Q: You have suggested as a search strategy that I build relationships with a range of organizations within my field. Building those relationships seems like a long-term strategy. Is there networking I can do in the short run to improve my chances of locating my next position?
Q&A: How Do I Best Focus My Targeted Job Search?
Q: I have been researching positions in the nonprofit field dealing with the growing economic and social concerns related to poverty, unemployment and hunger in the United States. Because these are particularly challenging times where both political parties are at odds with each other, Wall Street has begun to develop criminal elements to the financial industry and the public at large is in danger of falling off the social and economic cliff, it seems the focus of my application and candidacy should be on my leadership and organization skills as top priorities, and then I should develop other key areas of my background to create an effective search campaign in several industries.
Let me know if you share the same view points, or do I need to develop these ideas in a more simple and focused point of view?
Q&A: How Do I Determine Which Job Offer Is Best For Me?
Q: I am a successful, junior executive in the hospitality industry, and I have four pending job offers. All came to me by referral, and I will get a considerable bump up in compensation by taking any one of them. I am in the middle of my career and calculate having two more long-term assignments before retirement. What do you suggest as a means to evaluate these offers?
Q&A: Is My Consulting Experience Hurting Or Helping My Job Search?
Q: I have been consulting on economic development issues for a while and want to step into a leadership role as an Executive Director or a Chief Operating Officer. I have been applying for positions, but I am not getting call backs. What should I do?