have and the job you're looking for and figure out if the gap between them is due to bad job hunting skills or to something else. The best way to get the answer to this is to understand what a good job hunter looks like, and see if you look [...] How to build buzz around yourself
January 7th, 2007
Forget the idea that networking is a job-hunting tool. Networking is the job hunt. But networking is not just passing out your business card and e-mailing your friends' friend. Networking is making yourself buzz-worthy so people want to be connected with you. Six new ways to get a job
Posted to: Job Hunt | Recruiters
December 17th, 2006
Recruiting practices are changing at a break-neck pace as new technology emerges, and many recruiters are software savvy and focused on innovation. (In fact so many recruiters are blogging that this week is the annual best recruiting blog contest.) These changes in recruiting cause fundamental changes in job hunting. Two months ago, I listed ten job hunt tactics [...] Hire someone to write your resume
December 12th, 2006
Look, you have to hire someone to help you with your resume. This should not even be a conversation any more. Would you cut your own bangs? If you were in sixth grade, yes, because the only thing you know about bangs in sixth grade is that they hang on your forehead. Once you learn [...] Strategies for getting a good reference
Posted to: Job Hunt
December 6th, 2006
When I was applying to graduate school, I needed three references. The only work I had done was not the reference-generating kind, like signing autographs for Esther Williams and chopping heads off chickens. So the references were a real stretch for me, and I ended up asking my boyfriend to write one. December is a great month to find a job
Posted to: Job Hunt
December 4th, 2006
A lot of people decide to put their job hunt on hold between Thanksgiving and New Year's, but that's a big mistake. There are a lot of extra job openings in December. New budgets take effect in January, but human resources received the job requisitions for the budgeted new jobs in November, and they are [...] 6 questions with LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke
Posted to: Job Hunt | Networking
October 31st, 2006
I noticed that among the ten ideas for job hunting in my last post, the idea people talked about the most was using LinkedIn. This doesn't surprise me. The promise of LinkedIn is to make your network work for you, and that's enticing. 10 job-hunt tactics you might not know
Posted to: Job Hunt
October 29th, 2006
Here are ten ways to find a job. Some will help when you're just starting, some will help you when you're stuck, and some will help you many times over. You sent your resume with a typo? Get over it
October 3rd, 2006
Here's some career advice I'm sick of reading: "Don't have typos in your resume." Where to work if you want a personal life and stability
Posted to: Fulfillment | Job Hunt
September 26th, 2006
It's hard to find a list of large, stable companies with good perks that will let you tour with your rock band once a month. So here is a very useful list with a very bad title: 100 best companies for working moms. For one thing, the title is insulting to dads. But also, these [...] Starter career: Like a starter marriage without the messy divorce
Posted to: Finding a career | Job Hunt
September 22nd, 2006
Henry Kasdon learned to break dance on his mom’s tennis court. Now he’s a dance teacher who is astute enough about marketing to change the names of moves from the Brooklyn to the Brookline. He is a successful dancer; he’s getting ready to switch careers to trial law. “I want my kids to be taken [...] What to do in college to be successful in your career
Posted to: College students | Entrepreneurship | Finding a career | Goal setting | Job Hunt | Knowing yourself | Money | Self-management
September 3rd, 2006
For those of you about to start another year at school, here's a list of things to keep in mind: Twenty things to do in college to set yourself up for a great job when you graduate. 9 tips for quitting a job gracefully
August 20th, 2006
Quitting is not what it used to be. When a job was the sign of security, quitting meant you had a self-destructive streak. And when long-term employment was the only acceptable format for a resume, a string of quit jobs was a sign of an inability to get along with other people. Not so today. Please, no more studies about getting women to the top
Posted to: Fulfillment | Job Hunt
July 29th, 2006
I hate to dis Catalyst because they have provided great research to support women in the work place. But here's a bit from their most recent study: "Most large U.S. companies have made scant progress in advancing women…to leadership and top-paying positions over the past decade." Interview tip: Manage your image by telling good stories
July 27th, 2006
The way you talk about yourself is very powerful. Whether or not you are conscious of it, the way you tell stories of your life frames how people see you, and how you see yourself. So you may as well do this consciously, and also be conscious that people get the most tripped up in [...] |
You can't be a debt snob and be entrepreneurial. Almost all startups are founded on credit cards or money from parents. http://bit.ly/d3Hruw 8 hrs ago
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