Category: Job Searching

Job searching resources. Where to look for jobs.

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Must-do’s before starting a job search

Many of us make New Years’ resolutions. A lot of them range to the typical: Eat healthier, do more exercise, or spend more time with your family are a few popular examples. While each is noble in an of their own right, they are not tangible resolutions. Without tangible resolutions we have no accountability which sets us up for failure.

Goal oriented tangible resolutions are much more attainable because they are results driven. For example, eating healthier could a commitment to set a caloric intake limit or set an intermittent daily fasting period. Exercising could be a goal to run a 5k under 30 minutes. Spending time with your family could be committing to a family vacation for 1 full week.

Thus, in the spirit of tangible goals, what if your resolution is to find a new job?
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How to follow up after an interview

Congratulations! You applied for the job, passed the phone screening and have just completed the face to face interview.

It feels like you have really accomplished something; then a few days pass…then a week. Now it’s been 2 weeks. You thought the interview went well and that you had nailed it. But you haven’t heard a damn thing in 15 days now.

What is the protocol? Should you call? Should you wait another week? Maybe you should have already called a week ago? Perhaps an e-mail? What if I could tell you that there is a way that you can avoid some of this uncertainty and get a read on if you are a strong candidate or not? And it can be accomplished by asking one question at the end of the interview:
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How to make yourself hireable. The single best trait that will get you hired.

What do you think the number one quality is that quality employers look for in a candidate? Is it experience? Is it “checking the boxes?” Maybe it’s educational background? Ask any employer and they won’t tell you because they don’t know. There is an inherent quality in strong candidates that employers love but most cannot put their finger on. Candidates, what if I could tell you the strongest quality that could move you to the front of the line and help you land an interview or job offer? Employers, what if I could tell you how to find the candidate most likely to thrive at your company?
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The Wanderlust Chronicles: How to find a job in another city

Sometimes, you just gotta GTFO. Maybe your town has hit hard times, maybe you want to live in a place that is more fast pace, rural, better nightlife, good schools, lesser commute or maybe there just are very few jobs in your area of expertise. If you are a Marine Biologist living in North Platte, Nebraska or an Polar Bear Veterinarian in Boca Raton, Florida then I don’t imagine that your job prospects are looking too rosy.
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Don’t leave me hanging…..aw crap, ya left me hanging! Why didn’t they get back to me?

I’ll set the stage because this sort of scenario is endemic in our times. The dreaded over-promise followed by the under-delivery. You have completed what in your mind was a very positive and confidence boosting interview. You feel like you have it in the bag and it is Friday afternoon. The Hiring Manager (HM) has told you they will get back to you on Monday.

You spend the weekend very upbeat, maybe celebrate with friends. You got this!

Then sure enough Monday passes and you wake up invigorated and anxiously make sure your phone is charged at 100% all day just in case it doesn’t decide to magically drain itself and die when the call comes. Your job is calling, you know it!
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Working with Recruiters – The Good, The Bad and The Shady

My son is a senior in High School. Every day the mailbox is full of postcards, brochures and promotions from colleges from all around the country. Some of these colleges I have never even heard of and others I only know from watching College Football or Basketball. He has his choice down to about 4 schools that we are going to visit later next month.
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What is the ideal job situation? – Luck be an offer tonight!

What comes to your mind when I say “right place, right time?” Is it stumbling out of a bar and getting arrested for drunk and disorderly only to fall in love with your soulmate probation officer? Or maybe it is being the 1,000th customer and getting a years’ supply of milk bones at the pet store. Still, right place, right time could be walking off of rope bridge over a deep gorge right before it collapses behind you.
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