by Carmel Napolitano | Aug 11, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Interviewing, Interviews, Job Search, Job Seekers, Nonprofit Employers, Recruiters
As a recruiter for the nonprofit sector, I often find that candidates see my role as one of a sentinel hired to prevent them from gaining even just a glimpse at a dream executive job opportunity. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! By understanding the roles and...
by Karen Alphonse | Jul 28, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Last week, a client contacted me with the question, “How should I update my resume to meet this market?” I quickly realized that talking about updating the resume is just the beginning of the story because when seeking a new position, it’s not just about the resume...
by Jessica Holbrook | Jun 28, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
How many of you can honestly say you know exactly what you want to be when you grow up? Maybe you already have it figured out, and maybe you are already living and working it. If so, does your resume know? Every day, I work with clients, and every week, I speak to...
by Jessica Holbrook | Jun 25, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
At times, navigating the waters of career advice is murky. Everyone has an opinion about what you should or shouldn’t do and what you should or shouldn’t write. Have you read every article on resume writing or submitted your resume for free evaluations...
by Fredia Woolf | Jun 25, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management
Search firms are useful job market intermediaries. They are used as brokerage firms and clearing houses between organizations and individuals. The experience and expertise of professionals in these firms in finding, filtering and evaluating candidates can be extremely...
by Fredia Woolf | May 28, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
The job search is over! You have an offer in hand, and you are the bees’ knees! They chose you above everyone else, so you must be really good. Was it your perfect resume, your flawless networking or your stellar interviewing skills? It was probably all three as...
by Fredia Woolf | May 14, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
Is there a connection between the oil spill seeping inexorably across the Gulf of Mexico and the wild gyrations of the stock market last week? I think there is. For me, the link is that we human beings have a dangerous tendency to over-reach ourselves only to suffer...
by Fredia Woolf | May 7, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Sometimes, themes emerge in my work. This week’s is the following interesting observation: Once achieved, the long-dreamed-of promotion or the eagerly awaited job often turn out more troublesome than anticipated. Is it that some people are never satisfied? Or, is...
by Fredia Woolf | Apr 30, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
My last blog, “In Praise of the Simple Life,” portrayed a state of mellowness and contemplative calm. How sad that such a balanced stance does not seem sustainable. Having thought I found the “answers” to dealing with the stresses and strains of work and life, let me...
by Joe Brown | Apr 20, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
For the vast majority of the country’s more than 1.2 million registered 501(c)(3) organizations, the development function, and therefore development professionals, has always been of critical importance. Today, while the profession itself faces increased demands...
by Fredia Woolf | Apr 2, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management
Whether you are president of a board, a senior executive or a job seeker, you need to be good at influencing others. We live in a complex world where there are limits to our authority; no matter how senior we are, the old hierarchies and command and control...
by Fredia Woolf | Mar 26, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
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...
by Karen Alphonse | Mar 11, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
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...
by Fredia Woolf | Mar 10, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
A colleague working at a prestigious university for the past 15 years posted the following on his Facebook: “I have reached the time in my career when I try to make my résumé as short, rather than as long, as possible.” Yet, recruiters complain about the increasing...
by Karen Alphonse | Mar 8, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
Employees often have many salary-related questions. What is the most tactful way to broach this sensitive issue? When is it appropriate to raise questions about salary? What do you say? How can you prepare to answer questions about your compensation requirements?...
by Fredia Woolf | Feb 24, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, News
Tania Jones’ job search lasted ten months, one week and five days. She counted each one of them. Unexpectedly laid off in the depths of the 2009 job slump, she was diligent and proactive in sending out her resume and seeking out contacts and opportunities. But,...
by Fredia Woolf | Feb 10, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Recruiters
What do John Thain (former Wall Street golden boy) and Toyota have in common? Both have known fame and fortune, and both found themselves in trouble when the wheel of fate turned. This week, Mr. Thain landed a fancy new job after a year of unemployment, and we await...
by Fredia Woolf | Feb 3, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Recruiters
A critical differentiator between you and other equally qualified candidates competing for the same job is what people say about you. These days, employers are taking more time doing background checks on people because the risk of hiring someone “blind” is just too...
by Fredia Woolf | Jan 26, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
What is the current picture of the career marketplace? Some statistics are downright dispiriting. For example, the US Labor Department reports 7.2 million jobs lost in the US economy from December 2007 to December 2009, and a recent study shows that two thirds of...
by Fredia Woolf | Jan 12, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Uncategorized
The movie Invictus has some powerful messages for aspiring leaders and job-seekers alike. Based on a true story about Nelson Mandela engaging the South African rugby team to unite people in his fledgling “rainbow” nation after the fall of apartheid, the movie can...
