| Unpaid Internships: Foot in the Door or Stepping on a Landmine? by Barbara Safani - Jul, 2010 I was recently interviewed by CBS news about unpaid internships. There was a time when the only people who sought out unpaid internships were students who wanted to gain valuable work experience and were willing to forgo a salary to get it. But in today’s economy, more and more adults with... | |||
| How to Learn Everything You Need to Know About Interviewing in One Day by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2010 My daughter landed a plum internship this summer as an assistant to a musical director and casting director for the national tour of a very well known Broadway musical. On her first day she observed a typical theater audition, cattle-call style and in less than eight hours learned what it ... | |||
| Who Quits Their Job in This Economy? by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2010 According to the most recent report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more employees left their jobs voluntarily in March (1.9M) than were laid off (1.8M). You may be wondering why so many are quitting their jobs in what is still a volatile economy, but the reality is that people... | |||
| Why Networking Gets a Bad Rap and What to Do About It by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2010 Many people think that networking during a job search means calling everyone you know and asking them for a job. They associate networking with being pushy, overbearing, and an overall pest. People often shy away from networking because they don’t want to be labeled as this type of person.... | |||
| Does Your Resume Make You Look Like a Job Hopper? by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2010 When hiring managers read resumes, one of the first things they look at is dates of employment. If they see multiple short employment stints, they will often assume that you are a job hopper, question your ability to stay at one company for long, and move on to the next candidate. Often... | |||
| Take a Ride in the Elevator Before You Interview by Barbara Safani - May, 2010 Everyone needs an elevator pitch which is a quick overview of who you are and the value you can bring to an organization. This overview of your competencies was coined the elevator pitch because the message should be succinct enough to deliver to an important decision maker if you had the... | |||
| What Companies Can Learn From the College Admissions Process by Barbara Safani - Apr, 2010 I recently spent two weeks touring college campuses with my daughter. I quickly became fascinated with the process...everything from the information sessions to the student guided tours to the admissions requirements made me think about what hiring authorities at companies could learn from... | |||
| Job Search Spring Cleaning by Barbara Safani - Mar, 2010 Happy Spring! It’s time to spring into action and add some news strategies to your job search campaign. Here are a few things to try. 1. Go around the gatekeeper. If you find an open position through a job board or company website, don’t only submit your resume to human resources—they’r... | |||
| How to Spot a Job Scam by Barbara Safani - Mar, 2010 Some people have managed to leverage the challenges of the most recent recession into a lucrative business for themselves to earn a legitimate living. Unfortunately, others are preying on uninformed and sometimes desperate job seekers to illegitimately turn a buck and ruin people’s credit ... | |||
| Finding Your Place in the Green Economy by Barbara Safani - Mar, 2010 I bet many of you out there are wearing green today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. I decided to do something different this year and blog green instead. I’ve been a big fan of Carol McClelland’s Green Career Central site for over a year and I was thrilled to hear that she recently publishe... | |||
| Is Your Resume as Fashionable as Plastic Slipcovers? by Barbara Safani - Feb, 2010 I put up a picture on Facebook yesterday of me as a kid sitting in my living room. I love this picture because it reminds me what my house looked like as a child and it’s a window into what trends influenced how homes were decorated at the time. My mother had a penchant for plastic slipcov... | |||
| Career Management: It Takes a Village by Barbara Safani - Jan, 2010 Last week I attended the first of many college planning meetings at my daughter’s school. Jammed into the school auditorium with 200+ other neurotic parents of high school juniors, I listened to details about student entrance exam test dates, transcripts, and application deadlines. Parents... | |||
| You’re Perfect for the Job, Except... by Barbara Safani - Jan, 2010 Last year I went on multiple interviews for six different consulting assignments. It’s kind of strange to go on interviews when your profession revolves around teaching others how to interview. It’s often a humbling experience and sometimes I don’t even take my own advice. I thought I was ... | |||
| Do New Year’s Resolutions Have to Happen on New Year’s? by Barbara Safani - Dec, 2009 Everyone’s starting to talk about their New Year’s resolutions…lose weight, exercise more, quit smoking, get out of debt, and find a new job are the ones I hear most frequently. And while I think that New Year’s resolutions are a great idea in theory, I think that a lot of people fail to k... | |||
| How to Communicate Difficult Stories on Your Resume by Barbara Safani - Dec, 2009 My son just recently celebrated his birthday. It is a tradition in our family to tell our kids the story of the day they were born each year on their birthday. And while I’ve been telling my son this story for the past 13 years, it has always been somewhat sanitized. You see, my son’s birt... | |||
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