In a Wall Street Journal Online  column, Carol Hymowitz suggests that, despite the fact that this is a tight job market during which companies will be laying off workers; many businesses will seek talent that they have not developed from within their ranks. She notes: Companies haven’t been grooming and training enough employees for promotions […]
Interviewing Positively
Would you want to hire someone who trashed her former employer? As the next and future employer, you might be concerned about your own reputation should bad blood come between you and the new hire. No matter how much you hated your old boss or loathe your current supervisor, it is a BAD idea to […]
Netweaving – An Underutilized Job Search Strategy
I attended a networking meeting this week, and one of the participants talked about “netWEAVING,” the process of creating communities to help one another find solutions for problems. This is not a new concept. An article by TechRepublic by Michael Sisco explains: The term was coined by Bob Littell, a consultant who focuses on strategic marketing, […]
Branding You for Career Success
In some circles, “branding” sounds more like something you do to an animal than a topic for a career column. Others nod silently, recognizing the concept…Self branding, actually thinking of yourself as a brand like Coke, Disney or Nike, is a career strategy. If you recognize that a resume is nothing more than a marketing […]
Networking – Informational Interviewing/Getting Started
If you haven’t read my previous posts about Networking, click on NETWORKING in the Categories section to your right. This is Part II of my post on Informational Interviewing. Read Part I to learn about this networking strategy. How to get started with your Informational Interviews… It is usually easiest to start with close contacts. […]