Imagine this scenario per a comment: you’ve been contracting or consulting while you’ve been looking for a job. A potential hiring manager asks you, “What was your gross income?” as part of the interview. What do you say? “Oy vey” is not a good answer. Although it might be precisely what you are feeling. This […]
I’ve been writing the networking part of the Agile Job Search book, and realized you could use some of the advice before the book is ready. I receive lots of requests to link with people on LinkedIn. Some people I’ve met at conferences or workshops. Some people I know. Some people I share common groups
Take a look at Rich’s Resume and Interview Preparation Tips. Look especially at the Value, Action, Method for resume bullets. That’s a great way to describe your experience.
You’ve been unemployed for a over a year. You’re looking for a job. You have not been sitting home, eating bon-bons. You’ve been contributing to open-source projects, or studying for a certification, and networking like there’s no tomorrow. You have not found another job yet. So, what do you say when hiring managers, HR people,
If you’re a candidate and you are looking for a job, it can be difficult to deconstruct a job ad, especially if it’s a laundry list of technical tools. A lot of hiring managers use a form of shorthand to identify their needs. Here are some common themes that might be their shorthand: What the
You might think that your only alumni network is from your school. But you have corporate alumni networks too. I bet you’ve worked for some great companies, or some large companies, or for some great managers, or with some great people. Those corporate alumni networks are just as valuable as your university alumni network. So,
Produce Something When we last spoke, you had a board and a ranked list of todos. Now, it’s time to apply your agile mindset to your todos and use your board to help you do so. Remember when I asked you to make each of your todos small, so you could accomplish each of them
Last week, I gave a talk at WIND (Wednesday is Networking Day), here in the Boston area. It was titled An Agile Approach to Your Job Search. I decided that based on the response to that talk, I would do a series of blog posts for candidates about how to look for a job. Hiring
I spoke recently with a senior project manager who is looking for a new job. I offered to review her resume, and she told me she didn’t think she needed it. She had the “secret sauce” to a great resume: every single line on the resume answered the “so what” question. If she has some
I have a column up on Stickyminds, Six Behaviors to Consider for an Agile Team. Please do leave comments there.