Fueling Your Job Search Blog
Addressing Bad LinkedIn Advice
People treat their LinkedIn profile like their very smart but very annoying colleague. You really need their help sometimes, but otherwise you prefer to stay away…
What are Your Special Skills?
What are specialized skills? The most in-demand skills that hiring managers are willing to pay more for, and how much more they expect to offer for them, include…
Are You in the Right Position?
Putting leadership in the right position is incredibly important…
How to Fix an Employment Gap
Are you worried about any gaps in your employment on your resume? One year? Six months? One month? Clients come to me nervous because they have some kind of a gap in their employment from when they were between jobs. The reasons vary.
Ridiculous Salary Ranges
What are you supposed to do about a salary range like this? For online applications, you don’t have any power until you get to an interview…
… And You Can Control Your Career, Too!
Here’s why my services aren’t work for me, they reward me. And you. Here’s why I love my job…
How do You Trust a Career Advisor?
Trusting a career advisor at first is a difficult subject.
Unless you’ve gotten a specific recommendation based on someone else’s success, it’s a tough choice on who would provide the best results for you—or if you even need that help…
AI Could Get You Hired… and Fired!
You might need for support when you’re stressed about your job prospects. But please do businesses a favor and read the entire job description, not just the job title…
How Good are You at Video Interviews?
If you're not a natural on camera (like me), what do you do about video interviews?
Hiring at Companies is Confusing, Not Evil
Companies are not evil, but confusion in hiring abounds.
10 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Job Search
Are you aware of the most common job search errors?
The Hiring Process is not Broken
Millions of people are out of work. Some have been job hunting for years. This is very stressful and leads to people posting misleading comments and spouting myths on social media. And when some people repeat a lie enough, the masses start to take it as truth…
Your Biography is an Asset
Writing a professional or executive biography may look easy and seem unhelpful. Writing an engaging biography that helps you move forward with your career is definitely helpful and not so easy…
BIG NEWS: Now AI Works for You
Big News! Now you can land a better job faster and easier than ever before…
The Impossible ATS Perfect Match Theory
According to this Forbes article, if your résumé doesn’t align perfectly with the open position, it may not be a priority for the hiring team to review. This is not entirely true…
Stop Editorializing
One of my clients insisted that he knew the way around job descriptions…
Interview What-Ifs
At some points in your job search, you’re going to come across an interviewer who doesn’t know how to interview…
Unhelpful Experience
Here is an example of why you might not be landing interviews if you’re actively job searching.