Realistic Career Goals for 2016 – Goals that Stick or Goals that Fail? You Decide! It is a stretch to be hopeful in Chicago during the month January. However, it is the New Year and many possibilities are waiting for us in this untraveled year ahead. Now would be a good time to make a […]
This week’s Wall Street Journal reported the CEO’s are speaking and their message is don’t expect many new U.S. jobs soon. The key words here are, “many new jobs”. The message is companies are hiring! Business is growing but executives are moving cautiously. Does this mean you slow down your job search or does this […]
Question for my blog readers. If you want to find your target job do you network for it or do you send in resumes to job boards? Both answers are correct! However, you must know one has a substantial advantage over the over. Give or take around 20% of jobs are landed online and 80%+ […]
How does your resume and cover letter look? If you were a hiring manager would your resume be interesting enough to ask yourself for an interview? In this market every person who lands a job does so by a fraction from their competition. What does this mean to you? This should mean your resume and […]
The Real Social Network Relationships are built around cups of coffee and what’s better than a 2 for 1? Relationship building and coffee…I’m there! The relationships built face to face, be it over a cup of coffee or glass of wine, are more personal than those developed on the phone or through today’s popular social […]