Guest Post by Jason Sanders of Ivy Exec. Most of the resumes that I receive nowadays come from job seekers using a career coaching service during their executive job search. They may receive advice from an outplacement company hired by their employer, or they may have hired someone themselves. We have always received unsolicited resumes, but it [...] [...]
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“Work hard, have fun and make history.” – Jeff Bezos Author: Sherrie A. Madia, Ph.D. Online job search should never completely replace traditional ways of searching for a job. As any good marketer knows-and that’s what you are, a marketer of yourself-it’s never smart to make assumptions about what works and what doesn’t. Rather, the ideal approach is [...] [...] Third Law of Applied Terror – “80% of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn’t read.” We started interviewing our college interns a few months ago at my company and this Summer’s “class” will join in a few short weeks. Having graduated in what feels [...] [...] “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” – Francis Bacon There’s nothing like great advice, especially if it is free. Of course, that is what the Internet is all about. In the “old days” (like when I went to college), the only way to get to your college career center was to visit [...] [...] “Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind – listen to the birds. And don’t hate nobody.“ – Eubie Blake A few days ago I got an email from a recent college grad who got my name from the alumni directory. They were looking for career advice and, as you might suspect, I was happy [...] [...] “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby I was wearing a new pair of pants the other day and I saw a thread (which I did not pull) sticking out right by one of the seams. This outcome was very different than the one [...] [...] “Stick to the knitting – stay with the business that you know.” – Tom Peters and Robert Waterman Career paths do not always lead us to exactly where we want to go. Many of us take small detours (intended or not) and later in life very often wind up in a career that is very different [...] [...] “The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.” – Sun Tzu Sun Tzu, the Art of War, Target Job Market, it kind of all fits together. But the key is strategic advantage and the only way to gain that is to target your job market and [...] [...] “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra You were hiking with your friends on a heavily forested trail when you somehow got separated. You weren’t really paying attention to where you were going because you weren’t in the lead, you were following. Now you are alone [...] [...] The “search for content” pressure is off for this post. Thanks to several readers who have suggested a number of job hunting sites over the past few weeks. In today’s post I will review reader’s picks, which includes Resume Services, Job Search Sites, Career Blogs and a search firm. The intro is light this week [...] [...] |
 
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