“A tool every career professional needs. Paul Hill’s The Panic Free Job Search shows you step by step how to navigate the “New Job Search” and how to leverage the web and social networking to get hired.”
— Amy Levinson, executive vice president, Guerrilla Marketing International
Consulting or contracting can be a very lucrative way of making a living if you treat your practice as a business. In Part I of this two part series I shared with you the importance of being a business owner and not a Wannabe Consultant. Let’s examine what you need to do to make sure your practice runs like a business and your pipeline is full of contracts in order to avoid long stretches of unemployment.
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Throughout my career I have often been asked “How do I get into the consulting game and land that first contract?”
I always begin by answering, “You need to first understand what type of consultant you are or want to be.”
Over my 25 years in the job search industry, I have come to the conclusion that there are three types of consultants or temporary brains for hire:
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When you think of beginning a job search you probably also think of preparing a great resume. At some point in the job search process, regardless of your job search tactic, networking, targeted marketing, or applying to jobs online, you will need to provide a resume.
Almost always, when you submit a resume online to an employer, your resume must first make it through a computer screen before it makes it to a human screener. Continue Reading on CTV website
Many experts say “if you are not on LinkedIn you don’t exist as a professional.” I say if you are on LinkedIn you still may not exist if you don’t have an optimized profile.
For all intent and purposes, not having an optimized profile is the same as not having a profile on LinkedIn; you won’t be found and if you are found you will not hold the viewers’ attention and if you hold their attention you won’t call them to the right action, which is probably contacting you about a job for most of you reading this article.
Long term unemployment can wreak havoc on one’s finances. I met with Paul Hill, author of The Panic Free Job Search and we talked about the effects of long-term unemployment and how to break out of its grasp and get re-hired quickly.
Over reliance on your resume may be hurting your job prospects. For many who find themselves in a long-term unemployment situation, Hill suggests getting out from behind your computer and meeting people who can help you land a job. Continue Reading on CTV website
I am often asked: “Why should I attend a job search boot camp or get help from a job search expert?” The quick answer of course is because it works and if you could get hired in a great job on your own you would have done it by now. It usually takes about 3 months before the typical job seeker realizes that playing the “job application online lottery” and dabbling with networking without a plan and hoping for the LinkedIn job fairy to appear and save the day – just does not work. Oh yes sure – you are getting interviews – but are you closing the deal!
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Losing a “career job” often leads to unemployment stress and getting off track.
Quit fooling around, get off your butt and get a job! Advice that is easy to give to the unemployed, sure if you are sitting pretty and you are employed. For the individual that is fired or loses a “career job” the event can have a devastating effect, especially for a professional with a long track record with the same employer. There is often a feeling of betrayal carried towards the ex-employer especially for those who are loyal and devoted career professionals.
It was a time to fire up the old resume, do a little updating and start banging on doors, looking for a new job.
That was then, this is now, and today if you start updating your resume on the day your employment status changes from “in a relationship” to “looking for new opportunities” you are far behind where you need to be. Continue Reading
Suki Shah CEO of GetHired.com is a true trailblazer and is really reinventing the way employers and job seekers connect in today’s digital world.
The importance of video
Job hunters have been sold on ineffective job boards and many find the process of applying online, frustrating and ineffective in landing themselves a job. Similarly, employers are frustrated by systems that are unable to select viable candidates for them. Continue Reading →
The Panic Free Job Search will help you to be irresistible to employers.
Want to have financial security and never, ever have to do a traditional job search again?
The Panic Free Job Search: Unleash the Power of the Web and Social Networking to Get Hired is about creating an irresistible offer that employers are attracted to and are compelled to act on.
Forget about focusing on getting your foot in the door …When you unleash the power of the web and social networking to promote your career you open up the “world” of employers and bring them to your door step. Continue Reading