Although getting laid off can be a traumatic experience, experts say you shouldn’t panic. You need to be calm and levelheaded to plan a course of action for while you are unemployed and to plan a strategy for finding another job. There are several things you can do to help yourself get through this tough… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Career Advice
Rebounding from Big Career Failures
In work, as in life, there inevitably will be failure along with success. Some failures are more spectacular than others, ones we think we may never recover from. Losing a job could fall into this category. Perhaps you lost a job because of a major mistake. It may seem as if you’ll never recover from… Read more »
Taking a Job for Which You’re Overqualified
You are out of work and actively looking for a job. You have had an offer, but it’s something you are not thrilled about. You are way overqualified for it, and it doesn’t pay nearly as much as you had been making. What should you do? Some would counsel passing on the offer. It is… Read more »
Generation Y’s Expectations in the Workplace
Millennials, or Generation Y as this group of young people is known, are just now entering the workforce. They are joining the world of work at a time when unemployment is high because of lingering economic problems. Yet, it appears that even with the precarious employment situation, Millennials are not content with what employers are… Read more »
Prepping for the Most Important Part of the Job Search: The Interview
When hiring for a job, it is the interview that is the most important element in the process for companies. But all too often job candidates do little, if any, preparation for the interview which, given its significance, is a serious mistake. Personnel is the biggest expense for employers, so in hiring a new person,… Read more »
Job Search Tips for Recent College Grads
If you are a recent college graduate, you no doubt know that now is an exceptionally tough time to enter the job market. The unemployment rate is remaining stubbornly high at more than nine percent. That means there are a lot of unemployed people looking for work. So, even experienced workers are taking entry-level positions,… Read more »
The Art of Dressing for a Job Interview
When it comes to job interviews, there are plenty of things to think about, from the introduction, to your answers, to your enthusiasm. But in running through your job interview checklist, don’t forget about how you dress. It is one of the first impressions you will make walking through the door. If you are not… Read more »
Don’t Burn Your Bridges: The Art of Declining a Job Offer
Sounds like the kind of “problem” we all wish we have in this economy – feeling that we should decline a job offer. Yet declining a job offer the wrong way can have an adverse impact on your career. Here’s how to decline an offer the right way. Thank the hiring manager for the offer…. Read more »
Looking Forward or Looking Back: Which Motivates Best?
Do you start projects with great gusto, work consistently for a few hours or days and then peter out as the project continues, losing interest and steam? Many people are just like you, paying attention to the beginning of a task but ignoring its ending. We lose focus. We procrastinate, missing deadlines. So how can… Read more »
Realistic Optimism
A lot of self-help books and motivational speakers have a simple message when it comes to optimism – if you believe in yourself, then you will achieve success. But there is one problem with this little mantra, according to psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson – it’s not true. The focus on achieving success almost effortlessly, if… Read more »