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Posted on Doing something you don’t like to do but doing it anyway can be a critical part of networking. Professional networking often requires a bit of a high wire act for most people. “I know how to market others or market things,” said one of my executive search clients recently. “But don’t ask me to market [...]
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Posted on Why do you need to know about social recruiting? Literally hundreds of millions of people log onto Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn alone daily. One of the reasons is that businesses have taken notice. What have they noticed? They notice where people are and what they are doing. Facebook and Google have become today’s Big Brother [...]
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Posted on Daily I see new blogs, webinars and seminars dedicated to tapping social media for recruiting and talent identification. So in the world of recruiting so-called social media seems to be spreading like wildfire. Companies like Facebook and Google already know more about “candidates” or people than you probably think they may know. Millions of people [...]
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Posted on Do I really have to invest my time to use another “social media” channel for my job search? Isn’t doing some things on LinkedIn enough? I hear complaints all the time from early career professionals right on up to $100K+ executives about all “social media” platforms. The complaints range from light frustration on up the [...]
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Posted on Just last week I helped author, edit and develop a new Linked In biography for a client. Within 24 hours he lined up two phone screen interviews and is already into a third, in person interview with one company. Not all career services clients get those kind of results but the fact is recruiting has [...]
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Posted on “John, I already have a strong existing network who I can tap into to help me find a job,” a recent career services client said to me. “What I need help with is beyond that network because I know I can count on this network to help me.” Those can be famous last words depending [...]
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Posted on One of the common fallacies in networking for any purpose is to think that networking is not an interview. Really even informal business networking should be thought of as some kind of interview. Many people do not project confident in networking because they treat a networking one on one or even less formally than they [...]
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Posted on Last week, Career Pro Inc., John O’Connor, and a few key clients of ours were selected by WRAL’s Here to Help segment to spotlight tips and tricks of submitting your resume through online applications. Brian Shrader, a veteran reporter of the Raleigh area interviewed Jill Jordan and John Domalavage who have both tackled the online [...]
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Posted on During difficult times, it’s hard to think differently. But those who do work to change their though process often will win the right opportunity in this work life. Realize Values Are the Heart of the Matter – In order to think clearly and creatively about your career options you need to find out what matters [...]
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Posted on Many indicators point to hiring in general picking up but one of the leading indicators proves that executives hires now look very strong now. Not only has the US Department of Labor backed up these statistics but many leading indicators prove executive hiring is climbing at a healthy rate. Any rate of advancement seems good [...]
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