According to a recent analysis of 3,000 job seekers, done by the Federal Reserve Bank of NY and Columbia Business School, employed job seekers receive offers that are 48% higher on average than for unemployed job seekers. Employed job seekers are also more likely than the unemployed (63% to 40%) to receive offers with benefits, such
Looking to improve your LinkedIn presence? Check out my guide to optimizing your LinkedIn profile for your dream career. Recruiters use LinkedIn to hire people. I recently filled a six-figure job where the candidate (who beat out multiple referrals) was someone I originally sourced on LinkedIn. If you are actively looking, you certainly want to
How do you decide where to spend your networking time when you’re busy and have precious little extra time? When is it worth the travel time to meet live for lunch or coffee? How do you know what LinkedIn or social media invites to accept? We all have multiple priorities and people competing for our
Preparing for a job interview? You might also be interested in my blog post: Ten Step Process To Help Ace Your Next Job Interview. If you are an aspiring career changer, a new graduate, or even an experienced professional but looking to enter a young industry (e.g., blockchain), then you have less relevant experience for
Looking to improve your LinkedIn presence? Check out my guide to optimizing your LinkedIn profile for your dream career. At a recent workshop, I was asked for strategies to decide what LinkedIn invitations to accept. This notion of networking attention as a limited resource inspired my latest post for Forbes on guidelines for deciding how to
One of my best-performing Forbes posts this year is on seven signs your current career no longer suits you, and 100 Dreams is the exercise I recommend to clients who are stuck on finding the next thing to pursue. Clearly this topic strikes a nerve – are you also feeling in a rut or thinking you
I was leading a career planning workshop for senior executives, which of course includes talk of the ideal professional network. One of the participants dared to say he didn’t return unsolicited calls from recruiters. Seriously? Recruiters are definitely people you need to have in your professional network. Recruiters offer a critical window into the market.
For more on resumes, check out my Ultimate Guide To Resumes. The first quarter of the year is a busy time for hiring, and if you want to jump on the job opportunities that come your way, you’ll need a resume. But the prospect of pulling together all the details of your background is daunting
After several years at a top management consulting firm, my engineer client moved rapidly up the ranks of a start-up from operations to project management to head of business development, until slow growth and slower fundraising made him realize that he not only was not going to have the big exit story to tell at
To go to graduate school or not: that is a question you may face after several years on the workforce and looking for a boost in your career; or after several decades of work and looking for a major change. Given the time and expense of a graduate school education, it makes sense to weigh
