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Opening Doors Through Networking

by Jay | Jul 9, 2025 | Advice, Featured, Job Search, Job Seekers

What makes networking so powerful? Networking is often referred to as the backbone of professional and personal growth. At its core, networking is about building and nurturing relationships that can open doors to opportunities, provide valuable knowledge, and help you...

Turning Job Loss into Opportunity: Your Next Steps (Part Two)

by Karen Alphonse | Jun 13, 2025 | Advice, Interviews, Job Search, Resumes and Cover Letters

STEP THREE: New Career Options Imagine a New Position that Challenges & Inspires You Where would it be geographically? What sector? Would it be remote or in the office? Would you prefer to be a consultant, business owner, or a full-time...

WAIT, WATCH and LISTEN FOR OPPORTUNITY

by Karen Alphonse | Jul 7, 2020 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management

The world as we knew it has shifted. Certainly, and surely. Our organizations may expand, but it more likely that they will contract. Likewise, our internal staff may expand, but it is probably the case that it may have to contract. After...

Unexpected Careers

by Cameron Kobes | Jan 19, 2018 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers

Lauren Danziger serves as the Executive Director of the Meatpacking Improvement District, a nonprofit serving the historical Meatpacking District neighborhood in Manhattan. This role supports the financial development of the neighborhood through the management of...

What the Hiring Managers Want in a Job Applicant

by Nichole E | Oct 5, 2009 | Job Seekers

As job seekers, we all know what we want in a job; what our perfect job would look like, right? Well, recruiters and hiring managers know what they like and don’t like in a job seeker. Just as job seekers have thoughts about what makes a job or career...

Continuing Education Can Keep You Employed In Tough Economic Times

by Nichole E | Oct 5, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

There’s definitely something to be said for having a good education. After all, you wouldn’t have gotten where you are if you hadn’t obtained your degree right? So why stop there? If there’s anything the current economy has taught us,...

A New Model for your Job Search -Part 3: Resilience

by Fredia Woolf | Sep 1, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

Concentrating your attention to the four “Re’s” that you can influence is more likely to lead to a productive job search than vainly focusing on the Result. In the last post, we discussed how to think about your Resumé, and today, we look at another critical factor...

A New Model for your Job Search – Part 2: Resumé

by Fredia Woolf | Aug 25, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

Last time, we talked about refocusing your job search energies from the Result, which is beyond your control, to the other four “Re’s” that you can do something about. Today let’s look at the first “Re”, your resumé. Isn’t it interesting that the rich and varied...

Understanding Why You Didn’t Get Hired

by Nichole E | Aug 4, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

Sometimes it happens: That which seems too good to be true really is. Your job search is no different, and understanding its outcome is important. I’ve applied for positions for which I thought I was perfect, but, for whatever reason, I got passed by, and the...

Relax! You’re Just Talking

by Nichole E | Jul 27, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

Often when you’re in an interview, the pressure is on to perform. Unfortunately, in your excitement to sell yourself, you can forget to be human. Salespeople will tell you that in order to close the deal, stop focusing on the sale at the end, and start paying...

Weathering a Bad Reference

by Nichole E | Jul 22, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

When hunting for a new job, your references often have the big say as to whether or not you get the job. While hiring managers don’t necessarily take the word of a former employer as gospel, what a former employer says may carry weight in regard to getting you...

Put Forth Positive Thinking and a Positive Image in Your Job Search

by Nichole E | Jul 9, 2009 | Advice, Job Seekers

I remember a time almost five years ago when I was out of work. It wasn’t long into my unemployment when I got into a comfortable routine of getting up in the morning and looking over the paper with my coffee. Still situated comfortably in my pajamas, I would...