Tag: career advice
Question Proposed on LinkedIn: Is a Second Interview That Went Really Short a Bad Thing? Others’ Responses: – I had my first interview with a company for which I’d really like to work. It went rather well. By the end of it, they were already talking about setting up the second interview. I have a contact who works in management in the company, and he also told me the word was that it went pretty
Question Proposed on LinkedIn: Does the Resume Get Me the Job? Others’ Responses: – A comment I hear frequently from clients is: “I need a resume that will get me a job”. I typically explain that I can’t be of assistance with that. I’m not turning away clients, I’m simply stating a fact. – In my corporate career, I reviewed hundreds and hundred of resumes. I never made a hiring decision based on that piece
Question Proposed on LinkedIn: How to Generate Leads Using LinkedIn? Others’ Responses: – On LinkedIn you are limited to 50 groups. Therefore you want to join groups that are relevant. Any group that you join that is not relevant – is just a waste of a group! For example if you are a social media marketer – do not join groups that are related to social media marketing – because everyone in those groups will
Question Proposed on LinkedIn: What are some Twitter personal branding time-saving tips? How to tweet wisely in about 10 to 15 minutes a day, a few times a week. Others’ Responses: – In my practice, I rarely come across executive job seekers who are actively leveraging Twitter to help them land jobs.The few who even have Twitter accounts put up a few tweets initially, and then let it go. Their Twitter stream stopped dead months
Question Proposed on LinkedIn: Work life balance: is it possible? Others’ Responses: – We call it work/life/UNbalance because if your priorities lean more toward life (home, family, personal development), then you will naturally be happier at work and more productive. – I refer to it not as work/life balance but rather integration. This shifts the focus away from assuming that if you cannot find that balance, the employee is doing something wrong…or not doing something