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Resumes and Job Hunting
A smile, a handshake, a positive attitude
These are the beginnings of your self-marketing plan.
When a company produces a new widget, that is is the culmination of months or maybe years of research, development, design, and manufacturing. But the work is not over yet. When a software company designs ...
Is your job search smart?
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timebound
For the third in a six-part series about stepping up your job search or job upgrade process, business coach Kate Kerr (nee Hanley) explains the importance of goal setting. We’ve talked about the role of ...
Eight seconds to make a good impression
Rob Smith, of the Job Readiness training program at Second Chance, explains the importance of interview readiness. In your program what is the very first thing you stress to your clients about interviewing? We stress ...
What should Bernice do?
Bernice recently lost her job. Her email said, “I have been working for a long period of time, and I am enjoying my time off, getting my house in order, and taking care of my ...
Pancakes, Sandwiches, Jobs
Tom Fitzpatrick might have a job for you at The Mission. First, please tell me about your restaurant. I have three restaurants with Fay Nakanishi and Deborah Helm: The Mission –Mission Beach; The Mission – ...
Let Your Calendar Manage You
You’ll be surprised how much more you get done
For the first in a six-part series about stepping up your job-search or job-upgrade process, business coach Kate Hanley explains the importance of keeping a calendar. First, please tell me what you do. I help ...
A Pile is Not a File
The importance of job search organization
Carolyn Walstein, profession organizer, explains the importance of staying organized in your job search. First, please tell me what you do. I’m a professional organizer. I help people update and prioritize, and let go of ...
The Life Coach Speaks
If one goes out looking for work coming from a place of exhaustion, worry, and resentment, that is what he or she will give off.
Don’t mess up a job interview with a shabby appearance
Every employer’s crazy about a sharp-dressed man… … (or woman.)
Wear little or no cologne or perfume. What smells good to you may not smell good to the interviewer.
Effort is not enough
Job searches require smart strategy as well
While older workers are less likely to be laid off than younger workers, they arre about half as likely to be rehired.
The Proper Handshake
...and other "soft skills" that will help you get and keep a job
Robert Coleman, executive director of the Second Chance program, offers tips and resources for the “hardest to employ.” First, please tell me about Second Chance. Second Chance is dedicated to creating opportunities for self-sufficiency. We ...
Let Your Website Find You a Job
The biggest no-no is creating a website that looks like you did it yourself.
How Would Your Close Friends Describe You?
And other tricky interview questions.
Why would a company ask questions specifically designed to probe a potential employee’s honesty? The answer is that employers are experiencing a great deal of employee theft. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that employee ...
Tell Your Story, and Tell It Well
Not sure you have any examples, stories, or incidents that are applicable? Nonsense. Everything that has happened to you in your professional life is a story.
Look at Your Interview From the Employer’s Point of View
The manager is interested in your attendance record. Do you frequently call-in sick, arrive late, leave early?
