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7 Steps to Double Your Job Leads Using Your LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for job hunters when used appropriately. Start by optimizing your profile for a job search using these 7 steps that will double your job leads.
Putting Together an Elevator Pitch and Answering the Question, “Tell Me About Yourself.”
Here’s how to answer the question, “Tell me about yourself” in an interview.
How To Be The First To Get An Interview
How do you get an interview before others even know there is a job opening? In many ways, hiring managers are very similar to job hunters. When an opening happens, they want to fill it as quickly, painlessly, and cheaply as possible. Sounds familiar right? You want to find a job as quickly, painlessly, and cheaply as possible.
Book Leadership vs. Real Finance Leadership
Mihai Tiplea & Cole Sperry discuss what real-life finance leadership looks like. Everything from authenticity, obtaining buy-in from your team, hiring, on-boarding, and Mihai's L.U.E.
Everything Old Is New, Getting The Attention Of Hiring Managers
An unsolicited resume will go straight to the trash bin. Hiring managers get hundreds of emails per day. But how many actual letters do they receive? Here's what you should be writing to get the attention of those with the power and desire to hire you.
Answering “What Is Your Greatest Weakness?”
There are over a thousand possible questions that could be thrown at you during an interview. One question that deserves some extra attention is the infamous “What Is Your Greatest Weakness?” Most people freeze at the mention of the question and advice from career coaches is all over the place. So how do you answer this question? Find out in this article.
What Should be in the Header of Every Resume?
There are very few hard and fast rules that apply to writing a resume, but one standard you should always follow is including your name and contact information in the header. By including the information in the header, you will ensure it carries over to every page. The last thing you want is someone carrying a stack of printed resumes (yes, people still print), dropping them, and now your resume is missing a page.
Five steps to fast-start your job search
Here are five steps you can take right now to jump-start your job search.
Why you shouldn’t post your resume online
Post your resume on internet job boards, sit back, and let the jobs come to me! Seems so simple. Yet, this is the most ineffective way to actually find a job. In fact, it’s by far the worst possible strategy for your job search. Let’s put things in perspective…
Referencing your conversation to reinforce value in your follow up.
Follow up is king when you’re in the job hunt. But how you follow up with the interviewer can impact your success rates. In this video, you’ll see how to leverage your interview conversation to reinforce the value you bring to the table.
When do I follow up on a job opportunity?
Are you following up after you submit a resume and after your interviews? Less than 20% of individuals do this and those that do - stand out! But many of us struggle with the rules of following up. When is it ok? How do we do it so we don’t sound desperate? See the answers to these and more in the video.
How much talking should I do?
Interviews are nerve-racking enough. Talk too much and you’re rambling. Talk to little and you can appear arrogant or uninterested. Here’s how to make sure you ace your next interview.
Why did you leave that job?
If you’re trying to explain why you left each job on your resume, press the brakes!