by Sheila Nielsen | Jun 25, 2015 | Career Direction
These days LinkedIn has become a vehicle for employers to search for people to interview and possibly hire. Recruiters search the Internet, and most specifically LinkedIn, to find good people and invite them to apply for a job even if these people were not actively...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jun 22, 2015 | Resumes
Here’s a good article from LinkedIn by Jeff Haden about why focusing on your resume is just not enough: Your Resume Is NEVER Enough to Get the Job You Want “You send in your resume. You include a hopefully eye-catching cover letter. You ask someone to put...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jun 18, 2015 | Job Search
“I am going to talk with everyone here at this event and ask each person if he or she has heard of a job.” I was at a fundraiser talking with an energetic young woman, I’ll call her Brittany, as we nibbled cheese and crackers. She was there with her mother who had...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jun 11, 2015 | Job Search
There are three big mistakes that many jobseekers routinely make that hurt their job searches. Don’t make them! 1. Too Much Time Responding to Online Job Postings Too many jobseekers plant themselves in front of their computers and spend hours and hours hunting for...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jun 4, 2015 | Job Search
Every workplace has people who can help you get past the castle gates and get you recognized by a hiring manager. Here’s a story from my practice; it’s an example of using rapid relationship and trust building to find gatekeepers to promote a job quest. It comes from...