Personal Branding: What Is It and How Do I Do It? To answer the first question, personal branding is the process of creating a unique public image that portrays your professional goals, values, skills, accomplishments, passions, and more and serves…
New Grads: Keep Calm and Carry on with Your Job Search As a recent graduate, you may be tempted to soak up the summer months before beginning your job search. That, my friend, is a terrible idea. Though it may…
Create the Resume, Land the Job You Want When applying for positions many people will look at their qualifications and match those against the qualifications for positions they’re applying for. A practice which seems perfectly logical, and safe. If you…
Differences Between Your Job Search and Your Parent’s Job Search If you’ve ever had a conversation with your parents about their early days of job searching, then you know some of the stark contrasts between the job search of 10-20…
Employers: How to Write a Job Post That Job Seekers Can’t Resist Applying For If I were a job seeker, what kind of job post would I want to apply for and what would I want to know? If I…
Vine vs. Video: A Tale of Two Resumes Vine is a relatively new web application (released to android users on June 3rd) that allows users to create six second videos. The app’s features make it possible to either shoot the…
To Blog or Not to Blog, That is the Question. The relationship between blogging and your job search can be an intricate one. Whether you have your own, or just skim blogs for tips, they are everywhere! In some cases,…
Is Your Body Language Scaring Off Employers? Whether you’re getting ready to shoot your video resume or preparing for your next job interview, if you’re like me, you’re probably keeping yourself occupied with restless thoughts about what you’re going to…
Video Resumes: What do Employers Think? Whether you’re a job seeker or an employer, the answer to the question of what employers (or other employers) are thinking about video resumes is an important piece of information. Video resumes are here,…
It’s Not What You Know… One word that will come up over and over again on job search blogs and, well, everywhere in the business world is ‘networking’. Personally, networking has always been an absolutely terrifying concept (being that I…