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Re: Key to Job Search Success: Building Relationships with Recruiters

Interview Success — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:47 -0000

These are all awesome tips, Katie! Forming a relationship with recruiters is a great way to not only create relationships, but also find your dream job. After all, they know the in’s and out’s of the job search better than anyone. Just be sure to come to the table with all your wants and needs, as you noted. This is how they can steer you in the right direction.

Re: 6 Simple Steps to Writing a Really Good Cover Letter

Interview Success — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:06 -0000

Another tip to add: Differentiate your cover letter from your resume. So many cover letters are a rehash of a resume. Instead, use stories, concrete details, and numbers to state your case. That way, the organization can gain a great first impression, which will help them to see why you’d be a good fit.

Re: The 3 Most Inspiring TED Talks You Must See

Jen Ogrin — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:38:37 -0000

Incredible! I loved Amanda's talk. Thank you for sharing!

Re: The 3 Most Inspiring TED Talks You Must See

Brad Farris — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:04:44 -0000

I just saw that Amanda Palmer video earlier today -- amazing! Such a great example of what making a personal connection can make for you.

Re: Why Should I Hire You: How to Answer the Toughest Job Interview Question

Interview Success — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:20 -0000

These are all great tips. It can be hard to answer this interview question, but at the end of the day, it’s of those answers an employer needs to hear. As you noted, be sure to connect your past experiences to what the organization is looking for. This is how the employer can clearly see your value, as well as your place in the organization.

Re: 7 Things NOT to Say in a Job Interview

Jeff Havens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:52 -0000

That is a good tip! Even if everyone at your last job was totally incompetent it doesn't make anyone look bad but you!

Re: The Top 5 Tips for Finding Unadvertised Job Opportunities

Interview Success — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:12 -0000

Good tips! In all of these, be sure to sell yourself. That is, tell the story of you so, once you find these unadvertised jobs, you can stand out as much as possible. This additional differentiator is how you can eventually land an interview, as well as the job.

Re: Students and Campus Career Centers: Irreconcilable Differences?

EB — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:05:48 -0000

Darcy, you make some good points here. One thing I disagree with is the last paragraph. Skills are what sell later in career but when it comes to post-college employment far too many students have majors with little job-search value. That's where I'd like to see the school, career center, parents, and whoever else get involved way earlier to paint a realistic picture of how the number of options varies depending on choices they will be face with during their academic careers.

Re: Behind the Scenes in HR: What’s Taking So Long to Hear Back?

Dan Gurney — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:14:37 -0000

Thank you for that! I had a job interview over a week ago and I thought it went pretty well. But now I was worried that maybe the interview didn't go as well as I thought.

Re: First Step to Knowing the Right Career: Know Thyself [Infographic]

Donna Svei — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:05 -0000

What a wonderful infographic! The MBTI was originally designed to serve as a career planning tool. Now, it's probably used more for team building inside organizations, where it helps colleagues understand and accept individual differences, than it is for career planning. Most people will probably encounter this instrument at some point in their careers. Earlier is better than later.

Re: 5 Tips to Jump-start Your Job Search

Eithar Denkho — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:01:47 -0000

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Re: How to Stay Motivated During Your Summer Internship

Alfred Poor — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:07:31 -0000

The famous director Constantin Stanislavski is quoted as saying "There are no small parts, only small actors." I believe that boring jobs don't exist, for much the same reason.
This post has some great advice. Sure, it would be wonderful if your internship included close and personal mentorship from a brilliant and charismatic manager who throws you into the middle of a high-caliber team working on a critical project with strategic importance. But that's not likely to happen.
In most cases, you have to make it happen for yourself. If nothing else, just pay attention to what's going on around you while you do the tasks assigned. If you're stuffing envelopes, learn about the goal of the mailing, how the copy language was developed, what the strategy of the piece is, and how the recipients were selected. How was it printed, and why was that choice made over the alternatives? You may not be making the decisions, but you can learn from the decisions that have been made.
Like so much of life, what you get out of an internship experience is largely determined by what you put into it.

Re: 7 Things NOT to Say in a Job Interview

Interview Success — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:58:00 -0000

Great points. Another tip: Try not to mention how much you hated your last job. This goes hand-in-hand with your third point. Although you may have had a bad experience, don’t let your emotions take over the interview. Instead, point out what you’d like out of a job that you didn’t have in your previous position, such as room for growth or more challenging tasks.

Re: Students and Campus Career Centers: Irreconcilable Differences?

DarcyLear — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:39 -0000

After teaching 20 years in high education, it is clear that university programs (especially in the humanities) are set up to prepare students for a life of the mind within the university. Without changing that fundamental setup, blaming the university for not preparing students for professional careers is like blaming the sky for being blue. Can it change? Yes, but it would require major hustling from the top down and the bottom up. Students, like rest of us, are busy with whatever immediate tasks are in front of them. So until résumé preparation and job search activities are the immediate tasks, most students aren’t going to go to career services to work on something that seems so far in the future to them.

In other words, students need professional development services when & where they are most relevant to students–not when and where it is most convenient to the professors teaching their courses or the career service office employees.

These skills that employers say they want (communication, decision-making, problem-solving, organization, analysis) are skills that can come out of the traditional university curriculum--I'd even go so far as to say *especially* in the humanities. But somewhere we have to bridge that gap–help students translate those skills that they do develop in academic contexts into the language of the professional context.

