Tag: unemployment

  • The problem with modern résumés

    When writing your résumé, whether you are going it alone or engaging a professional, reverse engineer your résumé based on your career goals.

  • Could a Simple Shift Produce Breakthrough Results in Your Job Search?

      Even though most job seekers have heard that job boards are not a very reliable resource to create momentum in your job search, it’s still a default activity for most job seekers. I know it’s very hard to resist the seduction of low hanging fruit. It may seem counter-intuitive to NOT apply when you […]

  • Plans A Through D for Getting Noticed by Employers

    Flat out– I cannot guarantee even a cover letter I write is going to be read by human eyes. Even though I identify and research my client’s most logical next boss, find out what is most important to them, target their hot buttons, and write a subject line that cannot be ignored for an email […]

  • Unemployment in Review

      Statistics reported by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics The national unemployment rate has trended downward all year and is now at 4.7% with 7.4 million unemployed. Unemployment has not been this low since November of 2007. It peaked in October of 2011 with 15.3M unemployed, more than double today’s unemployment rate. There are […]

  • How to Tell if You’re About to be Laid Off

      It is always worse when a layoff comes out of left field, isn’t it? There is definitely something to be said about being mentally prepared to find a new job. Of course there is even more to be said when you are fully prepared with an updated résumé and a branded LinkedIn profile that […]

  • A Winning Job Search Day: What It Looks Like to Be In the Groove

    What does your typical job search day look like? Usually when I ask that question, the answer is, “Searching and applying for jobs online.” We have all heard by now that networking is the number one way to land a job, but still, the siren call of the low-hanging fruit is too tempting to resist.  […]

  • Unemployment is NOT Easy Money

    If you are on unemployment and doing contracting for temp work, you need to know this… Honesty is always the best policy. Sometimes being honest can hurt you financially in the short-term, but being dishonest can certainly hurt you worse in the long-term. Learn from my experience. I have received unemployment benefits from two states […]

  • Four Experts Agree: Smart People Engage Coaches

      If I had a nickel for every time a client told me… “I would ask them what they think of my new resume, but I don’t want them to think I’m crazy for spending the money to have it professionally written.” Or “I don’t know if my spouse is going to go for this. […]

  • Create a Vision that Pulls You Out of Bed

      It is not always an inevitable job search stage to find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning, or even the afternoon, but it is very common– too common. I know exactly how this feels. When I was out of work going on 10 months, with four offers pending financial go-ahead […]

  • The #1 Most Critical Thing You Can Do After an Interview

      Your last interview seemed to flow really well. You were at the top of your game, knew all about your potential employer, and you asked plenty of questions. Still, there is a little bit of doubt eating away at you. Perhaps you should have asked more questions, or you forgot to mention one of […]