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In late 2012, nearly 100 of the top career coaches, career counselors, resume writers, college and university career professionals, military career transition specialists, and outplacement consultants gathered to ” brainstorm best practices, innovations, trends, new programs, new processes, and other observations that are currently impacting, and are projected to impact, global employment, job search, and
Ben Casnocha, Reid Hoffman’s co-writer for their recent book The Start-Up of You, posted an excellent Slideshare presentation that gives some direct and honest advice to new graduates about how to approach your career in today’s rapidly evolving job market. The 3 Secrets of Highly Successful Graduates from Reid Hoffman In the presentation Hoffman, acknowledges
This video, created by the fine folks at Alder Koten, an international executive search firm, lays out five simple steps to write a great LinkedIn profile. Here are the key take-aways from the video: Step 1 – Define your brand: Think about how you are trying to position yourself to your audience. Are you trying
One of the pillars of an effective, well-written executive resume is the usage of relevant keywords that can be easily read and processed by a company’s Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Companies set ATS parameters to automate the resume screening process by searching for relevant keywords and phrases that they’re looking for in potential candidates. Unfortunately,
Professional references tend to be an afterthought in the job search. The vast majority of people simply shoot an email to a handful of past and current colleagues or managers and let them know that somebody may be calling them. Instead of viewing a references a mere formality, you should consider using them as yet