Re: Which Are You… a Linker, Liker or Tweeter?

Louise Sorensen — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:12:20 -0000

Ima tweeter. But I do generally read every word of an article before I retwe SQUIRREL!!!

Re: The 4 Mistakes That Lead to Job Search #Fail

Interview Success — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:10:26 -0000

Great post! Another interview mistake is failing to research the organization before your meeting. When you take this step under consideration, you’ll be able to tailor your responses to any question the interviewer asks you, while also being knowledgeable about the space.

Re: Everyone’s a Leader: The Art of Managing Up

Alfred Poor — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:40 -0000

Great advice. I think the key is summed up by two words in the article: "Pay attention."
Alfred Poor
Author of "7 Success Secrets That Every College Student Needs to Know!"

Re: What Recruiters Really Look for in Your LinkedIn Profile

Ed Alexander — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:19:52 -0000

Nice article. Regarding item #1 "Just the Facts": that also applies to your LI Summary. We see so many LI profile summaries that lead with self-congratulatory adjectives like "creative", "versatile", "Seasoned", etc.

No, no, and no. Three reasons:

1. like the earlier commenter, samadams72, said: "BS". Everyone knows you wrote your own profile summary, or at least have final edit control. Stop blowing sunshine and get to the facts - fast.

2. So what? all those adjectives do NOT differentiate you. Everyone I hire has to be "creative", "versatile", etc. Stick with what differentiates you - or at least describes your key match-up factors. Speaking of which...the first line of your Summary is a great place to put the exact keywords that match your one or three key value terms - concrete ones. Nouns.

3. Profile summaries are cropped in LI search results. Do you want the
recruiter /hiring manager to be looking at a candidate search result listing, and see only a few words about you like "Creative", "versatile" next to your photo, or some other smarmy descriptor? Or, wouldn't it make more sense to have that cropped profile summary in their search results clearly state your unique qualifications?
You decide.

Re: What Recruiters Really Look for in Your LinkedIn Profile

samadams72 — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:30:36 -0000

BS: It's who you know...and that's all she wrote...

Re: How Your First Resume Must Tell a Compelling Story

Interview Success — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:46:05 -0000

Great tips. Telling the story of you is such an important part of the job search process. In addition to your tips, be sure to translate your story into much more detail in your interview. That is, pick up where your resume leaves off. The interviewer can then visualize the results you created and discuss them with you in person.

Re: How #Jobseekers Should Be Using Social Media (But Aren’t)

Steve Levy — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:18:42 -0000

Sorry to disappoint Jocelyn but my thoughts are not at all conflicting. Your body of work decides your legacy NOT your opinion of yourself at the beginning. One "joke" about social media are Twitter bios - the number of folks who are experts, SMEs, Ninjas, Gurus, leading providers, etc. far outnumber the reality; it's no different than companies "branding" themselves as an "employer of choice" when "reviews" by employees (or their turnover/retention numbers) say otherwise.

So while I agree with you that you should be yourself, I so not agree that you should decide who you want to be before you start being social.

BTW as far as recruiters needing to learn how to navigate the social landscape, that's true - but the same can be said for marketers and creatives who have anointed themselves branding experts because the word might be in their job title or job description.

Don't tell me, show me.

Re: Job Interviews Shouldn’t Be Painful If…

Interview Success — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:58:58 -0000

This is a great model to follow. It seems simple, but when job seekers understand the who, what, when, where, and why of their job interviews, they’ll typically perform better. In particular, understanding the “why” portion of your interview can help candidates interact with the interviewer, answer questions better, and have a more positive interview experience.

Re: How #Jobseekers Should Be Using Social Media (But Aren’t)

Jocelyn Aucoin — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:44:49 -0000

I think there's some conflicting advice here. Don't consciously brand yourself, but be on social media? Shouldn't anything you put on social media be done in an intentional, conscious manner? When it comes to social, you should just be yourself, wherever and however that means. Just like in real life. Have a filter and be aware of who is listening. Recruiters need to learn how to navigate the social landscape smarter. If branding turns you off, you probably shouldn't be recruiting marketers or creatives. Is that fair to say?

Relationships will always be the most important thing. People first. But I believe social can be used just as powerfully to connect as the telephone - if not moreso, depending on the person and how they prefer to communicate. I've lived this as proof. I've hired people over instant message. It can happen.

Re: How #Jobseekers Should Be Using Social Media (But Aren’t)

Hannah Morgan — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:39:04 -0000

@LevyRecruits- Twitter lists are the key to keeping it all organized! Using Hootsuite is an absolute must for tracking streams!

While some people may not be as confident in taking a stand on an issue (as you), I absolutely agree that engaging in chatter with the person tweeting is a super way of setting yourself apart!

Branding is a touchy subject...but can we agree that staying within the realm of expertise you want to be known for is part of the strategy?! Share, comment, contribute to discussions that are professionally relevant and important!

Anyone can do this, but there are so many lurkers out there on these platforms. Stop watching from the sidelines and participate!

Re: Behind the Scenes in HR: What’s Taking So Long to Hear Back?

Simon — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:04:43 -0000

I had an interview for a permanent full-time position at a place I had been working as a temporary worker about two weeks ago.

I feel better knowing that it's taking this long for them to get back to me, it's still frustrating.