Look for Work the Way You Live Your Life by Norine Dagliano When I first began my career as a résumé writer and job search coach, a more experienced colleague shared the following observation: “People look for work the way they live their life.” I was not sure what she meant by that, but after working with job seekers for the last 20 years, I see ...
Three Job Search Q & A: Michigan Edition by Kevin Donlin This past week, I gave two speeches to nearly 1,000 people in my home state of Michigan and fielded dozens of questions from job seekers of all ages.
Since time and space are short here, I’ve boiled them down to three job-search questions with broad appeal.
How many apply to you and...
Showcase Your Transferable Skills Successfully (How To) by Deborah Brown-Volkman The concept of transferable skills is important for job seekers in today's economy. In your resume, cover letter, and during the interview process, you need to prove that you have the experience, knowledge, passion, and drive to get the job done.
If you have been doing the same job for...
Career Q&A: Should You Leave a Good Job to Find a Great One? by Lindsey Pollak Question: Right after graduation in 2007 I got a job working full time in the office of a small local company that is well known and respected in my community. While the position itself had nothing to do with what I studied and I knew it would eventually bore me, I needed the immediate inc
What Employers are Looking for: Employability by Wendy Adams Excited and anxious to begin the job search, many graduates may erroneously believe the credential alone will carry them. Not so. Employability is a term that defines both the traits and the skills of the individual being considered. Rather than job or industry specific, these competenc...
Chef Gordon Ramsay and YOUR Career - Part I by Jason Alba Lately I’ve watched a number of Kitchen Nighmares reruns on Hulu, and have been impressed with the process that Chef Gordon Ramsay goes through to turn a restaurant around, from brink-of-death to healthy-enough-to-survive (and even thrive). Here are some things that I’ve seen in most shows...
Personal Branding: The Key to Becoming the Hunted, Instead of the Hunter by Jason Alba When I first started my job search I was the hunter, looking for my next great opportunity. I did "all the right things" in a job search, so I thought. I had a nice resume, applied to almost a hundred jobs online, and even tried my weak hand at networking. Months into my job search I had...
Substantiate Yourself by Jason Alba I don’t know where I picked it up but substantiate is a word I’ve said a little too much recently. I usually say, “Having a blog is a great way to substantiate your breadth and depth,”…or “you need to substantiate your personal brand.”
This article isn’t about personal branding per se, ...
How Do You Get Back Up? A Counterintuitive Approach to Thriving in Challenging Times by Steve Farber A while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company.
Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadership to the way he'd led his team. To their culture, their w...
How to Nullify Negative Thinking, Quash Overwhelm, and Get Hired Faster by Kevin Donlin The most brilliant job-search plan in the world won’t get you hired by itself.
You have to take action.
But before you can act, you must decide to act.
And that’s where things get tricky.
Because your mind can work for you or against you. If you can harness your thoughts and l...
Milwaukee Community Career & Placement Services by Milwaukee Jobs.com The following are some of the programs and services available in the Milwaukee Community to aide you in your job search. Additional resources may be found in the Yellow Pages under "Career and Vocational Counseling".
Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance DivisionApply on-line at:
Flexibility in a Fragile Job Market by Barbara Wulf, MS, CPCC It's a tough job market out there, no question about that, but this downturn will pass. When? How? I don’t know, but tough times call for a tough, flexible attitude. There isn’t time for self-pity or feeling like a victim. I encourage you to find the emotional support you need to keep...
Job Searching Today Requires New Vocabulary by Barbara Wulf, MS, CPCC The way we job search has moved to a new frontier. We have expanded our job search beyond the traditional methods of word of mouth, using the phone or mailing our resume. Like a Trekkie, we are moving our job search strategy to "where no one has gone before."
Here is a primer to exp...
How to Get Hired Faster by Borrowing Sales and Marketing Ideas by Kevin Donlin Your job search is a sales and marketing campaign.
To get hired, you must identify, qualify and contact prospects (decision makers who can hire you) and sell to them (convince them to offer you a job).
Because most folks looking for a job have only a limited exposure to sales and ma...
How to Reinvent Your Career by Deborah Brown-Volkman If you work long enough, something along the way will probably happen to you. You will work with a co-worker who drives you crazy, a boss that doesn't get you, or an employee that keeps you up at night.
It's all a part of the working world.
At other times, things will happen to you t...
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