Undoubtedly, most of us have gone through some kind of transition with our supervisors. Perhaps the person was recruited away to another company or maybe there was a merger and they got reassigned to another department. Whatever the reason, something important has been lost. When your boss leaves, they take with them that person’s knowledge of your contributions,… Read more »
“Massaging” Your Job Titles Can Be Hazardous To Your Career Health
Client résumés flow into my office all the time, and some of the most interesting things come to light once a project gets started. One particularly startling fact keeps rearing its ugly head: People take exceptional liberties regarding previous job titles they’ve held when listing them on their résumé. Uh Oh. Cue the “Dum… da… Read more »
Job Interview Autopsies: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
We’ve all had that awful job interview where either we bobbled a question someone tossed at us (such as: “If you could be any animal, what would you be?”) or we gave a bad answer and afterwards we smack our foreheads because we realized we could have given a much better answer. I talk to a lot… Read more »
Loyalty: A Dead Workplace Value?
I keep hearing a word that pops up regularly that is completely alarming when I ask job seekers to describe themselves. The conversation usually goes like something like this: Me: “Ok, now tell me some of your personal strengths and attributes that make you good for this type of job.” Job seeker: “I’m driven, dedicated,… Read more »