Archive: November 2010
Giving holiday gifts to those who've helped with your job hunt
A friend recently asked, "What do I get or do for all the folks who helped me this year with job hunting favors? Do I even need to get them anything?" As with many professional development questions, the answer is,...
Want the job? Learn how to become a great storyteller
Successful presenters, public speakers, salespeople and politicians have mastered the art of storytelling, and as a jobseeker, you should, too. In sales, there is a saying: "Facts tell, stories sell." From a psychological perspective, this is true because we tend to remember stories longer and better than facts.
Good news/bad news/good news about holiday networking
Like the last two holiday seasons, this new one -- still in it's infancy -- looks like it will come packaged in the now-familiar mixed bag of economic indicators. On one hand, there is optimism for a healthier economy in...
How to convince your boss to let you work from home
How'd you like the snowy, icy commute this week? If you have a job that can partly be done from home but your employer has never let you telecommute, there's hope. To ask your boss for work-from-home privileges, follow...
Forget shopping -- 5 things you can do to advance your career today
Want to make sure you have a place to land should your current position unexpectedly evaporate? Or do you just hate your job, plain and simple? Then don't spend Black Friday waiting on checkout lines, scouring the web for bargains,...
How jobseekers can use LinkedIn to find valuable company information
If you're not a heavy LinkedIn user, you might not be aware of the great details the site provides about companies that can help you in your job search. Say you're looking to target a list of employers or you're researching companies within an industry or you have an interview coming up. You can use LinkedIn's company feature to get valuable information you need.
Self-employed? 7 ways to avoid burnout
Welcome to the month of the self-employed professional. Last week marked the second annual Global Entrepreneurship Week, which mobilized current and hopeful self-employed folks to participate in 30,000 small business events around the world. Not to be outdone, President Obama...
Turning that seasonal job into a permanent gig
Many people looking for work this time of year are taking a detour from their regular job-seeking activities to don new name tags and tie on color-coordinated smocks as extra seasonal retail help for the holidays. The vast majority of...
Want to pass the interview? Prepare your 'power questions'
Your success in an interview depends directly on your understanding of the employer's true needs and desires and your ability to communicate how you're the exact match for what the company is seeking in its new hire.
Controlling job-seeker mood swings via networking
Welcome to the holidays: The season of the Uncontrollable Mood Swing. It's known as a time filled with joy, family and peace, but it's also the time of darkness at 3 p.m., miserable weather and shopping stress. No to mention...
How to fess up to your workplace foul-ups
You may have heard about the surgeon who's gone public with the details of how he managed to perform the wrong surgery on a patient's hand two years ago. Breaking from the time-honored medical tradition of sweeping operating room...
How to get a proper introduction, and how to follow up
A client of mine recently asked for proper ways of getting successful introductions from her connections. Introductions will only go well if, first, you are carefully introduced and, second, if you follow up properly.
Young and new to the workforce? This free online course can help
So much of today's advice aimed at students and recent graduates centers on how to find a paid job in our droopy economy. But navigating the work world as a twentysomething doesn't stop with the job interview process. Once you've...
Seattle ranks high on managerial hiring index
A few days ago, we saw a dramatic example of change, with Republicans picking up a whopping 64 seats in the midterm elections to take back control of the House of Representatives. Here in this Washington -- in the Seattle...
Questions about grad school? Free UW event on Nov. 10 can help
Pondering graduate school while working, but not sure how you'll handle hitting the books on top of holding down a day job? The University of Washington wants to help. On Wednesday, November 10, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., UW Professional...
How to find a job in the federal government
According to Where the Jobs Are, federal agencies will be hiring more than 270,000 workers for mission-critical jobs by the end of September, 2012. I recently interviewed Heather Krasna, director of career services at Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, about how to go about getting one of these federal jobs.
Karen Burns is the author of The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl, a career guide based on her 59 jobs over 40 years in 22 cities.
Lisa Quast is a certified career coach, mentor, business consultant, former corporate executive and author based in the Seattle area.
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