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| Three Tips To Making a Career Change In a Tough Time by Miriam Salpeter I hear from so many people who are in the midst of trying to make a career change. Sometimes, the change is very slight – a writer who wants to use her expertise to write about a different subject. Other times, there is a more drastic goal – a mortgage broker who wants to use transferable ... | |||
| “I Can Do That!” by Harry Urschel There’s an old ‘Seinfeld’ episode where George quit his job in Real Estate and is trying to decide what career he would like to go into next. He and Jerry are sitting around a coffee table while George throws out ideas of what he thinks he could do. They discuss his desires to be a Profess... | |||
| A Job Hunt is Sales! Yikes! by Harry Urschel Not only is looking for a job, a full time job in itself...it’s a SALES position! Now, if your profession is in Sales anyway, this is not earth shattering news to you and you’re likely to be approaching it that way. If, however, you’re not a Sales person, this may be very bad news to... | |||
| Are You Ready? by Harry Urschel You just got laid off from your job (Ouch!), and getting ready to begin a new job search. Are you ready? What should you do first, and what tools will you need? Most people jump in, sending out resumes or contacting people unprepared. Usually they are ineffective, and sometime set t | |||
| Being ‘Pleasantly Persistent’! by Harry Urschel “I sent in a resume...” or “I had an interview...over a week ago and haven’t heard anything. Should I call to follow-up?” or “How much is too much when calling or emailing to follow-up?” I get asked this question in one form or another regularly, and my standard answer is: “It p | |||
| Do Thank You Notes Really Matter? by Harry Urschel YES! EVERYBODY sends a Thank You note after an interview...Right? Wrong! Having been in the Employment Placement industry for 23 years, I’ve found that only around 10% to 20% of candidates actually send a Thank You note after an interview. And of those, fewer still send one after | |||
| Do You Really Have To Network For Your Job Search? by Harry Urschel I was asked to speak at a Job Networking session to a group of Information Technology (IT) Professionals. I was asked to talk about an effective ‘Elevator Speech’ or any other aspect of Networking that I’d like. For the past 23 years I’ve been a Recruiter specializing in placing IT Profes... | |||
| Eight Self-Imposed Reasons People Can’t Find Jobs by Harry Urschel It’s a tough job market...no question about it! People that previously seemed to be able to jump into a new job fairly quickly after a lay off, are having much longer stretches of unemployment these days. I had a person in one of my job search classes recently who was downright angry t... | |||
| Finding a Job Without a Harvard MBA by Harry Urschel Too many people treat their job search as if they had an MBA from Harvard. They send their resume or apply online for an appropriate job opening and wait for the phone to ring. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have that highly valued sheepskin, or some other ‘bell ringer’ that will jump ... | |||
| Five Best Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search! by Harry Urschel Twitter can be a tremendous, fast moving tool in your Job Search Toolbox. Here are 5 ways to get the most out of it. 1. Follow and read job search experts. The amount of excellent ideas, tips, leads, news, informative articles, and best practices going by all day long is amazing. Use Tw... | |||
| How Long Will It Take? by Harry Urschel How long will it take for you to find a new job? I don’t know! How’s that for an answer? There are a lot of factors: * What’s the unemployment rate where you live? * Are you willing / able to relocate? * Are you willing to take a job that requires travel or odd hours? * | |||
| I Can’t Get a Job Because... by Harry Urschel There is hardly a job seeker that can’t give you a really “good” reason why their situation is worse than most and they can’t get a job because of it. Certainly there are challenges that many people face that may make it more difficult, but most people over estimate how large those challe... | |||
| I Didn’t Get the Job! by Harry Urschel Most people in a job search will have at least one experience where everything looks promising, and then they don’t get the job. That can certainly be discouraging, but what you do in the process and how you look at the situation can have a huge impact on what happens in your job search go... | |||
| I Hate My Job! by Harry Urschel Most people, at some point of their career wake up one morning and realize they dread the thought of having to go to work. Not because they didn’t get enough sleep or they don’t feel well, but because they hate their job! Often, however, it’s not the ‘job’ they really hate, it’s the compan... | |||
| I Know! I'll Let a Recruiter Find Me a Job! by Harry Urschel It’s a tough job market out there! You’re struggling finding your next job and it dawns on you...“I should use a recruiter!” “They can be my agent, and they’ll find a job for me!” Wrong! There’s no question, a recruiter can be a wonderful resource. I am one...have been for over 20 years... | |||
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