job search tips

Writing an Online Dating Profile or Resume: Truth or Dare with a Smattering of Deception

Playing up your resume and and finding love is a lot more similar than you might think.  Putting substance to your online dating profile and writing something inspirational about yourself in a singles online ad  is not something to be taken lightly.  One must contemplate just the right flow of words to make Mr. Alright [...]

January 6, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Job-Seeker Advice: 6 Tips for Getting Your Résumé Noticed by Recruiters

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Thanks to today’s guest poster Sheryl Coonan for these GREAT resume tips! We all know that in this economy, there’s no time for a flawed first impression. Recruiters generally spend a mere 30 seconds skimming a candidate’s cover letter and résumé before deciding whether or not he or she is worthy of  phone interview. And [...]

December 13, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Should I Connect with Someone I Interviewed with on LinkedIn?

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My answers to your career questions continue.  Keep sending your career questions my way! I went into full fledged job hunting mode last summer, which resulted in 3 interviews – but sadly none of them turned into offers. Now, a number of names from these companies are showing up as “people you may know” on [...]

October 11, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Email a Professor Today

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I’m made the 5 hour trek back to my Alma mater, Miami University, Thursday after work to lead a few Entrepreneurial Marketing classes taught by my favorite college professor.  This professor, Mark Lacker, has impacted the way I think. I’m not sure exactly how we reconnected.  I know I wrote him an email at some [...]

September 13, 2010 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Note Taking Doesn’t End After College

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When most people think of the job search, they think of updating their resumes, writing cover letters, preparing answers to interview questions, sending thank yous, etc. But, doing all this means you are only meeting expectations, and maybe doing just a little more than other candidates. To really set yourself apart, you gotta go above [...]

May 25, 2010 16 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

When You Can’t Get Beyond the Interview

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It’s a common frustration. You thought the interview went well. You talked a lot. They nodded. Your resume rocked. They put it in a folder. So, why aren’t they calling back??? Maybe it’s not the resume or your new interview suit or the fact that you got there precisely 10 minutes early. Maybe it’s you. Maybe you [...]

May 12, 2010 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Effective Immediately: Meet Emily Bennington!

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Today’s post is an interview with the one and only, Ms. Emily Bennington.  Emily and I met in person for the first time in Columbus, Ohio about 2 weeks ago.  We spent the day sharing story after story about work, life and our first few years after college.  As you can imagine, we laughed just as [...]

April 21, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Stop Searching, Start Working: 2 Things You Should do while Unemployed

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“Make your life one giant networking event.” ~Dan Schawbel I graduated college in May 2009 and it wasn’t until I let go of the idea that I needed to spend all day every day looking for work and well, start working, that I began getting job leads. It’s the NUMBER ONE rule of the job [...]

April 19, 2010 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Free Samples Theory: Why Volunteering Could Get You Hired

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As the program coordinator of NeighborScapes’s Civic Leadership Corps for low-income youth from 14 to 24 years old, and as an AmeriCorps VISTA about to complete her year-long term, I’ve been talking- and hearing- a lot about volunteering lately. The arguments for volunteering are many and well-known- it makes you feel good, it’s needed, it’s [...]

April 13, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads: Evaluate Yourself and Have a Good Week

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I hope you all had a great weekend!  The weather here in Chicago was beautiful.  The highlights of my weekend include: Putting on a very fun “Social Media 101″ workshop in the suburbs where I met lots of great people. Indulging in Mari Luangrath‘s “Foiled Cupcakes.”  They beat out any fancy-schmancy $80 dozen of city [...]

April 12, 2010 9 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →