As a recruiter for over 20 years, LinkedIn is one of the first sources I check when I do candidate research. This is true even when I hire for brand-name Fortune 500 companies or hot start-ups who have thousands of candidates in their proprietary applicant tracking systems. For a job seeker, LinkedIn has the advantage

In a recent survey of my readers, the overwhelming number one topic on their minds was how to figure out what to do in their career. I hear from people just starting out who don’t have a clear career target – maybe a vague sense of their interests but not a clear way to translate

You have limited time in a job interview – learn how to sell your skills, expertise and years of experience in a concise and compelling way You have limited time in a job interview, and yet you have multiple skills, areas of expertise and years of experience to cover. Rambling is a big pet peeve

Below is the transcript of a Q&A for a session I led on negotiation. The full video is at the bottom, and on my YouTube Channel. This is a great question because yes, it is true that often times you go back and forth in a negotiation. And if you're asking for more, the other side may

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Preparing for a job interview? You might also be interested in my blog post: Ten Step Process To Help Ace Your Next Job Interview. Most job interviews include at least one negative interview question: What is your biggest weakness? Tell me about a project where something went wrong. What is the biggest mistake you made? The interviewer is looking

Trying to figure out what’s next in your career? You might also be interested in: How To Figure Out What To Do In Your Career – 10 Exercises And Prompts To Get Started How do you overcome that weary feeling of constantly putting in 100% effort and not feeling valued? What can you do to avoid the

One of the most frequent concerns I hear about working from home is the difficulty in setting boundaries between work and home lives. Sure, you save the commute time back and forth, but some people relished the commute time for quiet time – to read, listen to podcasts, play games or even daydream. Now that

Working from home is challenging enough just to get your own stuff done, but when you have a manager who micromanages, who creates unnecessary work with onerous status requests or who isn’t familiar with the technology and needs extra support, it can feel like there’s an additional burden. First of all, make sure that you are set