Are you working with a headhunter yet?

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.” – Thomas J. Watson Author Byline: Christina Archer is an Executive Recruiter, Expert Resume Writer, Author, and Entrepreneur. Author Website: http://icareersearch.wordpress.com As the old saying goes, “If you don’t manage your career, it will manage you.” In case you haven’t realized [...] [...]

Job Search from the Beginning – Recruiters Part 2

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar I was in the Mall the other day for some Holiday shopping and it was packed. Finding a parking spot was almost like bumper cars at the arcade and walking through the Mall and stores [...] [...]

Job Search – From the Beginning – Recruiters Part 1

“Life is a journey, not a destination – we determine our destiny by the direction we take.” – Anonymous Do you remember “do overs”? You know, when you are playing a game or sport, make a mistake and ask to do it all over again (like don’t count the bad turn)? Sometimes you need to do [...] [...]

Breaking Through The Job Search Barrier

“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” – Mohandas Gandhi “There are no jobs out there” or “All of the jobs posted on the (insert a name) job board are filled or fake”. I hear comments like these all of the time. There are, of course, jobs out there [...] [...]

Job Search – In Over Your Head?

” When I was a kid, we lived near a pond that had frogs. Every summer, I would go with my friends to collect tadpoles. Although we lived in the suburbs, this particular pond was somewhat polluted with various bits of junk floating (or permanently “moored” to the bottom). None of us knew exactly how deep [...] [...]

Up the River without a Paddle – Have you Planned your Search?

“And it goes on and on, oh, watching the river run, Further and further from things that we’ve done, Leaving them one by one.” – Kenny Loggins A number of years ago I went on a canoeing trip with my son’s Boy Scout troop. Early one morning the Scout Master, six scouts, two canoes and I [...] [...]

The Art of Job Search – Recruiters

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – Lao-tsu There is always lots of debate about what percentage of jobs are filled by recruiters versus through someone you know. For me, almost every job I’ve had (and I’ve had lots), was through a recruiter with the exception of one. On the [...] [...]

The Best of Job Search List

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby I often get asked “what’s the best job search board” or “who are the best recruiters”. There are so many resources for job search, literally, tens of thousands. And, as with everything in life, what is considered [...] [...]

Who’s Hiring in Education

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle Few fields impact as many people as Education. We all remember our first day of school, our High School Prom and our College days and, for some of us, getting sent to the Principal’s Office. Tough [...] [...]

All the World is a Job Search

“A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.” – Carlos Castaneda At my last company, we had an “unspoken rule” that you were expected to move within the organization [...] [...]