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Regain Your Job-Search Optimism with Three Steps
By Deborah Walker
If you’ve been in a job search for more than
a few months, you already know that one of the greatest challenges
is maintaining a positive attitude. Without it, going through the
motions...
Make Money While You Job Search - 7 Ways To Quickly and Easily Suppliment Your Income
By Mary Elizabeth Bradford
Are you in a full-time job search? Many job seekers who are
find that supplementing their income until they land their next job
takes a lot of pressure and anxiety off of them and helps...
Yes, Research Really Is Important to Your Job Search Success
By Laura Smith-Proulx
I tell jobseekers in all my workshops that research iskey to their job search. I’m being redundant, but
it’s true and worth repeating. Whether you’re writing a
resume or cover...
Pitfalls of Career Typecasting
By Georgia Adamson
You may have heard the term typecasting in relation toactors, who sometimes get pigeon-holed for a certain type of role
and find it difficult, if not impossible, to land other types of
roles....
Stupid Mistakes Job Hunters Make
By Thomas Denham
1. Being
negative
Number 1 is not having a positive, upbeat and enthusiastic
attitude. Evict any thoughts that are excuses, self-defeating,
limiting, or roadblocks. Forget...
Advice for Ambitious Young Grad
By Joan Lloyd
Dear Joan: I am a 21 year-old senior at PennState, looking to make a dent in the world through
entrepreneurship, inspiration, and the dissemination of knowledge
and wisdom. I'm actively seeking...
Discrimination: How to Handle It
By Georgia Adamson
Laws have been passed to make employment discrimination basedon numerous factors—such as race, religion and
age—illegal. Those laws have been around for a while now, and
no company...
Your Best Job Search Resource? You!
By Walter Akana
Normally, when people ask about resources for job seekers,
they mean something that will be useful in helping the job seeker
successfully secure new employment. It could be a book, a website,
an...
One Thing Every Job Seeker Must Have To Be Successful
By Mary Elizabeth Bradford
No matter if you are changing industries, changing-up yourposition, wishing to relocate or just looking to work for a better
company, there is one thing you must have to be successful. It's...
Improve Your Job Search Skills
By Debra Wheatman
Question: Your team did a great job on arésumé revision for me last month. It looks amazing and I
am really pleased. I have been submitting it to every job posting I
see online and...
Same Job Search Strategy? Same Result? Diversify!
By Connie Hauer
A few weeks ago I was contacted by an individual who wantedsome job search coaching. His past job search method involved
checking Craigslist and a couple other websites on a daily basis.
If...
10 Mistakes to Avoid in a Confidential Job Search
By Georgia Adamson
In an ideal world, every job seeker could be open about thejob search with colleagues, friends, family, and even employers.
However, in reality you often won't want your employer to be aware
of...
Job Search Tips: You Are Brilliant, Accept It!
By Mary Elizabeth Bradford
There is a pattern I see with my clients. It goessomething like this: Once I have helped my clients map out their
career focus and goals, I send them a resume draft. I can
almost feel...
5 Reasons Job Seekers Should Use Twitter
By Teena Rose
Think Twitter is a joke? Some say yes. There are great reasonsfor taking Twitter seriously, however, especially when one
considers it a new job-search tool that hasn’t been fully
tapped....
Boomers: Rethink Seeking Jobs With GenXers
By Randy Block
In my coaching practice, I often hear complaints from jobseekers over 50 regarding not being considered for a full time
position by a GenXer.
“I was fully qualified and it makes...
Looking for the Right Answers to the Wrong Questions?
By Judi Perkins
A job seeker sought me out for a consultation last week. Shewas feeling lost (not uncommon) about what direction she should go
in. She’d not had any luck turning anything up; her resume
hadn’t gotten...
Creative Materials for Job Search
By Kathy Bornheimer
Everyone is used to sending or receiving traditional items inthe job search process. The resume and cover letter have been
standard fare for decades. However Social Media, the various online
processes...
Plan to Succeed
By Georgia Adamson
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business manager oremployee—or currently unemployed—you need a plan in
order to achieve your goals. As the saying goes,
“Failure to plan...
Top Ten Actions Necessary for a Successful Job Search
By Alvah Parker
There are many parts to a successful job search and the jobseeker has to orchestrate them in a way that gets them to all come
together so that he/she receives multiple offers simultaneously.
Here...
Define Your Job Search Brand
By Georgia Adamson
As savvy job seekers know, substantial job search activitytakes place online these days. Despite the technology advances,
though, one issue remains essentially the same: How do
you differentiate...

