by Barbara Safani | Sep 4, 2013 | career management
By now you’ve heard about Diana Nyad’s historic swim from Cuba to Florida and no doubt been impressed by the physical and emotional stamina she displayed swimming 103 miles, dodging sharks and jellyfish, and battling sea sickness. Swimming was the first...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 4, 2013 | career management, career research, networking, on-line identity, personal branding
I just finished reading Gen Y career and personal branding expert Dan Schawbel’s new book, Promote Yourself, and I think his message of career management and career empowerment directed towards the Gen Y workforce (people born between 1982 and 1993) is spot on....
by Barbara Safani | Aug 29, 2013 | career management, cover letters, networking, resume
Here are ten sure fire ways to sabotage your job search and some quick fixes to keep you on track. You can also check out our free resume and job search e-books here. Inflate qualifications or lie on a resume. While a resume is not a legal document, it should be an...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 3, 2013 | career management
I just finished reading the CNN article, How Helicopter Parents Can Ruin Kids’ Job Prospects. While it’s always an entertaining read to learn about a few parents whose desire to help their kids succeed is a bit misguided, I think the article misses an...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 12, 2013 | resume
Resume to Referral has a brilliant infographic called Avoid Being a Resume Hoarder that points out some of the things job seekers tend to keep on their resumes that should have been tossed out with the trash years ago. Writing a resume can be an emotional process and...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 10, 2013 | career management
The May unemployment numbers were just released by the Labor Department, citing the addition of 175,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 7.6%. But when you are the one who is unemployed, the unemployment rate is 100% and these numbers mean little to your individual...
by Barbara Safani | May 14, 2013 | career management, networking, on-line identity
This is a guest post from Georgina Stamp of Marble Hill Partners, an executive search firm. There comes a time in our careers when many of us may wish to branch out in different professional directions. Regardless of our motivations, attracting the attention of an...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 19, 2013 | career management, salary negotiation
Is your son or daughter currently in college or close to graduating? Good news. Salaries for recent grads are on the rise. The average starting salary for new college graduates earning bachelor’s degrees has increased 5.3 percent over last year, according to NACE’s...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 17, 2013 | career research
Did you know? 80 percent of available jobs are never advertised The average number of applications submitted per post is 118 20 percent of job applicants get interviews The average length of an interview is approximately 40 minutes The average time a candidate...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 15, 2013 | career management
With all the recent hype over Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent edict banning telecommuting, American workers may be left wondering if telecommuting is a ticket to career suicide. I don’t think so, but employees with telecommuting arrangements should explore options...
