Is Hiring Actually Broken? A Conversation About Job Searching, AI, and Second Chances
You've applied to 50 jobs. Maybe 75. Maybe 100. You've written the cover letters. You've tailored the resume. You've hit submit and waited. And heard nothing. Not a rejection. Not a "we went with another candidate." Just silence. After a while, you start asking...
Making the Leap into a Career You Can Really Love
If you’re stuck in a job you can’t feel excited about, you know what a drag it can be. You may even be at the point where you dread the end of the weekend or get depressed just thinking about being in the workplace. Or maybe you simply feel you could be doing more...
Is “Disloyalty” a Bad Thing?
You work hard, your employer is satisfied and you have a nice work/life balance. There’s potential for moving up in the company. But then an external opportunity happens with the promise of a sharp upward shift in your career. You’ve cautiously mulled things over and decided to leave. Yes, it is in the middle of this big project, of course. You have misgivings about the disruption for your coworkers. You considered the impact on the company. You are feeling torn between loyalty and opportunity. Are you being disloyal? Is disloyalty a bad thing?
Cost vs. Investment for Your Personal Enterprise
As the Chief Strategy Officer for your career, the time must come to think critically about cost vs. investment. Too often, people confuse the two. Allow me to be elementary for a moment and clarify what I mean by cost and investment. A cost is an expense that allows...
The Number 1 Reason Your Résumé isn’t Working
A resume must work for at least three different audiences, each looking for something different. That means there are three different levels of comprehension being used for your one résumé. Most resumes are written to speak to the hiring manager. However, your resume must first appeal to the two readers who stand between you and the hiring manager in order to keep you moving through the hiring process. And here they are…
