Similar to the art of networking that we had written about earlier, we are seeing that more and more people are doing informational interviews to figure out the next steps of the career journey. So why do the informational interviews in the first place? Well, I often like to highlight these 3 key outcomes that […]
In this day and age, it’s very easy to assume that writing resumes has gotten easier. I mean, the number of resources on the internet are astounding. There are resume templates for just about any job out there, resume editing services and even resume assistants. The other day as I was editing a friend’s resume, […]
Gone are the days when people stayed at their jobs for 15-20 years or even more. According to The Balance, the average person now changes jobs ten to fifteen times (with an average of 12 job changes) during his or her career. If you were to do the math, that means on average, a new […]
Gone are the days when people spend 10 – 15 years with one company or one job, and studies have shown that an average person now changes jobs ten to fifteen times throughout his or her career (or an average of 12 job changes!). So with many of us going through this process during our […]
If you are like me, traditional networking – similar to what we did in school during company events – is scary and sometimes awkward. Don’t get me wrong, it was necessary and important; however, talking to strangers was daunting for me and I usually sucked at it. If you are looking for work or exploring […]
Gone are the days where employers only look at your resume, which means that having an online profile that represents you well is imperative! Did you know that 77% of users said that LinkedIn helped them research people and companies? I know what you are thinking … ‘this is going to take so much time’. […]
