Test Your Networking Skills A quiz to test job seeker’s networking skills at professional functions and events. Don Straits How much do you really know about navigating networking events? This little quiz is a fun way to brush up on your schmoozing skills without having to balance a drink or hail...
How much time do you spend daily on social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace? It is a question I addressed to Georgia Tech students at one of the job search seminars I presented. The responses varied in time frames, but I was not surprised to see that every single student in the audience raised...
Layoffs, high unemployment rate, more experienced and competitive candidates in the job market; these were all words that I was hearing back in 2001, when I started my job search process as a fresh HR Master degree graduate. I was discouraged and scared of what the predictions were for my job search...
It is a wicked job market out there today. You need every advantage you can leverage to be successful. Networking is mandatory, and doing some “informational interviews” can be excellent as part of this process. These “interviews” can be an amazing boost in your networking efforts...
The Feds say the unemployment rate is about 7%. While that is bad, it also says that employment is at 93%; however, if you are out of work and seeking a job, your unemployment is the max at 100%! Jobs are available for recent college grads, but they are harder to find than they were a couple of years...