You’ve likely seen it all the time when pitching your services to prospective job seekers: You know they desperately need to get at least the basics on the hidden job market, interviewing, and salary negotiation, but it’s not happening because: You don’t have the hours to teach this stuff 1-1 Read More >
Hot Tools, Tips, Hacks & News – July 2019
I hope your summer business has been sizzling just where you want it! Here are some more great tools, resources, and news you can use courtesy of CDI leadership and the Education committee. I've also included one of CDI resources below that every entrepreneur who isn't finding time for vacation Read More >
Recruiter Voice on Making Job Candidates More Accessible to Recruiters
Whether your client is conducting an active or a passive job search, visibility online and within their local or industry community is key to being discovered by recruiters! But what should your clients be doing to ensure they are accessible and improve their chances of getting contacted for the right Read More >
What Job Seekers Should Do When Working with a Recruiter (Recruiter Voice)
Do your clients work with recruiters in their job search? Do you wonder what could make clients’ experiences more successful? When our clients don’t hear back from recruiters, they can sometimes take the wrong turn by going against recruiters’ wishes. But what are those wishes? The CDI Education Committee posed Read More >
Hot Tools, Tips, Hacks & News – May 2018
Here are some more great tools, resources, and news you can use courtesy of CDI leadership and the Education committee. In this issue: Top productivity apps Help clients explain unemployment during interviews How to save for retirement when self-employed Help clients plan for a major career change Prepare your business Read More >
Hot Tools, Tips, Hacks & News – December 2017
Here are some more great tools, resources, and news you can use courtesy of CDI leadership and the Education committee. In this issue: Your clients and the ban on "What's your current salary?" question 10 skills that dramatically improve job seeker chances of being hired The year in job search: Read More >
Job Search Networking Strategy Package (Done-for-You Download)
I'm excited to share with you this done-for-you 6-page job search networking strategy package you can give directly to your clients! What it includes: All content written directly to the job seeker with no branding and an attractive layout, so you can use it with your clients however you choose. Read More >
Hot Tools, Tips, Hacks & News – September 2017
Here are some more great tools, resources, and news you can use courtesy of CDI leadership and the Education committee. In this issue: Guide for evaluating a potential employment company via Glassdoor Virtual first job interviews with a bot Text-based job interviews How older workers could save America from workforce Read More >
Hot Tools, Tips, Hacks & News – August 2017
Here are some more great tools, resources, and news you can use courtesy of CDI leadership and the Education committee. In this issue: Tools for leveraging trending topics in your marketing Buzz-building for your book Make it easy for people to promote & share your content Google's AI-powered job search Read More >
Starting a Job Search: ID & Leverage Job Search Contacts (Core Lesson)
“Yes Virginia, there are contacts out there for a job seeker.” Many of you may recognize the line that movie references – about mythical characters upon which some of us are raised to believe in as children. I choose to reference that, tongue in cheek, because I think in many Read More >
