It is that time of year again; a period that many job seekers dread. It is the feared “Bermuda Triangle” of job searching…the holiday season. This time of year does not have to be so horrible. In fact because so many job seekers mistakenly “drop out” out of the...
With the winters we have here in Western New York, we are all familiar with having “cold feet”. The subject of today’s Job Search Tips, however, is not that physical malady we feel after walking in the snow. We will instead focus on the “cold feet” being when a person...
One of the biggest complaints I hear from job seekers is the length of time the hiring process sometimes takes. You would think (with the tight labor market) employers would not delay, but that is often not the case. It is also natural for a candidate to be a little...
Sometimes the old adage of “don’t take no for an answer” can pay off, especially when it comes to your job search. For many job seekers, they may think erroneously that you only receive one attempt to get hired by a company. They believe that once you have been...
You hear and read a lot about ethics in the workplace. Large companies will have entire departments focused on the subject and, at the very least, virtually all employers have some type of policy regarding the topic. Most business relationships are built, at least...