Job Search Strategies

In this article, I’m going to cover LinkedIn recommendations and what you need to now about endorsements.

In terms of recommendations, it is essential that you get recommendations from supervisors or your colleagues or even clients of the company you are working for, or have worked for, or as a business owner, get recommendations from clients, or even your staff.

So, why are recommendations important? [Read more…] about Getting recommendations and what you need to know about endorsements on LinkedIn

Being online increasing matters. Why:

• Employers and recruiters are head- hunting online.
  
• The majority of employers and recruiters Google you during the job selection process.
  
• Colleagues, clients and business partners use the web as the first place to go for information about you.
  
• Without an online presence you are effectively a ‘nobody’ (In the US many employers won’t hire people, who don’t have some sort of online presence. While this trend is not so prevalent in Australia, it is increasingly heading this way)
  
• You can use your online presence such as LinkedIn and website as a place you can refer people, if undertaking a direct job search.
  

[Read more…] about Why you need a prominent digital footprint as a professional

Yep – I confess to using the ‘F’ word on occasion, such as when I got a flat tyre, lost my passport or was escaping a street riot (tear gas was involved).

But in this article, I’m not referring to THAT ‘F’ word – I’m referring to the word ‘FOCUS’ and how having the right focus can totally transform the way you conduct a job search. [Read more…] about My favourite ‘F’ Word for Jobseekers

Stop worshiping the job board

Job Boards are the worst invention ever for job seekers. No matter how many times I tell my clients that job boards are the least effective way to progress their career, job seekers continue to flock to them, as they have been lulled by the media and job boards themselves, that the only steps they need to make to progress their career is to use sites such as SEEK, or Career One.

Nothing could be further from the truth. [Read more…] about Stop these habits – they are killing your career

Christmas is coming – so many jobseekers wind down their job search. But in my opinion, you should be winding up your efforts, not winding down. Why?

Less Competition

My inbox goes crazy in November and again from mid-January through to April. Why? [Read more…] about Why looking for a new career over the holidays can be so lucrative

Age discrimination is illegal, but there is a still an age bias by employers.  Many employers will often vote for youth over maturity, with some employers believing that older workers are less productive and are rigid and inflexible.

If you are over 50, you already know better and this has been confirmed by research, which strongly indicates that older workers have lower turnover and absenteeism compared to their younger counterparts and can master new technologies as quickly as younger employees, as well as being just as flexible within the workplace. [Read more…] about The 5 best tips for older job seekers