Job Fairs are only as good as you make them. If you go to a job fair and you believe that you are wasting your time, you will not find any value in attending and my question than becomes, why bother? However, if you have a strategy for your job fair, and you can work your strategy, it won’t matter how poorly organized the job fair is, you work your strategy and things will work out for you. Let me say this, the key to a job fair is people. Go there and meet people. Go there and talk to …read more

Does age matter in the employment market? In a word “Yes”. But it doesn’t have to. I believe that most people in the job market don’t spend enough time investing in a strategy for their job search. As people, we prefer the road of least resistance. We want to find the easiest way to get what we want and need. But that is not going to get you the results you want or need in your job search. It is going to take sweat equity and elbow grease to work through your job search. From finding potential job opportunities, to …read more

Professional references can make or break your job search. Don’t assume your friends, colleagues, previous bosses will represent you the way you want them to represent you with another organization. It is absolutely your responsibility to prepare every single one of your references, both professional references and personal references prior to giving their contact information to an organization.

Don’t assume they know what to say about you.
Don’t assume they understand the job opportunity you are pursuing.
Don’t assume they will not say something that creates concern about your candidacy.
Don’t assume that your references understand how to assist you with landing the job …read more