4 Tips For Writing A Great Cover Letter [Video]
I just returned from the UNITY12 conference in Las Vegas where I had an opportunity to lead a panel discussion of recruiters sharing job search tips. We spent a good amount of time discussing cover...
View ArticleIntroducing Career Hangout
Pay it forward. My friend Laurie Ruettimann and I got together a few months ago and talked about the state of the job market. Many people are struggling. Struggling to find jobs, to keep jobs, to find...
View ArticleHow To Impress A Hiring Manager
If you follow this blog, you know I work for NPR. As you might expect, I get to work with some smart people. Mensa smart. After 18 months at NPR I’ve grown accustomed to the intelligence in the...
View ArticleNPR and Twitter HR Partner to Provide Social Media Job Search Tips
I’m excited to announce a new collaboration between the NPR and Twitter Human Resource teams aimed at helping job seekers learn how to use Twitter as a job search resource – #NPRTwitterChat. You can...
View ArticleSocial Media And Your Job Search – 5 Myths (And Truths) You Should Know
The following is a post I contributed to Careerealism’s Professional Emancipation Project (P.E.P.). There is a lot of discussion about how, where, and why one must use social media in today’s digital...
View ArticleJob Search Advice: #NPRTwitterChat II Recap
This is a recap of the second #NPRTwitterChat, a collaboration between the HR teams of NPR and Twitter. #NPRTwitterChat is a quarterly chat that brings together experienced professionals at the...
View Article20 Tweet-Sized Social Media Job Search Tips
Social Media has impacted the job search process for a broad range of jobs, and changed the ways organizations and candidates court and connect. These changes have raised new questions: How do I stand...
View ArticleHow To Write The Perfect Resume
The title to this blog post is a bit of a ruse. There is no ‘perfect résumé’. Perfect is in the eye of the beholder, and you never know who’s going to be reviewing your résumé – recruiters, hiring...
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