Beware Hiring Managers Who Spew Nonsense

A few years ago I went on vacation with my family to Costa Rica. While we were there, we visited Arenal Volcano. Although the volcano is in a “resting” phase, there was plenty of smoke and some rocks shooting out of the top. Not sure I would want to be there for a full eruption [...] [...]

Most Popular Jobs Vol 1 – Targeted Search for Healthcare Jobs

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” – Mark Twain Targeted job search posts are always in the top 10 on my site and my posts on targeted Healthcare jobs are near the top of the list. The good news is that health care jobs are increasing at a rate of [...] [...]

5 Reasons Why You Need More Than a Good Resume to Stand Out from the Crowd

“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” – Whitney M. Young You’ve probably heard hundreds of times that your resume is the most important document in your job search, and, that is  so. But if you want to stand out from [...] [...]

Reinvent Your Career and Job Search – Part 2

“A great wind is blowing and that gives you either imagination or a headache” – Catherine the Great In Part 1 of this article, we covered reinventing your career (Reinvent Your Career and Job Search – Part 1). Today’s post focuses on reinventing your job search. Similar reinventing your career, there countless reasons why you would [...] [...]

Top Picks for Job Search – Companies on “The List”

“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” – Hunter S. Thompson So when you look for job opportunities, do you just do a search based on job openings or do you have a “list”? If you are now thinking “what list?” then this post is for you. So, just like today’s quote, getting the right job [...] [...]

5 Steps to Making a Fresh Start for Job Search

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi New Year, new start (right?)! Any resolutions? How many will you keep and how many will you break? If [...] [...]

Hired Help – Job Search Made Easy

“As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of “do it yourself”.” – Marshall McLuhan I traveled down to Wall Street in NYC from my midtown location the other day having not been down there in a few years. I was [...] [...]

Top Five List for Job Search Repairs and Maintenance

“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” – Benny Hill If you’ve been a long time reader of CareerAlley, you will notice that I’ve been including a fair number of “Top List” posts. This helps me shake up the content a bit but also provides readers with a quick hit list on [...] [...]

5 Reasons to use Company Career Sites

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett You’ve had a late night and work and are headed to the subway and a very late dinner at home. It’s raining out tonight, so you decide to take an underground short cut [...] [...]

Look Both Ways Before You Quit

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.“  – Warren Buffett There is a reason hotels charge more for the beach view than the inside building view. It’s all relative, the other guy’s view always seems to be better (you know, the grass is [...] [...]