Customizing your career used to be necessary for career changers and candidates transitioning between the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. But, in the current job market, where there is no cookie cutter candidate and candidate supply in most fields exceeds demand, the onus falls on individuals to design their own careers. Everyone needs self re-invention skills to mould and [...]
Tania Jones’ job search lasted ten months, one week and five days. She counted each one of them.
Would you go to an interview dressed in shorts and flip flops? I certainly hope not. If you would, seriously… STOP. My point is this: Because you concern yourself about your first impression at an interview, you wear the suit or the nice professional career clothes, right? So, if you are worried about that first [...]
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 determining your success: Resilience.