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5 Reasons Your LinkedIn Profile Isn’t Working
This article is part of the "LinkedIn tips" series.By now, you’ve certainly heard why a polished, professional LinkedIn profile could actually be MORE important than your resume. However, you could spend hours perfecting your profile, and still not receive results...
7 New Ways To Start Your Cover Letter
It’s time to dump the old line: “Please accept this application in response to…” If you’re still starting your cover letter with this overused one-liner, then I implore you to stop what you’re doing, delete the line, and spend a few minutes reading this article to...
How to Set Goals & Actually ACHIEVE Them in 2013
Many people feel as if they're adrift in the world. They work hard, but they don't seem to get anywhere worthwhile. A key reason that they feel this way is that they haven't spent enough time thinking about what they want from life, and haven't set themselves formal...
7 questions to help you reflect on 2012
I don't know about you, but at the end of each year, I like taking time to reflect on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. So as we near the completion of 2012, I thought you might be interested in a few question to help you reflect on what you’ve...
How to deal with a career gap on your resume
I’ve been getting some emails recently asking me how to re-enter workforce after career gap on your resume, so when on holidays last week, I’ve recorded a little video on this topic☺ Professionals in different industries have “gaps” (expectedly or unexpectedly) in...
10 strategic questions to ask to improve your executive resume
10 strategic questions to ask to improve your executive resume A successful job search still always start with a successful resume. When you know that your are the right fit for the job, make sure that your executive resume living up to the expectations of your target...
Top Ways To Improve Your Leadership Skills
This article is part of the "Career Development and Self-Promotion Tips" series.Whether you consciously aware of it or not, on some level you are continually leading yourself and others – you don’t necessarily have to have a large team reporting to you to be...
Will you recommit to your 2012 goals?
There are less than two months left in 2012, and I want to ask you: Are the goals you set at the beginning of the year on track for success? Have you given up on them after a week or two? Have you resigned and told yourself it’s not worth the effort and the life...
[Video] How to be smart with your time
Many professionals – whether they work for an employer or for themselves – are finding that there are too many projects to do and not enough time to complete them all. Feeling the time crunch and not accomplishing everything that you want to leads to working longer...
What are informational interviews?
Informational interviews, in which you gather information about a contact's job and industry, are vitally important to learning about new careers and opportunities. Plus, it's precisely when jobs aren't available that people are willing to meet with motivated job...
