Learn From the Expert: How to Correctly Answer the Hardest Interview Questions
Today, I have another guest post from Patrick Rosario. Take it away, Patrick! Job interviews are not something that most of us look forward to, and even the most confident of job seekers can fall prey...
View ArticleHow to Ask for an Introduction or a Recommendation for a Job on LinkedIn
I have a large LinkedIn network. I have worked hard to build that network. I bet some of you reading this are part of that network! So it’s not surprising that I receive requests from people for...
View ArticleWhat Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 1
One of the things I suggest in Manage Your Job Search is to think about your culture when or before you start interviewing. How do you do that? An organization’s culture is made of these three things:...
View ArticleWhat Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 2
You have your lists from What Culture Do You Want in a New Job, Part 1. That means you have six lists: Three things you enjoyed talking about at work Three things you shook your head about, or made you...
View ArticleWhat Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 3
In Part 1, you thought about your culture, and built your lists. In part 2, you developed your questions, and thought about the data you wanted to gather. You started with closed or...
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Personal Kanban for Your Job Hunt
One of the problems with a job hunt is that it’s a big and complex project. You need to decide what to do and when. Who do you interview with? Is it time to iterate on your resume? Do you have enough...
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Possible Career Finder Tool for Job Seekers
I discovered this career finder tool. See What Career Should I Choose? There is a lovely chart. Here is how I walked myself through the chart. I plugged in Computer and Mathematical occupations and...
View ArticleManage Your Job Search Slides Posted
I gave my first public talk about Manage Your Job Search last week. I posted the slides and audio on slideshare.net. I cannot seem to unsync the audio from the slides. I have tried, but slideshare.net...
View ArticleDon’t Have a Zombie Profile on LinkedIn
Are you new to LinkedIn? Maybe you’re a new grad or in transition, or at the start of your job search? You aren’t sure what to put on your profile, so you don’t have anything? You have a zombie...
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Know Your Life’s Purpose; Then Your Passion
I saw this TedX talk, Adam Leipzig: How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes. He says you need to ask these five questions: Who are you? Answer with your first name. What do you do? What do you love...
View ArticleSix Tips for Answering Project and Program Manager Interview Questions
I have two very popular posts on this site: Interview Questions for Program Managers, and Interview Questions for Project Managers. Several of you have asked how to answer these questions. Here are the...
View ArticleHow You Answer Irrelevant Questions in an Interview, Part 3
Back in More Interview Questions Not to Ask, Part 1, I said that hiring managers and teams should not ask irrelevant questions. Some of you here, and on LinkedIn and Facebook asked, “How do we answer...
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Putting Your Best Foot Forward at Campus Job Fairs
Today’s guest post is courtesy of William Reynolds. You’ve worked hard for years earning your college degree. You’ve slaved away at your own projects and developed your technical knowledge base. Now...
View ArticleSix Tips for Editing Your Resume
Along with my series about interviewing tips, I thought you might need a few tips for editing your resume. Here they are: Write a first draft of your resume. Write it in reverse chronological order,...
View ArticleJoin me in Manage Your Job Search Workshop, March 21, 2014
Are you looking for job? Will you be in London on March 21, 2014? If so, you should join me for my Manage Your Job Search workshop. You’ll each work on your own unique job search specifics. And, you’ll...
View ArticleFour Tips for Defining Your Value
I say in Manage Your Job Search and Six Tips for Editing Your Resume that you have to fill in the details of your resume. It’s the details that count. Here are three tips that might help: For every...
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Improve Your Social Networking Skills Posted
I gave a talk at the Action Networking group a few weeks ago. I promised to post my slides, and I finally have. Improve Your Social Networking Skills is up on slideshare. I do not claim to have the...
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Transitioning to a New Role: How to Interview
There’s a comment in Interview Questions for Program Managers. What should I do if I have experience relevant to being a program manager, but I haven’t been a program manager? How do I answer these...
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Job Search Tip: Timebox Everything
In Manage Your Job Search, I suggest the job hunter timebox everything. But what does that look like? Here are some examples. Imagine you want to research companies to put on your target list. I say...
View ArticleThree Tips for Answering “Tell Me About Yourself”
I’ve said I don’t like the “Tell me About Yourself” question long ago and more recently. It’s not a useful question. But that’s not going to stop interviewers from asking it. Here are my three tips for...
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