Online Networking: Use Alumni Pages on LinkedIn
Are you using this feature on LinkedIn? www.linkedin.com/alumni I have found it quite valuable for tapping into my alumni directory. This feature allows you to see a visual representation of where your fellow university alumni live (i.e. their location), work (companies), as well as what they do for a living (career). Here are other great […]
Top 10 Reasons to Hire a Career Coach
If you were a major league baseball player, you would have a pitching coach, a hitting coach, and a fielding coach in addition to a head coach. All of these coaches have one primary objective: to bring out your full athletic potential. In the same way, a career coach can help you bring out your full career […]
Career Development Happens With Professional Organizations
Joining a professional organization can seem a bit daunting, especially with a busy schedule, and not knowing where to begin or which organization to join. Let us help you get started! First of all there are many great resources and perks that come with membership in a professional organization. Here are a few: They are […]
Using the LinkedIn Relationship Feature
One of my favorite options in LinkedIn is the relationship feature. Many of my clients have several hundred LinkedIn contacts which makes it harder and harder to remember how you met a particular individual. You connect with individuals for different reasons and it is helpful to segment them for messaging or searching. LinkedIn Relationship Tab […]
Top 5 Event & Conference Networking Tips for Long-term Success
Networking is all about connecting with individuals, providing resources with no strings attached, and building relationships based on trust. It is focused on genuinely giving and believing that what goes around comes around. Networking should be viewed as a long-term strategy for building profitable relationships, rather than achieving a quick win. With that in mind, […]
Tips for Finding a New Job
Looking for a new career or new job this year? Well, you are in luck! The economy is recovering and January is often when companies get new budgets for hiring people. As with any big change, you’ll have to put in some hard work to make it happen. To help with that, I’ve outlined a […]
Not Finding a Job? 3 Internal Factors You Can Control.
“Why can’t I find a job?” is a common question among many job seekers who find themselves stuck in their job search. There are plenty of external factors that answer the question: low hiring rates in your location your skills are in a niche industry that doesn’t have many job openings an overabundance of job […]
Be Specific to Help Your Career Search
If you were invited to dinner and asked to “bring something that everyone would like”, what would you do? What would you make? You would want to know things, such as: any dietary restrictions or just what these people like to eat! You would want your friend to give you the specifics so you could […]
Are you ready for casual networking to jumpstart your job search?
Sometimes a passive job search can quickly accelerate into an active job search. Even if you weren’t expecting it, you should still be prepared for it. Consider the following example. You are interested in learning about different industries and casually exploring future possibilities for your career. Networking is a great way to learn about new […]
3 Easy Tips for Career Success Using LinkedIn
I’ve been on LinkedIn for years and think it is an indispensable career tool. This week I attended a LinkedIn webinar hosted by career expert Lindsey Pollak and was reminded of a few areas of LinkedIn that are often neglected. Here are my top 3 tips for LinkedIn: 100% Complete Profile • Fill out your […]