Leadership Is the Secret to the Job Search
Posted on March 28, 2016
Do you have the most sought-after skills to get the job you want? Many job seekers don’t actually know what employers are after. Would you guess it’s leadership? In Deloitte’s 2019 Global Human Capital Trends, 80% of respondents reported that leadership is a high priority for their or …
How to Get Millennials in the Workforce Hired
Posted on March 21, 2016
pixabay The job market for millennials is more competitive than ever before. Over the last decade, the unemployment rate has been on a steady decline and is at an all time low of 4.9 percent according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, millennials are still having the hardest tim …
How To Be the 4 Leaf Clover of the Job Hunt
Posted on March 14, 2016
BenCameron;FreeImages When on a new job hunt, sometimes the hardest thing to do is to stand out from everyone else. This modern age makes it extremely difficult to appear distinctive because in most cases, you are not actually physically meeting your employer for the first few interac …
3 Ways You Improve Your Personal Brand with Social Media
Posted on March 7, 2016
Kaboompics Knowing how to use your social media accounts is important when embarking on a digital job search because many employers use social media for their talent search. In fact, 73 percent out of 1,855 recruiting and human resources professionals said they have hired a candidate …
Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Telecommuter?
Posted on February 29, 2016
Working from home sounds like a dream — you can work in your pajamas, you don’t have to commute to work, you have the flexibility to take breaks when it’s most ideal for your workload and is not going to interrupt workflow, and there is no micro-manager watching over your shoulder, se …
How to Best Use Your Time After Quitting
Posted on February 22, 2016
Roman Drits;Barn Images So, you just quit your job, and you’re feeling stuck. You don’t know what the next steps are. However, the first step is the hardest and instead of being down, be proud of yourself — you knew you deserved better and got out of a rut to find a job more fitting f …
How to Help Job Seekers Avoid Bad Advice When Changing Careers
Posted on February 15, 2016
(This post was updated on 6/24/2020) With businesses shut down due to COVID-19, about 20.5 million people were on state unemployment rolls in early June 2020, according to the New York Times. It was the 13th straight week that filings topped one million. This extended period of high u …
How to Turn Your Internship Into a Career
Posted on February 8, 2016
IGOR TREPESHCHENOK; BarnImages Some people think that internships are a means to pad resumes, but the majority of college students take internships very seriously. In fact, it often influences their career path. It’s evident that many students want to turn their internships into a car …
How to Embark on an Easy Digital Job Search
Posted on February 1, 2016
Roman Drits, Barn Images There is no denying the Internet has fast become one of the most important tools for job seekers, as more and more digital job search resources have become available and even mobile-optimized. If you are not using online resources during your search, you are p …
All You Need to Know About the Downside of Telecommuting
Posted on January 25, 2016
Telecommuting is blowing up after many companies saw success with remote work during the lockdowns of 2020. But this trend isn’t at all new. Even back in 2019, more than half of employees wanted to start working from home, according to Owl Labs’ State of Remote Work. Now, that wish ha …