What Happened to the Follow-Up? Help Job Seekers Land Their Big Opportunity
Posted on September 19, 2016
This post was updated in September 2022 Too many candidates are failing to make a follow-up effort with employers after making contact with them. CareerBuilder found that 37% of job seekers don’t follow up with an employer after they have applied, and 57% of job seekers don’t send tha …
4 Traits Of A Quality New Hire And How To Create One
Posted on September 5, 2016
Pexels The job market is packed with job seeking hopefuls, and companies are placing an emphasis on higher goals to attract the best talent and keep them. Thirty-nine percent of 4,000 talent leaders surveyed in LinkedIn’s 2016 Global Recruiting Trends report agree quality of hire is t …
How to Handle the High Expectations of College Grads
Posted on August 15, 2016
(This post was updated on 6/22/2020) College graduates are quickly learning the high expectations for their first job out of college aren’t exactly going to be met the way they pictured. There are many perks they hope to find at their first job that end up missing. It’s important for …
4 Expert Ways You Can Help College Graduates Get Hired
Posted on June 13, 2016
Pixabay As a career counselor who helps college-aged individuals navigate jobs and internships, you know the importance of gaining relevant experience before graduation. But did you know the class of 2016 and other recent college graduates are having difficulties putting those experie …
You Need to Know These Awesome Email Etiquette Tips Now
Posted on May 16, 2016
pixabay When people hear the term ‘etiquette,’ they tend to think of stuffy, formal dinner parties that involve too many forks, white linen napkins, and uncomfortable suits and gowns. This discomfort and stress people associate with it is unnecessary. Etiquette is important to have in …
What Happened to Critical Thinking? Learn How To Improve This Top Skill
Posted on May 9, 2016
pixabay An April 2014 report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) asked companies to identify the top competencies they consider to be an “essential need” in college graduates they are looking to hire. Among the top four career readiness competencies, critica …
Career Goals: Here’s How to Help Candidates Thrive in the World
Posted on April 25, 2016
This post was updated to bring you the most current tips and information in October 2020. Goals are powerful tools for all of us — they act as a compass to help us navigate our way toward success. Setting them can be a challenge, and sticking to them and staying on course, is even mor …
This Is How You Guide Candidates to Success For All Interviews
Posted on April 18, 2016
pixabay Hiring practices have changed dramatically over recent years, with several new trends completely redesigning the recruiting landscape. A major part of the hiring process is the interview stage, which has also seen an influx of different types and formats. No two interview proc …
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 …
4 Job Search Tips You Need to Stop Telling Job Seekers
Posted on January 18, 2016
As the experts job seekers turn to during the job search, we all have go-to pieces of advice we dish out when they need support. But with so many changes happening in the way people find jobs, are some of our traditional job search tips becoming outdated? Just as we no longer encourag …