Looking to improve your LinkedIn presence? Check out my guide to optimizing your LinkedIn profile for your dream career. Interestingly, I got a question from a reader about how to explain an employment gap specifically for LinkedIn and not for a resume or just in general. I wonder which of these options applies to this

A recent post explored how much networking it really takes to land a job (spoiler alert: there is no guarantee!). Because networking deals with person-to-person interactions, there will always be some uncertainty. If you do X type of outreach, will networking will pay off? We can’t say with 100% certainty. However, while networking may not be repeatable

This job seeker was promised a job lead from a friend – an introduction to a hiring manager at her dream company -- but to date, her friend has not delivered: What do you do when a friend says they will introduce you to someone you want to meet, but then they don’t? How long

This busy professional knows he needs to network but simply cannot find the time: What's the best way to set goals to measure progress in a career change / job hunt? Or to put it another way, how many outreach efforts (networking encounters, job applications, etc.) are typically necessary in a given week or month

You do not have to leave your company in order to change jobs, advance your career or make a career pivot. With a lateral move, you change roles, departments or geographies within the same company. This allows you to experience a new day-to-day work environment, but you still maintain your tenure, credibility and network that

One perk of writing multiple blogs (or annoyance, depending on your point of view) is that I get pitched with trends, ideas, and reports on a variety of subjects looking for coverage. I once wrote a Forbes post on the four-day work week, inspired by a survey of 3,000 employees around the world that revealed almost

There are many times in the course of your career that you will want to negotiate: you get a job offer and want to negotiate the job offer terms;your role changes and you want to negotiate a raise and/or promotion;you need more flexibility and want to negotiate your work schedule. I could dedicate an entire post to reasons to negotiate

Too many job seekers try to turn around a slow job search by tinkering with their resumes. But will changing a few words here or there really get you an interview or lead to a job? Even if you do manage to make your resume more attractive, when you rely on your resume to move

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