Tag Archives: Job
One Really Good Tip to End Your Job Search: Résumé
You want your résumé to stand out among all the rest. You know that the first reader will only spend about 15 seconds on it. In order to get your résumé in the keep pile you need to think of your résumé as a piece of real estate. You know the common phrase in real […]
Cover Letters: To Send or Not to Send, That is the Question.
Whether you send a cover letter or not can depend on the of flip a coin. I recently read two separate articles about the importance of cover letters. In one article, 86% of the surveyed said the cover letter wasn’t necessary. In the other article, 86% of the sample said the cover letter was an […]
5 Tips to Beat the Gray Ceiling: Get Hired at 50+ Part 1
I don’t remember where I heard or read this story, but it sets the stage for this blog and the one that follows. It seems that a man was going to see a career coach about his difficulty finding a job. He was over 50 and felt the gray ceiling hovering over him. As the […]
The Job Search isn’t a One Fits All Process
Find a job today is like trying to hit a moving target. The rules keep changing. The people involved in the hiring practice don’t all agree on what is standard throughout the job search world. What’s a job searcher to do? Job searchers today must understand the status of the job search at this […]
Job Loss and Self-Identity
Seven years ago I lost my job. It wasn’t just any job; I was working for my church. The church my family had been involved in for 100 years. I lost not only my job; I also lost where I went to church; the support system of people I had shared my faith with; the […]
