Career success
It is okay to have no relevant experience and still go after a job. All you should do is to go deep into your past jobs and pull out relevant skills and scenarios- until the exact niche area of any fi...
Career success
The best that helps you analyze your job search failures is to go back to the job search methods, looking at each of the main parts of a job search to see what might haven't worked- your self inve...
Career success
1. Starting Out Step 1: Know yourself. ____ I have identified my personal strengths, skills, interests, and values. ____ I have made a list of possible job titles/fields of interest...
Career success
We either search jobs the traditional way (prepare resume- submit and share resume- wait) or the creative way (find out what we want- prepare ourselves so that we can do the job we want/...
Career success
Two common types of recruiters: retained and contingency. Retained firms usually work only on senior-level assignments. Contingency recruiters usually fill middle- to lower-level posts. They differ on...
Career success
That is the general idea behind a career consultant/career coach anyway. Before I sat down to create this short career guide, I knew there were career consultants around, but I had barely read anythin...
Career success
Although internships are most associated with students, they are also good means for people to get into a new industry (keeping pride locked in a box in some remote place). Internships ma...
Career success
Whether you are a fresh graduate or an experienced professional, the standard advice is to never work for free. You can volunteer your time or work as an intern only when it is for greater public good...
Career success
Ah, career counselors! The people who are paid by other people to help us through an assortment of career problems and choices, mostly early on in our life. Cooperate with the counselor. ...
Career success
What is an in-tray exercise? It is a business simulation to see how well you are suited to a particular role, and is usually part of an assessment test, where you play an employee who has to deal w...
How To Get A Job When You Have No Relevant Experience
Job searchIt is okay to have no relevant experience and still go after a job. All you should do is to go deep into your past jobs and pull out relevant skills and scenarios- until the exact niche area of any fi...
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When Your Job Search Just Isn’t Working
Job searchThe best that helps you analyze your job search failures is to go back to the job search methods, looking at each of the main parts of a job search to see what might haven't worked- your self inve...
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Three Useful Job Search Checklists
Job search | Checklist1. Starting Out Step 1: Know yourself. ____ I have identified my personal strengths, skills, interests, and values. ____ I have made a list of possible job titles/fields of interest...
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20 Steps To Any Successful Job Search
Job search | Resume | Job huntingWe either search jobs the traditional way (prepare resume- submit and share resume- wait) or the creative way (find out what we want- prepare ourselves so that we can do the job we want/...
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How to Work With Executive Recruiters
Two common types of recruiters: retained and contingency. Retained firms usually work only on senior-level assignments. Contingency recruiters usually fill middle- to lower-level posts. They differ on...
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Using A Career Consultant / Career Coach
That is the general idea behind a career consultant/career coach anyway. Before I sat down to create this short career guide, I knew there were career consultants around, but I had barely read anythin...
Career success
Making The Best Out Of Internships
InternshipsAlthough internships are most associated with students, they are also good means for people to get into a new industry (keeping pride locked in a box in some remote place). Internships ma...
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Working for Free To Get A Foot In
VolunteeringWhether you are a fresh graduate or an experienced professional, the standard advice is to never work for free. You can volunteer your time or work as an intern only when it is for greater public good...
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How To Get the Most out of Career Counseling
Ah, career counselors! The people who are paid by other people to help us through an assortment of career problems and choices, mostly early on in our life. Cooperate with the counselor. ...
Career success
How To Do Well At In-tray And E-tray Exercises
What is an in-tray exercise? It is a business simulation to see how well you are suited to a particular role, and is usually part of an assessment test, where you play an employee who has to deal w...