One mistake that many job seekers make is throwing themselves out into the employment market in “hopes” that someone (an employer) will find them and be the solution to their problem (unemployment). Why is this method a mistake and if you’re unemployed, what can you do to remedy this pervasive need to “go for” anything » Read More
Today I was reading through author Ford Myers “Top 5 Career Tips” (from his new book: “Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring”)… one of the things that he said that really jumped out is “You need to stop acting like an applicant, and start acting like a problem solver.” This is so » Read More
Guest Post - Heather Gardner…our FiredUP Careers featured expert – Looking for a job right now is tough. But hang in there, hold on tight and keep the job search momentum going. It’s amazing how much opportunity will come your way if you lay a solid foundation, nurture and continually build what you start. I talk to » Read More
We’re excited to team up with Job Re-Joov… here is the press release: FiredUP Careers and Job Re-Joov team together - bringing job seekers top quality resources along with ‘encouragement’ to win the job! June 30, 2009, Los Gatos, CA – FiredUP Careers, a uniquely focused career coaching company, announced today that it has teamed with the » Read More
For those of you in the healthcare field who are looking for new avenues for networking you should check out Health 2.0 and join their community both on Facebook and LinkedIn. You can also become involved by reading and commenting on their blog, this is where you can “connect with your peers and » Read More
Guest post by Chris Schonberger – Class of 2009, congratulations! Hopefully your commencement speaker was hilarious, inspirational, witty, warm, sage, eloquent, or at least famous enough that you’ll still remember who it was at the end of summer. (The only person who would fulfill all those criteria at once is clearly Ellen Degeneres!) But no matter » Read More
Social media is the newest arena in job search and if you’re not tapping in to this new ’sweet spot’ you are not utilizing some of the fastest growing resources at your disposal when it comes to fast tracking your job search efforts. Created this year by Gary Zukowski, TweetMyJob is quickly becoming an essential tool » Read More
Guest Post by: Dr. Debi Yohn – This is a tough job market but there are jobs. With all the downsizing and layoffs, employers still have specific needs. This article is written for people of all ages who have specific job skills. These may be internet skills, technical skills, writing skills, proofreading, translation, being a virtual » Read More
Guest Post – Caroline Ceniza-Levine is co-founder of SixFigureStart , a career coaching firm that specializes in working with Gen Y young professionals. Formerly in corporate HR and retained search, Caroline most recently headed campus recruiting for Time Inc and has also recruited for Accenture, Citibank, Disney ABC, and others. Some companies have regularly scheduled reviews, » Read More
Guest Post: CareerAlley – There are hundreds of job search boards on the Internet. The vast majority of those are not very helpful at best and a waste of time at worst. You could easily spend all of your time searching for job search boards and posting your resume. This would not be time well spent. » Read More
Guest post by Kevin Donlin – The most brilliant job-search plan in the world won’t get you hired by itself. You have to take action. But before you can act, you must decide to act. And that’s where things get tricky. Because your mind can work for you or against you. If you can harness your thoughts and let » Read More
The reports are out and Market Watch has just predicted that February ‘09 will show the worst job loss in 60 years. How do you fight that? Where does that leave you? What a hopeless headline that is! I’m not really a huge football fan, but I do have to say that so many » Read More
Just announced in the NY Times that G.M. will be cutting 10,000 salaried positions plus cut the salaries of others up to 10%. Layoffs are everywhere and more keep haunting us everyday. What can a person do who is in the midst of this terrible ’storm’? How can one prepare to face these difficult job search » Read More
Hello! Twitter - many of us are all ‘atwitter’ about Twitter and there is good reason to be. What a great place to connect! I have to admit when I first heard of Twitter a few months back and decided to join my first thoughts were…huh?? How do I use this thing? But, once I » Read More
“A vegetarian-owned and managed emerging sports games startup in San Francisco is looking to hire vegetarian software development interns for summer 2008.” I don’t know if this vegetarian only job posting , commented on valleywag.com , is for real. But it brings up the topic of ‘fitting in’. Increasingly, employers are selling their ‘culture’ to job applicants. » Read More
If asked ‘how do you contribute here?’, are you prepared to answer? In any business, there is a matrix of processes and events that result in the delivery of products or services to customers. This delivery means revenue. And how well these processes and events are executed translates to profit or loss. Where are you in this » Read More
I’m always fascinated by the common threads that run through our careers. It never ceases to amaze me that we can all be so unique, yet so much the same. We all have patterns, or ‘ways of dealing with/approaching things’. For example, I have a tendency (read pattern) to dive into new areas of interest head-first. » Read More
I dig what I do. Seriously. Now that doesn’t mean that everyday is like nirvana, with colorful butterflies prancing around my head, etc. etc. So I’m thinking about what it really does mean. I recognized it will mean something different to each individual, but here is my list. Here is why I dig what I » Read More
Hello world, and welcome to a new career advice blog focused on helping EVERYONE dig what they do. Well, perhaps not everyone. Only those who really want it. And I think it’s time that everyone just throw out your notions of ‘work as work’ for now. Sure, work provides the financial means to live. But » Read More
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