If only I, Margaret, had all the clients I wanted in New York, no, not just New York, let’s make that up and down the Eastern seaboard, indeed, across the country while we’re at it. Not only having the clients with the fillable jobs, but imagine all the terrific candidates suitable for those jobs just
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July 31, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says, Networking
June 12, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says, resume formatting
The secret to landing a job interview or indeed job offer
There are all these articles out there on the Internet, or even worse as actual books you have to BUY, telling you about “secret” things that apparently resume-reviewers want to see on resumes and cover letters. There are “secret” things you must remember to say, or then again, not say in interviews. Let’s not forget
June 5, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says
I’m depressed…..Motivate me…..
I have always said that the worst job in the world is looking for a job. I mean, if you pin me against the wall and tell me there are actually worse, then yes, I guess I’m exaggerating. Working down a salt mine in a country with deficient safety standards is doubtless quite a bit
May 15, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says
Why Merit? In fact, why staffing services at all?
Scenario 1: I’m intelligent – if you don’t believe me, just ask my mother. I have great skills, good experience. I’m a team player. Why, then, would I need a staffing service to help me find a job? Scenario 2: I’m intelligent – see Scenario 1…. I have great skills, good experience. I’m a team
January 23, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says
You made your 2013 goals. Was one of them “Find new job”?
Last week I wrote about whether it was advisable to look for a new job in such a volatile economy — and the answer was, basically, “Depends how strongly you want to move.” This week I’d like share my thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions. You may or may not have made any, you may or
January 16, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says
Is it too risky to look for a job now in this economic climate?
It’s a judgment call. If you took no risks at all in life, you’d never leave the house – and even then you could fall down the stairs. If it weren’t for bad luck, some people would have no luck at all. So…what’s an unhappily employed person to do? First, take a few minutes to think through
December 17, 2012
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says
End of year, should you end your job search?
End of year ≠ end of job search Btw, ≠ is mathematical for “does not equal”. But you all knew that, right? Don’t give up on looking for a job just because it’s End of Year/Holiday Season. I touched on this in a previous thread – it’s always some sort of holiday, Thanksgiving, July 4th
October 22, 2012
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says
Put off the job search till things get better?
I could make this a very short blog this week by writing “Are you INSANE?” and leave it at that. But let’s try to figure out why all those Internet pundits who get paid to write Human Resource/recruitment/life coaching articles based on common sense seem to have lost theirs. Here are the arguments for holding