“You wrote my resume as if you had known me for a lifetime. I received several interviews after submitting this resume, and now I have my dream job! Thanks, Jeri!”
XM Talk Show Host, Chicago, IL
Know your value
Jeri is interviewed on Studio One, a cable news program produced by students, faculty and staff at the University of North Dakota. This segment talks about job interview process and how you can be prepared for this important part of getting your career going in the right direction.
Executive: CEO, CIO, CFO, COO, President, Vice President, Partner At the top of your profession, an accomplished leader with a vision to match, you have accomplishments begging to be quantified in ways that show your enterprise scope. Management: Director, manager, general manager, operations manager, You are doubly blessed with management experience backed by a profession. Professional: You are highly educated and/or trained in a career track field. Technical: Your training is highly specialized, technology oriented, and quickly evolving. Creative: Your career has called you into the attic of angels, where the sweat of creativity powers the heavens.
Back in 1937, Napoleon Hill published a book titled “Think and Grow Rich.” It remains to this day the top-selling business book of all time. Much of the “new” business wisdom of our time is based upon Hill’s book, including the new thought best-selling book and movie “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne, the system that shows you how to work Hill’s principles,
Even with the best intentions, job search candidates can be their own worst enemy if they lose focus on their goal.
One source says the average executive job search is currently 23 months long. Others say on average, an executive candidate can count on searching one month for every $10,000 in targeted salary.
Staying focused for one to two years during a job search is monumental.
How to transform the focus of your resume “Matt” had been a systems analyst for 15 years. He had some management experience, and now he wants to move into management or sales. The trouble is his resume still looks and sounds like that of a systems analyst. Matt tried several times to change it himself, and no matter what he did, he couldn’t stop the technology
ONET is the deep source for career information and resume inspiration
One Web site. Two great uses. That’s ONET (Oh-net). It’s the Bureau of Labor Statistics site with every job description you can imagine.
If you’re not sure about your next career move, point your browser to ONET, and read about jobs that sound interesting. You’ll find details on the job itself as well as the forecast
Change your attitude, hire a coach, and watch your world change “Jennifer” is an accountant who has been unemployed for 18 months. She has the desperate story of so many trying to find a job and hang on to their house, car, and self esteem. It’s not going well.
She doesn’t want to take a job that is out of her industry, but she can’t afford to
How do you use career information? Information and inspiration are available to everyone everywhere in four different ways: as a message, a lesson, a problem and a crisis. If we don’t solve the issues on the level of message, we will be destined to keep working on them, potentially into a crisis.
My friend, LifeWoRx calling buddy and Transformational Facilitation Trainer Jodee Bock (BocksOffice.com) says this all
There is an attitudinal shift happening in today’s labor marketplace, according to Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurist. That could mean good news for employees ready for a new challenge. Recent increases in consumer confidence result in churning in the labor marketplace. More people are able to find jobs; others feel confident enough to quit them without firm offers. They are seeing more
You’ve decided when you want to retire, but you also know the rocking chair isn’t for you. Volunteering is OK for part of the time, but you also want to keep your hand in your career – or try something completely different.
Techrepublic.com has tips for technology professionals making that transition, but they’re useful for the rest of us
Health Information Technology leads jobs expansion
Job growth in technical fields will exceed the increases in the non-technical industries largely because of changes in health care, according to Joyce Gioia, a strategic business futurist, Certified Management Consultant, and author. She bases her conclusion on data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The combination of aging Baby Boomers, the shift to digital medical records, and the sequencing