Career

10 Things You Should Know About Job Hunting

Whether you’ve been laid off, downsized, quit due to frustration, forced out or you’re absolutely miserable in your current situation – if you’re looking for work, you probably know how difficult it is to find a good job, especially these days. When the market is this competitive, you need every advantage that you can get so it’s time to boost your resume, learn how to interview and start hitting the pavement. Here are ten tips to get you started:

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Every company has its own style and procedures for the hiring process – make sure you learn it and follow it.

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James FeudoNovember 17, 2009 10 Things, Career No Comments

Are Business Cards Needed For a Job Search?

The answer is an absolute “Yes.” I’ve been to far too many networking events where job seekers have attended unprepared. Yes it’s good to bring a stack of resumes with you (and even better to keep them in your car and/or have one handy at all times) but having business cards are especially helpful.

Why Business Cards:

Business cards are small, easy to carry and most people in the business world are used to dealing with them. Some people have Business Card Scanner
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James FeudoNovember 7, 2009 Career No Comments

How to Have a Productive Meeting

meeting Meetings are tricky. When done correctly, they can communicate information to the right parties or hammer out a sensitive issue. When done incorrectly, they can waste people’s time, make the meeting host look bad and de-motivate the people in attendance. It’s not overly difficult to have productive meetings; you just need to follow some basic guidelines.

Have a goal:

Never have a meeting for the sake of having a meeting. If you can’t list one or more outcomes that you expect from the meeting, then you shouldn’t have it.

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James FeudoOctober 15, 2009October 14, 2009 Career, Leadership No Comments

How to Answer the Strengths and Weaknesses Job Interview Question

One of the most common and most challenging job interview questions is “can you tell me your strengths and weaknesses?” In some cases, they may ask you to list a certain number of each (usually two or three but I’ve heard as many as five) which means that you’ll want to put some added thought into it. But no need to panic, this question is a lot easier to answer than you may think – provided you’re ready for it. Read more... (1235 words, 1 image, estimated 4:56 mins reading time)

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James FeudoOctober 5, 2009 Career, Job Interview 1 Comment

Are You Taking Your Job Search Seriously?

Last night I attended a networking event and the topic of job searching came up. If you’ve attended networking events recently, you’ve probably noticed the same thing that I did: many (if not most) of the people that attend networking events are looking for work.

I shared a story from a speed networking event that I attended a while back. It struck me as odd how so many people looking for work didn’t think to bring business cards or resumes to the event. Others last night shared similar experiences so it got me wondering: are people taking their job search seriously? Read more... (1060 words, 1 image, estimated 4:14 mins reading time)

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James FeudoSeptember 15, 2009September 16, 2009 Career, Job Interview 2 Comments

How to Get Your Emailed Resume Read

One of the local papers had an article about how to increase the odds of your emailed resume being read and acted upon. I thought this topic would be a good follow up to my post on how to get your resume read. While I thought the advice was generally good, I had a few comments and some additional advice I’d like to share. The first three points are those from the newspaper with my comments added.

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James FeudoJuly 14, 2009 Career, Job Interview No Comments