Tag Archives: job search
How to Find Companies for Your Target List
There are many ways to find a job. One is a targeted job search. It is a job search where the you make a list of companies where you are interested in working. You can apply for open positions found on the company’s website. Or you contact members of your network with to find open […]
Evaluating Your Job Searching by the Numbers
Statistics wasn’t my favorite class, but I need them for many things. They are used for many things from voting to purchasing decisions. You can achieve success in your job search using statistics. How is your job search going? Are you getting interviews? Are your interviews turning into offers? If your job search isn’t going […]
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 […]
One Really Good Tip To End Your Job Search: Organize your Job Search
If you are like most job searchers, you have more job search files on your computer than anything else. Keeping it all organized can be difficult as the information comes in quickly. But you may not need it for a while. I encourage my clients to keep their job search organized so that they can […]
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 […]
