Here is a scenario from one of my colleagues in the career niche, Chris Russell of Secrets of the Job Search.
“One of my best friends is going through a job search right now. He is a smart guy with an MBA who’s not even 40 years old yet in the financial management industry. His biggest challenge seems to be that most jobs he sees always have one little requirement he cant meet. The old “experience working in [insert industry here] is required“. What ever happened to transferable skills? Why are employers so adamant about only wanting candidates who work in …read more

Do you know who you are and what you bring to the table? I would venture to say that most people do not know who they are and what they bring to the table. Let me start by saying this, if you don’t know your value, your values, your skills, your abilities and how to articulate them to a hiring manager, you don’t know who you are well enough to get the jobs you may be qualified to get.
The table I am speaking about is a metaphor for the hiring discussion. The meeting between you and the hiring organization. What …read more