Just before the holidays, I penned the following post on LinkedIn expressing my need for a Director of Operations for one of my clients: “NEW JOB: DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS for a digital publisher in NY. You'll have your hands in virtually EVERYTHING. Need an organizer...
Typos. They are like zits on a teenager. Completely inevitable and, when few and far between, not very noticeable. But, when you send document after document, and email after email, filled with garbled vocabulary and missing words, it's like looking at a 15-year-old with a...
A cover letter might seem old-fashioned, but as I've said before, in some ways old-fashioned is good. As a recruiter, I often received hundreds of resumes in my e-mail box in response to an online posting. I was more responsive to those who took the...
The job boards are slow as the employment market continues to tighten. Does that mean you should sit back and wait for a job of your liking to magically appear on iMedia, The Ladders or any of your other preferred job sites? Me...
This is going to be short and not so sweet. Please don't start your cover letters like this: Dear Hiring Manager: My name is Jo Wanna Get a Job (imagine your real name inserted here). Really? As the reader, I can pretty much figure that part...