If you are like some of us who have a gap in our work history when we were not working a full-time paying job, how do you handle that on your resume? Do you leave it out and risk more questions at the interview or risk being shut out?

Or do you take a positive […]

You have your list of companies. You know your job target. Now you have researched the names of hiring managers two levels above the job title you are going for. How do you make the call? What do you say?
Here are some strategies to help you through the cold call dilemma.

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If you are a baby boomer and have been let go, due to re-org, re-engineering, takeover, or some other reason beyond your control, listen up. It is a jungle out there! Today I am going to be candid and give it to you straight.

1.Be prepared to face the following and answer these questions on […]

You spend your day at your computer answering ads for jobs. But you are not getting responses. It seems like your application goes into a black hole. Well, that is partially true. You should be spending only 10% of your time answering ads on job boards because only 10% of job seekers […]

Have you experienced any obstacles or roadblocks tin your job search? All of us do at one point or another in the job search. Here are some common problems and what you can do to overcome them.

1) Can’t decide on a job target. You may have an idea of what you would […]

In preparation for your interviews, you need to expect that there will be at least one, or more, “zingers.” Questions you wish they didn’t ask, but which you know will probably be asked, based upon your resume.  So you need to be prepared.  Here are some of those difficult questions and how to answer them.  […]

Just checking in to see how your job search is going.  Not getting the results you expected?  Here are five things you need to STOP doing and 5 things you need to START doing to get unstuck.

So you’ve had an interview for the perfect job for you and you think it went really well. Then what?  There is no such thing as a “thank you” letter.  It’s all about reinforcing your candidacy and making sure they remember what you can do for them.

You are in a job search and you are feeling frustrated, lonely, exhausted and ready to give up.  But you don’t have a job yet and you are wondering, how can this get better?  By joining a group or workshop you don’t have to go it alone.  Why join?