Career Moves
The 21st Century Resume: A Personal Website
Standing out from the crowd is tough when your resume is buried in a mound of papers on a hiring manager’s desk. An average of 118 people will apply for each advertised job, but only 20 percent of those applicants ... Read More »
Is Your Job Dragging You Down? 2 Things To Do That Will Get You Excited Again!
Sometimes you love your job, and it completely fuels your fire. Sometimes you hate it, and it completely drags you down. Sometimes you love it and you hate it, and sit at your desk wondering why you are so ... Read More »
How to Combat the Unemployment Blues
At some point in your career, you might experience a time of unemployment. Perhaps you chose to quit abruptly or maybe you were laid off. As someone who is recently unemployed, I can say there’s been many highs and ... Read More »
The #1 Question to Ask Yourself When Trying to Find YOUR Passion!
Recently, I was talking to one of my very inspiring private clients about her life passion. She was feeling stressed and frustrated that she hasn’t found it yet (she’s both smart and a hard worker, so used to things coming ... Read More »
Should We All Be Contractors?
Let’s start with a provocative line: Would you be better at your job if you were a contractor? If you were paid hourly, or at least per project? I worked for an hourly wage when I was fourteen: I ... Read More »
Negotiate on Behalf of Someone Else
Why? You fight harder on behalf of someone else…. In Adam M. Grant’s terrific book, Give and Take, he discusses different negotiating styles. One of his findings demonstrates that ‘givers’, people who eschew the law of reciprocity in favor of ... Read More »
Should You Expand Your Job Search Across the Pond?
Perhaps you’re an adventurer and you’ve always wanted to move abroad. The most common way to get a job across the pond is to find a way to move with your current company based in USA. But that’s not to ... Read More »
What We Can Learn From Seniorpreneurs
As someone who worked in manufacturing for decades and thought he’d be able to retire in a few short years, my dad’s journey is like that of many others. After his shop closed operations locally, my dad jumped into career ... Read More »
How to Connect with Anyone
Whether you are looking for new business, a new job, the love of your life (or maybe just a date for Friday night!), networking is an unavoidable fact of life. Most of us don’t love to do it and could ... Read More »
The Do’s and Don’t's of Job Interview Thank You Notes
Repeat after me (no, seriously, do it): the thank you note is not dead. Recently, it seems many believe it is. In my own hiring practices at Career Girl Network, and from countless friends who hire regularly, I’ve heard stories ... Read More »
