Career Tips
Managing Your Job Search: Why Planning Matters
Your job search starts before you ever click apply. Once you’ve created your resume and built out your online profile, you still need to prepare a plan of attack to manage the job search from start to finish. Managing your job search goes hand in hand with submitting applications. You’re tracking, strategizing, and networking your…
Read MoreLinkedIn: Building Your Professional Online Profile
Building your professional online profile is necessary for anoyone on the job market. For most people, this means creating and maintaining a LinkedIn account. Unless you are seeking a position that requires a portfolio of work (like Github), LinkedIn is the right place to start your professional branding. LinkedIn is the gateway to professional networking…
Read MoreBuilding Your Resume for Your First Job or Internship
The Resume A resume tells a quick story that leaves employers asking for more. A simply formatted, clean, and spellchecked resume goes a long way. Avoid colors, designs, or fonts that may be difficult to read when printed or on mobile. Keep your resume to one page and the font to a reasonable size. And,…
Read MoreGen Z Employees Surpass Boomers in the Workforce
By the end of 2024, there will be more Gen Z employees in the workforce than Boomers according to the Wall Street Journal. This signals a labor shift as the last group of Boomers exit in the next few years. Now, employers and recruiters alike will need to find ways to engage Gen Z in…
Read MoreHelp or Hinderance: LinkedIn’s “Open-to-Work” Options
Whether you’ve lost your job or you’re ready to join the job market, it’s daunting to open yourself up to peers and potential employers. LinkedIn users have been able to make themselves “open to work” to recruiters with enterprise accounts for several years. However, the pandemic layoffs ushered in a new, public way for job…
Read MoreLeveraging the Hype Cycle for Your Career Search
Hype Cycle, a term coined by Gartner, often describes the cycle of maturation, adoption, and social applications for technology. Largely, this method zooms out on applications to see how tech will evolve over time. It provides reliable insight to manage deployment and meet company goals. However, the Hype Cycle is being adopted by job applicants…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the Aging Workforce?
The last group of baby boomers turns 60 this year. While the eldest of the generation have begun to retire, others find themselves at a crossroads. Affording retirement means working longer, but it also means navigating the changing landscapes of jobs that don’t quite fit anymore. Notably, technology positions are fast-paced and tend to lend…
Read MoreAvoiding the Job Application Black Hole
Finding a new job is stressful. Finding a new job when you’re already employed is a full-time job. The preparation, resume writing, skills assessments and interviews are nothing short of a juggling act. Yet, before you ever get the chance to speak to someone, you have to apply. Ideally, every application would come with a…
Read MoreBack On the Job Market: Leveraging LinkedIn & Making Connections
The third part of our Returning to the Job Market series focuses on leveraging LinkedIn and your connections to get yourself in front of hiring managers. Whether you like it or not, your job search doesn’t start and end with submitting a resume and cover letter. In fact, some companies may strictly use online profiles…
Read MoreReturning to the Job Market: Updating Your Resume
If it has been a decade since you were last on the job market, much has changed in the application and interview process. In fact, you might be surprised that most of these changes have occurred over the past three years. In addition to navigating the traditional application waters, you’re also expected to know how…
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