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Want Faster Job Search Results? Use a Dollar-Driven Resume by Laura Smith-Proulx - Nov, 2009 Readying your resume for an executive job search? You might find that the traditional data—career titles, management assignments, projects, and education—aren’t enough anymore. Now more than ever, companies have intensified their focus on one area of your performance: money. Employer want leaders who can make, save, and control it, which will give them strength to fight the economic downturn. If you’re an executive in t... |
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What Is “Good” Work? by Karen Burns - Nov, 2009 Did you see the piece in the New York Times about people moving out of desk jobs and into blue-collar “trade” jobs? Apparently, it’s a thing. Apparently, folks are disenchanted with jobs that show no tangible results at the end of the day. They’re tired of being penned in cramped cubicles, hunching over keyboards and squinting into monitors, producing products they may only half understand. Ain’t it refreshing to see... |
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What’s Your Purpose? by Harry Urschel - Nov, 2009 Ever spend much time thinking about that? What’s your purpose? What does that have to do with your job search or career? Everything! Do you find your purpose in your job, or in something outside of your career? What animates you from day-to-day? - Advancement in your career? - More money? - Ability to have more toys, nicer houses, cars, jewelry, or ‘stuff’? - Provide better for your family? - Provide value... |
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Your Hidden Dream Job by Karen Burns - Nov, 2009 When deciding on a career, you have one huge limitation: You can only pursue fields of work you know about. This is why, in WG’s nsho, so many young people announce they want to be an ”athlete” or “actor” or even (eek) a ”politician.” Girls who like fashion want to be runway models. Boys who like sports picture themselves playing for the Dodgers. The problem being, of course, that the higher profile the job–the more ... |
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Leadership Strategies For Virtual Work Environments by Beth Wellesley - Nov, 2009 According to the International Data Corporation, the mobile workforce in the United States, which has been the largest percentage of mobile workers in the world, is set to become 73% of the nation’s workforce by 2011. New strategies for managing a virtual workforce are required for leaders, which begins by embracing these competencies for their own development. Promoting Brilliance, Inc. recommends developing a new vision o... |
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If Money Were No Object, What Would You Do With Your Time? by Kris Parfitt - Nov, 2009 I love this question because the possibilities are endless. To me not having to be concerned about money leads my imagination everywhere! I’d be a philanthropist and travel to remote places to see what projects are best funded to better the world. I’d be a National Geographic photographer. I’d row across the Atlantic. I’d work for a season at the Palmer Station in Antarctica. I’d live in Peru and study the Inca architecture to... |
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Tick, Tick, Tick by Karen Burns - Nov, 2009 Doncha hate meetings? Most do. But even though they’re often an enormous waste of time, meetings still happen in every business, every day. Consider these ways to make meetings shorter. Some are so obvious it hurts. Some are sort of mean. Only hold a meeting if it’s really necessary. Duh. But how many completely useless meetings have you been to? Start on time. Punish latecomers. Charge them a buck. Make th... |
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Are All Your Job Search Eggs in One Basket? by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Nov, 2009 I knew a guy once that would apply to about 100 jobs and get two call backs. First off, those aren't great odds and pretty much tell me something isn't right here. But, secondly - what was even worse was that after he received the call backs he promptly ended his job search. He would declare, I know I'll get one of these jobs so I don't have to look anymore. Ok, well maybe he wouldn't march around, sword in hand, declaring the... |
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Are You Experiencing Resume Information Overload? by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Nov, 2009 Navigating the waters of career advice can be murky at times. Everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should or shouldn't do and what you should or shouldn't write. With all the information out there how do you really know what advice to take and what to leave behind? Have you read every article on resume writing or submitted your resume for free evaluations only to find that every place says something different? I... |
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Detroit Woman Finds Job in Only 7 Weeks by Kevin Donlin - Nov, 2009 Gail Neal, from Detroit, Michigan, started looking for work on June 7, 2009. From that day until September 17, when she learned about Guerrilla Job Search methods, she had zero job interviews. After starting a Guerrilla Job Search on Monday, Sept. 21, interviews came quickly. She accepted a new job 51 days later, on Wed., Nov. 11, in a city where unemployment tops 25-30%. How did she do it? 1. Turn Online Contac... |
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