Posts Tagged ‘Transferable Skills’
“No Problem, Mon”: A Lesson in a Jamaican Job Search You Can Apply Today
I was at the boat yard last week and got an unexpected reminder on how to conduct a networking based job search from a Jamaican boat worker.
He was an older man with the rough weathered face of someone who has spent a lifetime working in the glare of the sun on the sea. He was repairing [...]
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Money Magazine: Age-Proof Your Career
The issue of age and the job search is a hot topic in the job search world lately. Age is one of those variables we have little control over and everyone will have the frustrating experience of being judge by age (too young or too old) as opposed to skill and capability. (And of course [...]
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When the “insider” has only an outside chance to get the job you want.
“I didn’t get the job because they promoted someone from within.”
I have heard this story before. It happens. Unfortunately, if you are a job seeker on the outside of the company you would LOVE to work for, it’s easy to conclude you have no chance hell of getting in the door unless it is on [...]
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When Being Open Closes Doors
When the market is tight I often have job seekers tell me that they are very open to any kind of opportunity. Open to move for the right position, open to take a pay cut and open to ‘just about anything”.
The hope of course is that openness will help land a job more quickly on [...]
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Find the Job You Like Through People You Like.
When looking for a job we like and a successful career we usually think about skills, knowledge and motivation. I guess this makes sense. After all, jobs are about what we do. Work is the application of skills and knowledge.
The reasoning therefore, is to find organizations, that need your knowledge and skills and you will be [...]
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‘Tis the season to follow the money.
A client of mine got a verbal job offer but the job will not start until January. What’s going on here? Why can’t he start now? What’s the big deal of a of a months of pay when the hiring manager tells my client that her team is swamped with work and desperate for help?
Simple, this is [...]
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You Can Break Into a New Career: Just “Mind the Gap”
In London, there is a warning printed on the loading platform of the “Tube” (subway) station. It says “Mind the Gap” between the platform and the train – a warning to passengers not to trip as they board the train. When it comes to job search there is another gap that comes up – the [...]
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