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Leaving Active Duty? Smart Steps While Still Serving

Transitioning military personnel often wait too long to start their career transition process. Some choose to completely avoid planning for job search but expect it will be easy to find a job. Even when you are in the midst of your current assignment, there are steps you can take to ease your transition and […]

By |January 20th, 2014|Military in Transition|Comments Off on Leaving Active Duty? Smart Steps While Still Serving

3 Networking Success Tips

You can hardly open your browser or a business publication without seeing something about networking. Why? Studies show regular networkers are more successful in business and in life. True for introverts and extroverts incidentally.

Tip 1. Learn how to network

Don’t bother with random events or big ‘networking’ ones. Think about what you want to get […]

By |January 6th, 2014|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on 3 Networking Success Tips

Smart and Senior – Job Search Tips

Every job fair in the past 18 months which I have attended or heard of has had more senior-level people attending. So your ‘competition’ is increasing. What should you do?

Tip 1.  It’s who knows you, not just who you know.

You need to involve your current network effectively, of course. But now is also the time to […]

By |November 6th, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on Smart and Senior – Job Search Tips

Cover Letters Can Make a Difference

Cover letters are not the main reason an employer will contact you. But hiring managers like them and that can make a difference between two equally qualified job seekers.

Take advantage of the opportunity to point out how your achievements specifically meet the job requirements.

Originally published in ClearedJobs.net

By |October 31st, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on Cover Letters Can Make a Difference
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    Your Resume Needs a Short, Relevant Summary, Not an Objective

Your Resume Needs a Short, Relevant Summary, Not an Objective

Every time I review resumes at Cleared Job Fairs, I see a lot of resumes with professional summaries and objectives and skills lists that take up most of page one. Don’t be this self-focused! A resume needs to show how you can help the potential employer now!

You need a meaty but short summary on your resume. […]

By |September 25th, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on Your Resume Needs a Short, Relevant Summary, Not an Objective

Decide This Before Writing Your Resume

Before you write a resume decide – what type of work are you seeking?

A resume is a ‘hook’ to capture an employer’s attention. It has to be focused on both what a specific type of job requires and what an employer requires. Then you take your past achievements and successes and write about them in […]

By |September 23rd, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on Decide This Before Writing Your Resume

We Wanted to Help Your Job Search but You Blew It

Recently I was at a meeting with military folks transitioning to the civilian work world. Several asked for my card. Not one has contacted me in the weeks since.

An old friend has been looking for work for a year. Many people who know him ask me about his progress. And then say ‘he never followed-up’ about […]

By |May 29th, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on We Wanted to Help Your Job Search but You Blew It

Job Search Lessons from May’s Military Holidays

May is the month we recognize and remember several aspects of our military:

Military Spouse Appreciation Day is a recent recognition of their support.
Armed Forces Day recognizes those currently in service.
Memorial Day recognizes those who died in war.

Memorial Day began as women, individually and in clubs, decorated the graves of Civil War soldiers with flowers. It became formalized, […]

By |May 10th, 2013|Military in Transition|Comments Off on Job Search Lessons from May’s Military Holidays
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    Skip Your Resume Objective to Grab an Employer’s Attention

Skip Your Resume Objective to Grab an Employer’s Attention

What is the point of a resume? It is an ad, designed to get an employer interested in you.

So why do so many people start out with a statement of what they want: “where I can contribute my skills to a growing blah, blah, blah…”  Most objectives are boringly similar and none really attract […]

By |April 15th, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on Skip Your Resume Objective to Grab an Employer’s Attention

Interviewing: Follow Up for Success

Whenever I talk about job search, there are questions about following up after an interview. Why, when, how, how much…

‘Why?’ is easy.
When you write a thank-you note to interviewers, you have another chance to impress each interviewer you talked with. When you check in after the expected decision time frame, you remind them of […]

By |February 25th, 2013|Job Search Tips and Tactics|Comments Off on Interviewing: Follow Up for Success