How to Network Mutually Beneficially

Networking is likely the route to your next job… It’s more personal than applying on a stark job board, and it may help you find out about opportunities that aren’t openly advertised. So is networking a good thing? Definitely. But there are ways to do it properly (and effectively) and ways that are just a [...]

Asking for Career Advice

You don’t have to do this job search alone. There are people and resources that can help you, whether it’s proofreading a cover letter, giving resume advice, writing recommendations, etc.  The tricky part is: those helpful resources are really busy too.  So how can you ask for career advice – and receive it – while [...]

Why You should Apply Early to Jobs

In theory, every candidate who applies for a job has the same likelihood of landing it based on qualifications.  In reality, however, that is sadly not the case.  Research from StartWire shows that “more than one-fourth of jobs were filled with candidates who applied within the first two days of a posting”, with one half [...]

Networking for Success

Patra Frame, founder of Strategies for Human Resources, reminds us that executives often do not make the time to maintain or grow their networks, despite considerable evidence that shows the people who are effective, consistent networkers are more successful. She guarantees that scheduling some time each week to manage your network will pay big dividends [...]

How to be Memorable

Have you ever attended a networking event, collected a bunch of business cards, and when you go through them the next day, you can’t remember who many of the people are? Scott Allen, writing for Entrepreneurs.About.Com offers five tips on how to make yourself memorable when meeting other people face-to-face. For the full list, go [...]