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  • Personal Brand - YOU
    Executives, yes this means you, too. Understanding and communicating your brand will help you in all stages of your job search, as well as in managing your career going forward. Do you have a rock solid brand message that clearly...
  • Holiday Parties: How to Make an Impression to Help Your Career
    By Vickie Elmer for Glassdoor.com Holiday parties may seem like a time to kick back and enjoy -- and yet they also may be the best opportunities all winter to grow your network and add a little warmth to those...
  • Leverage Your Added Value as a “Job Hopper”
    For nearly six years, I have been a contributing blogger here at Career Hub. I have shared oodles of “free advice” to help job seekers. Today, though, I wanted to share a job search success story in the words of...
  • Tippy-Toeing, Not Through the Tulips
    Tippy-toeing around the inevitable. Not talking. Shhh! Don’t want anyone to know. Holding off. Just keep it quiet. Leave the house each morning as per usual, pretending everything is all right when you know for a fact that everything is...
  • Job Seekers and Your Super Bowl Sunday Ad
    Let's pretend that television producers have approached you with an offer too good to refuse: "We understand that you are looking for a new j-o-b and here's what we're going to do to help you this Super Bowl Sunday 2012....
  • The Intermission
    In the early 90’s, I discovered a life-changing book written by Dr. William Bridges. If you have not yet read this work: Transitions, Making Sense of Life’s Changes, perhaps it’s a gift to give yourself in the New Year. According...
  • Monster Global Poll: ”Ever Done Something Regrettable at an Office Party?”
    Poll Reveals That Approximately One in Ten People Have Engaged in Career-Damaging Behavior at an Office Celebration A poll conducted by Monster shows that too much cheer can be dangerous at the office holiday party, as one person in ten...
  • Networking: Who do you know who…..?
    Do you know who is in your network? Do you work your network effectively and efficiently? Let’s start with the facts. Everyone knows at least 10 people. Think of the old AT&T TV commercial where they talk about one person...
  • Career Change - Tips for successful transition
    The facts are clear. Over the last decade, executives want a career change because they are dissatisfied with their job / industry, unhappy with salary, insecure about longevity of job, work in an obsolete industry, or a victim of corporate...
  • IT Job Interview: One Thing You Must Take (& It's NOT Your Resume)
    (Although this blog post is directed to any and all IT job seekers, the tips below can help give an edge to people interviewing for other jobs across the enterprise.) The wave is coming - and it's a big one....
  • Job Search Trivia
    Here’s a trivia question for you: what do you call a group of lions? a business a gang a tower a romp a prickle a covey a pride a streak a pod a pack a team a crash If you...
  • Creating Credibility: Ten Tips for the Workplace
    By Dianna Booher, Guest Blogger Words have to match actions. In addition to meeting your deadlines and hitting all your goals, it's vital to establish trust in your word -- to build your credibility. In both verbal and written communications,...
  • Back To Work Mums: 7 Strategies For Finding Part-Time Work
     QUESTION “Sital, what’s the best way to secure part-time work for back to work mums? There seems to be nothing around and I keep getting rejected. What do you suggest?” MY ANSWER Before I answer the question, let me...
  • Recipes and Remedies
    For the last several days, I have been battling the winter crud, cold and laryngitis. My friends, family members and even clients have offered remedies, cures and solutions as to how to get rid of this stuff. The get-well quick...
  • Following Up After a Job Interview
    Over the last couple of years, some executives may have experienced a longer gap between jobs than ever before in their careers. As someone who wants to move to the next step in the interviewing process, you are anxious to...
  • Do You Show Up?
    Imagine that you are a business, trying to make a buck in this competitive market. Imagine that you have cut your staff to a skeleton crew to keep things afloat. Imagine what happens when one or more of your employees...
  • Career Coaching – Step One in Career Action Plan
    It’s a new year and half the planet is looking at what the new year holds for them, whether it be a career move, physically moving to a new location to live, going back to school, starting a family, etc....
  • Can Facebook Get You a Job?
    At Monster, we believe that effectively using social media is an important part of the modern job search. So when bloggers and journalists pose the question "Can Facebook Get You a Job?" We say, "Sure, it can! That's part of...
  • Office Holiday Party Etiquette -- Monster Twitter Chat Edition
    By Charles Purdy, Monster Senior Editor Work-related holiday events -- not everyone is a fan. In a 2010 survey, Monster.com asked people, "How do you feel about workplace holiday parties?" -- and 43 percent of respondents said that, at best,...
  • Our Power Word for Job Seekers in 2012
    Our power word for job seekers in 2011 was LEVERAGE. We used it (and still use it!) in multiple ways: "Joe leveraged his people skills to turn around morale and retention in a team demoralized by multiple layoffs." Or: "Joe...