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You have been in the workforce for as long as the person interviewing you has been alive? Good for you. First, if you are like me, and started your career in the 70s, don’t start your resume in 2000. The interviewer will figure out something in missing the moment you walk in the door. Two issues ...

Last week my wife and I were desperately trying to find something interesting to watch on TV. Let me tell you, there were not a lot of choices. Reality TV shows and low budget sitcoms are all we could find.

As we were flipping though AT&T UVerse and surfing channels, we came across the show "Here ...

Are you proactively using LinkedIn as part of your career path? Are you requesting or considering requesting recruiters and potential employers to connect with you?

The vast majority of LinkedIn invitations received don’t say where we met, why they want to connect or give any useful information. It ...

You want an employer to be able to assess your application against the criteria in the advert and tick all the boxes. Remember, the employer has put considerable effort into deciding exactly what they are looking for.

Generally, when they screen the many applications, they will have the advert sri ...

The answer to whether you need to hire a big gun that has an established reputation within your industry lies within your business objectives. Hiring someone too senior who has taken on management responsibilities usually had a sales ops team to create marketing materials and feed the sales pipeline ...

If you have been associated with Linkedin for a while, you have probably seen the term LION dotted around. Linkedin Open Networker!!

You could become a LION, the process is painless. Let’s test your networking skills though…if you are not sure how to do it but would like to…get in touch with me and ...

One of the keys to ensuring you maximise your effectiveness on social media is undoubtedly to connect with influencers in your field. Whatever message you are hoping to share with the market, it's going to take years to get your social profiles from zero followers to the point where they have a ...

The reality is that recruiters are client-centric and when I use the term “client” I mean companies looking to hire people. The common myth is that recruiters help job seekers find jobs. Not at all.


You Are Still Important
We can only directly help job seekers secure a job if we do have a specific ...

You’ve seen it, right? The impressive prediction that by 2020, over 40 percent of American workers will be freelancers (AKA “contingent workers”)? That figure hovered at just 10 percent in 2014. The fast-growing trend of self-employment has two sides and two sources. On the one side, professionals ...

People preparing a resume can look for how to express themselves in the right way. A resume is the person’s written representation of their professional experiences. They can use this document to convince job interviewers to give them an interview. The resume can be their opportunity to get noticed ...