Have you ever wondered why companies won’t hire you, let alone even bother to look at your resume or cover letter? I have put together the top 15 reasons why you might be currently unemployable. Straight from the source. Read more
Social media is increasingly used to check out employers and job hunters. HR managers and recruiters use your resume first and then search for selection criterias, before they jump on the social media bandwagon to scour the net so they can cross check and scope out potential employees. Read more
Nearly half of our job hunting and career changing clients believe social media and candidate profiling is not relevant to their job search activities. For the non-believers here are the top reasons why you are not getting the job after you have been “checked out” on social media. Read more
Finding a job you love and one that pays the money you want, requires a job hunter to plan with a high level of standards instead of a high level of delusions. Read more
Losing a job is really hard but I hope you know that you are not alone. Most people, at some stage in their lives will lose a job. Of course, knowing that doesn’t really make jobless period any easier. Read more
Are you feeling lost? Do you feel like you’ve exhausted your job search strategies? If so, making a plan to set up informational interviews is a great way to start networking and secure a new job. Read more
We get calls every day from candidates who have simply ‘had it’ with their current job or boss, but don’t know how to keep their job search private online, on LinkedIn or otherwise. Read more
A former career coaching client called me last week to tell me, ”I am in a bad Job – I need to get out of this company – my boss is a lunatic – can you help me again?” I told her to save her money and instead offered her 5 simple hacks to tough out a bad job. Read more
Ok, I admit upfront that having an extended conversation about the seeming problem of HR being a female domination of one particular management discipline is a challenging thing to consider and discuss, but I always wondered why HR is predominately female. Let me share my thoughts Read more
LinkedIn has tonnes of problems and their network professionals are increasingly turning to new alternatives. Why? Because LinkedIn is steadily ignoring user service requests and that is the clearest indicator that the business is destined to fail (or at least become less relevant). It is also obvious that LinkedIn cares more about the money than their loyal customers. Read more
