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What’s Your Superpower? (Or Knowing Your Strengths and Leveraging Them) Part 2

Posted on 02.13.19

What’s Your Superpower? (Or Knowing Your Strengths and Leveraging Them) Part 2

In a previous post we showed you how to focus on your strengths. That’s a pretty powerful feeling. But it’s not just a feeling. Today we will show you have to leverage those skills. Showing Off Your Superpowers Once you are clear on your strengths, it’s time to showcase them Read More >

Filed Under: Career Management, Cover Letters & Communications, Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search, Personal Branding, Resume Writing Tagged: skills

What’s Your Superpower? (Or Knowing Your Strengths and Leveraging Them) Part 1

Posted on 02.06.19

What’s Your Superpower? (Or Knowing Your Strengths and Leveraging Them) Part 1

“What? I have no Superpowers!” you say. “I can’t scale tall buildings using my sticky web-fingers like Spiderman. Nor can I stop gunfire from every direction with my magic bracelets like Wonder-woman. And I could never control the weather like Halle Berry’s Stormy character (much less rock Read More >

Filed Under: Career Management, Cover Letters & Communications, Job Search, Personal Branding, Resume Writing Tagged: skills

Negative references and what to do about them

Posted on 12.18.18

Negative references and what to do about them

You may suspect that one of your professional references is keeping you from getting a job or board offer. According to one reference checking company, approximately 50 percent of all reference checks they conduct will uncover negative feedback from the reference *. This feels counterintuitive, however, because if you were Read More >

Filed Under: Career Coaching, Career Management, Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search, Networking Tagged: asking for references, employment recommendation, employment references, employment verification, negative professional references, professional references

Executive Resumes: Avoid the Jack of all Trades Dilemma

Posted on 11.26.18

Executive Resumes: Avoid the Jack of all Trades Dilemma

Seasoned executives with 20+ years of experience across various industries and functions frequently face the dilemma of having done way more in their career than you can sensibly present on a 2- or 3-page resume. So, what to do? Obviously, you must filter, tweak, summarize, and ideally, laser-focus in on Read More >

Filed Under: Career Management, Executive Insights, Resume Writing Tagged: C-level resumes, C-suite, CEO resume, executive resume, executive resumes, professional resume, resume writing

5 Keys to Sustainable Career Success

Posted on 07.18.18

5 Keys to Sustainable Career Success

You might be thinking that the 5 keys to sustainable career success include a professional resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile. Do you need them? Almost certainly, but I’d like to suggest that they’re not the only things that matter. To give you an idea of what else might matter, Read More >

Filed Under: Career Management Tagged: career plans, career success, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, professional resume, value to employers

Where You Should Work as a Student for Great Grad Jobs Later

Posted on 07.10.18

Where You Should Work as a Student for Great Grad Jobs Later

Take a quick scan of a variety of job descriptions on Monster or Indeed and you’re likely to discover that soft skills are in high demand. Where’s the best place to hone these needed skills while still in school and only able to work part time? A Retail Job. “ Read More >

Filed Under: Career Management, Cover Letters & Communications, Job Search, New Grad Campus, Resume Writing Tagged: New Grad Jobs, skills, Students

6 Critical Reasons Hiring You Is a Corporate Risk

Posted on 02.28.18

6 Critical Reasons Hiring You Is a Corporate Risk

Over the years in my private executive coaching practice, my clients have come to me time and again for customized job interview coaching. Regardless of whether they have been recruited by an organization or they are pursuing opportunities on their own after a corporate downsizing, the questions and concerns follow Read More >

Filed Under: Career Coaching, Career Management, Employment Trends, Executive Insights, Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search Tagged: corporate job interview, executive job interview, executive job search, job interview, job search

How Being Coy Can Be Costly to Your Career

Posted on 02.23.18

How Being Coy Can Be Costly to Your Career

Whether you are entry level or c-level, being the CEO of your career will put you in the driver’s seat letting you navigate your career trajectory, on your own terms. Here is why it’s important to take the reins of your own career today, especially inside your current company. This Read More >

Filed Under: Career Coaching, Career Management, Executive Insights, Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search, Networking Tagged: career planning, internal job postings, job applications, job promotions

Career Planning: It Can’t Do Everything for You but It Helps!

Posted on 01.02.18

Career Planning: It Can’t Do Everything for You but It Helps!

In the past I've commented on the value of having a short- and long-term career management plan. Have you created your plan yet? If not, what's stopping you. Your hesitation could come from one of the following reasons: You don't like planning--find it too restrictive and limiting to your creativity--so Read More >

Filed Under: Career Management Tagged: career goal, career management plan, career planning, career success, job search

3 Tips to Combat Age Discrimination in a Job Search

Posted on 12.28.17

3 Tips to Combat Age Discrimination in a Job Search

Toby Haberkorn, co-author of Best Job Search Tips for Age 60-Plus: A Practical Work Options Resource for Baby Boomers, recognizes that “age discrimination is alive and well in the workplace and society.” Fortunately, there are routes to bypass this job search minefield. As with any job search, it’s the Read More >

Filed Under: Career Coaching, Career Management, Job Search Tagged: age discrimination, ageism, Baby Boomers, job search

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