by Barbara Safani | Oct 6, 2009 | career management, salary negotiation
Over the past few weeks I’ve been culling information from various compensation surveys, HR Magazine, and presentations by Mercer Consulting and ORC Worldwide to investigate compensation benchmarks for 2009 and trends for 2010. Here’s what I have learned and...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 5, 2009 | career management, interviews, resume
When I was in high school I assumed everyone went to college. My brothers were both away at Ivy League schools at the time and just about all of my friends were busy prepping for the SATs and visiting college campuses. But one good friend at the time told me he...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 1, 2009 | resume
Last week when I was in Annapolis at the NRWA conference, I listened to a panel discussion with five recruiters representing the corporate, not-for-profit, and government sectors who shared their preferences regarding resumes. Their preferences are consistent with...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 29, 2009 | networking
Last week at the NRWA conference, I sat in on a presentation by Wendy Terwelp, author of Rock Your Network for Job Seekers: How to Rebuild Your Network Online and Off in Just 5 Minutes a Day, on strategies for rejuvenating your network.With just a little bit of time,...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 28, 2009 | salary negotiation
I recently saw Sam Horn, author of “Create the Perfect Pitch, Title, and Tagline for Anything” at the NRWA conference. Sam talked about the power of words when presenting ideas and discussed what she called “words to lose” and “words to...
