Category Archives: Information You Can Use

Job Hunting During the Holidays?! You bet!

presented by Dynamic Résumés www.dynamicresumesofNJ.com www.twitter.com/ResumesofNJ Do you tend to stop all job search activity from Thanksgiving to the New Year? If so, you may be missing out on job opportunities. Many people think that hiring stops during the holiday season, so they halt all searching. While recruiting does tend to slow down during this…

Should I go on an Interview even if I’m not interested?

presented by Dynamic Résumés www.dynamicresumesofNJ.com www.twitter.com/ResumesofNJ So here is a question I get asked a lot from job seekers: Should I go on an interview even if I’m not interested in the job? While you may wonder why someone would consider doing this, the reasons I usually hear from job seekers generally fall into a…

Top 5 Notes From A Career Workshop

On June 28th, I had the privilege of being part of a panel at the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill. The topic was Employment Coaching and the ever-popular how to succeed in today’s job market, but it quickly turned into an open forum, Q/A session. This suited me just fine as I’ve always felt the…

Job Search Tip of the Month: Use the summer to get your “mojo” back!

presented by Dynamic Résumés www.dynamicresumesofNJ.com www.twitter.com/ResumesofNJ We are heading into summer when people here are the east coast are excited about sunny weather, getting in shape for beach, doing fun things with more daylight hours, and just plain feeling good. For job seekers, there is MORE good news – opportunities are on the rise! In…

3 reasons the MLB Draft is like your job search

Summer is here and that means MLB Draft time. Just as exciting as First-Year Player Drafts, are the new crop of college graduates seeking their first ventures into the working world.  Here are three tips to help you make it into the career big leagues. 1.   Think through your options Eric Hanhold, a 2012 high…

Job Search Tip of the Month: Has your confidence gone down?

presented by Dynamic Resumes  www.dynamicresumesofNJ.com www.twitter.com/ResumesofNJ Job Search is often a time of mixed feelings – anxiety, excitement, stress, panic, relief, frustration and more. During a tough economy, many job seekers have been either searching for a long time and / or out of work for a long time, which adds more emotions to the…

Think You Shouldn’t Join LinkedIn? Think again! Why You Need a LinkedIn Profile

“Are you on LinkedIn?” How many times have you been asked this question, only to reply with an awkward “no?” A LinkedIn profile is now a part of every professional’s tool kit. With over 150 million members worldwide and growing, it is imperative for you to have a LinkedIn profile to be considered relevant in…

Five Tips for Getting Started on LinkedIn

So you have decided to create a LinkedIn profile. Good for you! Often, the hardest part of anything is getting started. Here are some step by step tips to guide you through your profile set up. 1. Let LinkedIn search your email contacts. Right after the initial screen where you input your name, title, company…

Job Search Tip of the Month: Can you be fired for Facebook?

presented by Dynamic Résumés  www.dynamicresumesofNJ.com www.twitter.com/ResumesofNJ Can you be fired for what you say on Facebook? You betcha……! So how many of you really believe that your Facebook is private? Well, certainly if you have properly set your Facebook privacy controls you should be, right? What is that you say? You haven’t set them up?…

Job Search Tip of the Month: Networking in surprising places!

presented by Diane Irwin, Dynamic Resumes www.dynamicresumesofNJ.com http://twitter.com/ResumesofNJ It is amazing how many opportunities we have to meet new people easily (read “potential job lead connections”) and in the most surprising places. A client of mine, Jennifer, had jury duty this week and was excited to tell me about some networking that fell in her…