Your Résumé and Job Search It’s quite possible you never had a résumé — or the one you do have might not be up to date. Career document standards and formats have changed significantly, and not adhering to these changes may raise red flags about your age. Does the content and format of your résumé… [Read More]
A Jobseekers Guide to the Second Half of Life Part 2
Discovering Your Ideal Career The most popular encore career fields are found in education, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations. A MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures New Face of Work Survey revealed that the desire to do work that enhances the well-being of others is widespread. “Fully half of all adults age 50 to 70 (and 58 percent of… [Read More]
A Jobseeker’s Guide to the Second Half of Life
If you are approaching (or have already reached) retirement age, and you’re not ready to disconnect from the workforce, you are not alone — thousands of professionals 55 and older are embarking on second-act careers. The phrase “encore career,” made popular by Marc Freeman in his book Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second… [Read More]
Career Checkup Part 3
Part 3 of 3 of our Career Checkup Series Position Yourself to Get the Job ♦ To stand out in a crowded job search, you have to develop your personal brand. Answer the question for employers: “Why should we hire you?” Your personal brand must express the answer, showing you are unique and original and… [Read More]
Career Checkup Part 2
Here is Part 2 in our 3 Part Series on Getting ready for a job search Online Reputation Management ♦ Google yourself. What’s already out there about you? (Be sure you are logged out of your Google account before you conduct your search.) ♦ Set up a Google Alert for your name, so you can… [Read More]
Career Checkup
Most people spend the majority of their lives just going through the motions. We get so caught up on our daily activities and doing life that when we are faced with the challenges that are often associated with finding a new job that we feel lost or overwhelmed. Over the next couple of weeks, we… [Read More]
14 Days to a Raise Challenge Planner – Part 3
Are you ready for a raise? Preparation is one of the most important factors in successfully requesting a raise. Getting the timing right, structuring the request, and justifying your raise are all components of a successful request for a raise. Today we will conclude our series with the last step of preparation along with a… [Read More]
14 Days to a Raise Challenge Planner – Part 2
Are you ready for a raise? Preparation is one of the most important factors in successfully requesting a raise. Getting the timing right, structuring the request, and justifying your raise are all components of a successful request for a raise. In part 2 of this 3 part series, we will look at a few of… [Read More]
14 Days to a Raise Challenge Planner
Are you ready for a raise? Preparation is one of the most important factors in successfully requesting a raise. Getting the timing right, structuring the request, and justifying your raise are all components of a successful request for a raise. Over the next couple of weeks, we will look at a 14-day challenge will help… [Read More]
Questions to Ask in Your Review
Questions to Ask in Your Review Here is a brief list of questions to ask in your performance review: On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is someone about to be promoted, and 1 is someone about to be fired, what number would you rate me? How are you measuring my success in… [Read More]
