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 [...]
A recent survey found that 73% of nonprofit organizations have a formal policy to review executive compensation. As a human resources and management consultant to nonprofits, what I found striking about this statistic is that it means 27% of organizations do not have a formal policy.
Question: How do you ask for a raise? Answer: From what I am seeing and hearing, the practical answer is that you don’t. Many employers are not even hiring on a full-time basis let alone giving raises. Many have cut bonuses or have made them entirely discretionary. If, despite the uncertain times and these hesitant [...]
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 attention to the person and the conversation going [...]
While you want to cover all the points above in your resume and cover letter, you don’t want to go overboard. TMI (too much information) is never good for anyone, and the job hunt is NO exception. Prevent yourself from getting looked over or tossed out for providing information that isn’t necessary.
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 the job you want. Employers and hiring managers [...]
When job hunting, being overqualified is not usually a question. Being UNDER qualified tends to be the concern. Still, from time to time, we find ourselves in the position where we are overqualified for a position. This once happened to me , so when I applied for the job, I didn’t focus on the fact that I was [...]
A recent new article sparked a thought in me that I’ve always believed to be true: Volunteering not only opens the doors for the people you help, but it can open doors for you as well. The article, located at boston.com, reports that volunteering is turning in to a win-win situation for many people. While not [...]
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 sit and look over that morning’s [...]
If you’re looking for a job right now, join the club. Whether you’re returning to work or you are one of the millions of people out of work, the jobs are few and far between. That doesn’t mean that the jobs aren’t out there though. What that means for you is that you’re going to [...]
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