Your character and your reputation The current job market is absolutely tilted in favor of the job seeker. Especially in Colorado, where the unemployment rate is barely measurable, most early and mid-career candidates can name their price and perks. This phenomenon also leads to some bad behavior that during the recession (you remember the recession,…
Sometimes you just gotta wonder… It’s summertime! Feeling like I’ll take a lighthearted theme this month. One of the coolest things about my job is that I get a firsthand recall of the best—and the worst—things that candidates do during the interview process. The following are actual occurrences—I’m fairly certain that the individuals who are…
Staying relevant in today’s market I spoke with a mid career professional last week who exited a company he had been with for 12 years. He was under the impression that he only needed to update his resume and post it on the internet in order to get a new, high paying, interesting and short…
Tips for keeping your job search going during the summer slowdown If you have a choice, you would like to embark upon job searching in the Spring and after Labor Day. These are the best times of the year to build momentum and generate interest. However, we don’t always have the luxury of selecting our…
Manipulative tactics that some recruiters will use on you I really don’t like writing about negative subjects and I’ve put this off as long as I could. Many of you are thinking about switching positions this year and may not have worked with a recruiter before. These super friendly people who seem to be interested…
Make your job search easier while you’re working Once again the labor department released record low unemployment numbers for Colorado – still sitting at 2.4%. What that means is that most job seekers are looking for a new position while already working 40+ hours a week. The task seems rather daunting! Some of you might…
Tips for juggling your next move while you’re working All of us in Colorado are enjoying a very lucrative job market – we are the #2 state in the nation for jobs. The good news is that if you are looking to make a move you have choices, the bad news is that it’s harder…
How to move past this and move forward with your career We’d like to think that bad things only happen to bad people but that’s simply not the case. Getting fired is likely not going to make for a stellar day, but it happens. Companies change direction, new managers are hired, skill set requirements change,…
Some simple preparation is the key By the end of this week alone my team will have interviewed, coached and screened over 100 job seekers. This is how we spend our days – talking with job seeking professionals about how to do their best to get the job. Unless you spend 40 hours a week…
Stop being the runner-up candidate and close the deal! Often when I receive a phone call from an executive it’s because they have been “on the bench” for a period of time and are frustrated that they haven’t received a job offer yet. Much of the time it’s because they are spending most of their…