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All Blog Posts Tagged 'transition' (13)

I Want to Make a Career Change… But to What?

Reposted from The ResumeWonders Blog There seems to be endless possibilities for those having to make a career change. When this opportunity becomes available some know exactly what they will do and where they will do it, while others become overwhelmed by the unlimited options and don’t know where to begin. Three ways to help narrow down those seemingly endless possibilities: 1. Find out what you are interested in. If there a… Continue

Added by Kris Plantrich on July 4, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Cast A Wide Net

Casting a Wide Net You've heard people say you should cast a wide net to improve your job search. So what does that mean exactly and how do you do it? Increasing the possibilities of finding a fit and getting an offer is what drives this thought. How would you answer this question: I am doing a thorough and diversified search which includes: A) Searching for multiple job titles, some very different from what I did B) Looking for jobs outside of the region C) Pursuing opportunities in a differ… Continue

Added by Hannah Morgan on May 15, 2009 at 5:12am — No Comments

5 Steps To Switching Careers

If you are thinking about switching careers and are not sure how to go about it, here are some suggestions on making the transition. 1) Research Your Career Interests 2) Complete a Career Assessment 3) Determine Your Transferable Skills 4) Upgrade Your Training and Education 5) Craft a New Resume You will want to evaluate the career that you are interested in by doing some research. See what you can find out on the internet regarding qualifications, salary expectations, training and job satis… Continue

Added by Laura Whitelaw on March 5, 2009 at 11:33pm — No Comments

Quick Tips: 10 assumptions you SHOULD be making

If you're starting out as a new professional, changing jobs, or changing careers, the following list of assumptions can help make your transition a bit smoother. Assume that:

You have a lot to offer, but you also have a lot to learn.
You have great ideas, but not everyone wants to hear them.
Your feelings matter, but so do the feelings of your colleagues.
There may be very legitimate reasons why your organization has impl

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Added by Grace Kutney on January 14, 2009 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Quick Tip - Consider a mock interview

Have a big interview coming up? Are you ready? If you are ready, it means you've identified your strengths and weaknesses, you've researched the company, you know your prior accomplishments and have identified ways to make each of them relevant to the hiring manager, etc. But are you ready for the interview itself? One of the key tactics to prepare for political debates, big football games, and important legal trials is role playing. I remember when they did the post-mortem on Obama's debate w… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on November 26, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Quick Tip - Use vetting techniques like Obama

I think pretty much everyone has heard of the term "vetting". It is used a lot in politics to make sure that a decision is fully researched before it is made. According to Merriam-Webster there are two ways to think about this: 1. to subject to usually expert appraisal or correction 2. to evaluate for possible approval or acceptance So, based on this, it would seem that vetting should play a pretty important role in the job search community. You clearly get vetted by recruiters, hiring managers… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on November 24, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Signs that your job search is on the right track

How do you know if you are on the right track? What indicates that you are doing the right things to maximize your chances to land that next great role? Are you looking for a horseshoe faced the right way or a lucky clover? Well, there are signs, of course. Here are some you won't find. You won't find a "GREAT INTERVIEW!" sign. It's unlikely that a recruiter you just met will hold up a card that says: "STOP: MY NEXT PLACEMENT ON BOARD". Finally, don't keep your eyes peeled for a "YIELD, TOP CA… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on November 21, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

With or without a new job, how to measure the success of your search

A friend and colleague from a prior company e-mailed me today and gave me some much appreciated feedback on this blog. It is incredibly helpful to hear feedback from readers. If you have feedback on this blog, my writing style, my perspective or have ideas of topics you'd like to have me discuss, please share your comments! After writing 21 posts in 28 days on this blog (and 23 posts in the same amount of time on my other blog, you'll have to forgive m… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on October 2, 2008 at 10:10pm — No Comments

Job Search - Why going it alone won't work, part 1

Traditional job searchers have a list of resources that they rely upon for that next great job. Generally the list looks like this: 1. Professional recruiters Kind of a short list, right? Well, it is kind of unfair to suggest there are people out there who are this one-dimensional. But I've met a number of people who see recruiters as at least 50% of their search effort. That is the first question they ask me: Do you know of any good recruiters? As I've said, recruiters are an i… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on October 2, 2008 at 2:29am — No Comments

Job Search - Why going it alone won't work, part 2

In part 1, I talked about how some job searchers limit their success by going it alone (i.e. have precious few resources in play). What else should I be doing? Click here for my post on what plates you could be spinning. Part 2 is about why all the extra resources/micro networks add value to a search. See the differences illustrated below: GOING IT ALONE 1. Random Action - Your average day will be disj… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on October 2, 2008 at 2:00am — No Comments

Out of work? Lucky you.

During my recent "out of work" experience in late 2007 I got some great advice from a helpful career coach. Based on the premise that you can't possibly look for work 12 hours a day, there were some powerful ways, she said, to spend my transition time. In fact, this 3-6 month period may be the only significant block of free time in my entire adult. What could I do with it? While tempting initially to "play" and "roam", I knew I had to establish an early pattern of pro-active effort to get my se… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on October 1, 2008 at 4:16am — 1 Comment

Do You Have a Job Search Strategy Or Are You Just Spinning?

Memories of the Big Top When I was a kid I used to love the circus act of plate spinning - all those plates and only one person keeping them afloat! The beauty of it, of course, is the efficiency of only re-spinning the plate when it starts to slow down. The Analogy for Job Search As I was in the middle of a recent job transition, plate spinning struck me as a compelling analogy for job search. So I started to think about plate spinning as it related to my own efforts to find th… Continue

Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on September 29, 2008 at 1:01am — 2 Comments

How in the world can you demonstrate leadership in a resume?

You can't. Leadership is a skill that you can only demonstrate in person. So why do professional and managerial career changers take up valuable resume space trying to convince their reader that they are leaders? I find that managerial career changers want to define themselves as leaders. Not for their audience, the hiring manager, but for themselves. Since many experienced job changers write egocentric resumes (writing for themselves as the audience, not the hiring manager), this shouldn't c… Continue

Added by Phil Rosenberg on May 12, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments