Career Tips, Insights and Career Advice by Paul Freiberger
Call it what you will—persistence, determination, toughness, tenacity, mule-like stubbornness. By any name, it’s the single biggest determinant of job-search results. No job-search strategy trumps a person’s sheer ability to keep at it.Why is that? What makes it hard to persist? And what can you do ...
Things you need to know about companies you are considering before sending out your resume: • How big is the company? • What is the firm’s growth potential? • Has there been any recent news regarding the company? • What is the culture of the company like? • What is the management style? When ...
David G. Willey was a physics professor at the University of Pittsburgh who started taking on consulting jobs as a way to supplement his salary. After all, teachers don't get paid nearly what they are worth. Although he didn't make much money at first, a funny thing happened ...
Need to be convinced that a career change makes sense? Consider Salman Khan, a 33-year-old, who quit his job as a financial analyst with expertise in hedge fund management. Today, Khan has a thriving business, creating video lectures on algebra, calculus, valence electrons, the circulatory system, and hundreds of other ...
Transitioning to civilian life after a long stint in the military is hard enough without the added pressure of finding employment in a fragile and slumping job market. Recognizing this, President Obama has extended a partnership between the federal government and private industry to help make sure more veterans are ...
For a French philosopher, Voltaire had potential as a job search expert. In a poem among his “moral stories,” he said, “The best is the enemy of the good,” a sentiment that has been repeated in many contexts. It’s in the Pareto principle, the 80-20 rule that tells us ...
Finding a new job involves search and self-promotion. The search requires online and plain old sneaker networking. You need to get out there with your charm and the best LinkedIn profile and make connections. You have to get yourself out there, too, with personal branding. This article will give you ...
Decide to Decide. Before you make any first step, you make the decision to move your foot. The same thing happens in your job search. You can spend a lot of time dreaming about your dream job. That gets you nowhere. You can decide to take the first step toward ...
When a job seeker goes in for a job interview, most people are sure to dress appropriately and to bring with them an updated copy of their resume. However, that's not all of the "cleaning up" that you should be doing. Your profile on sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook ...
Visualizing your success at an interview generally helps the interview go better than otherwise, and it may make you feel that you were talking with old friends. Think of someone you respect—a friend, a movie star, anyone you admire who would handle an interview deftly. Imagine that person throughout ...
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