Balance or Blend for Your Job Hunt – Which is Desirable?

Subtitle: Separate but Not Equal?
In a post in her Shifting Careers column last week, Marci Alboher links to a blog by Venkatesh Rao, ribbonfarm.com. Rao illustrates work-life balance vs. work-life blending:

This is a topic that is top-of-mind for many job seekers, some of whom are actually considering leaving their current jobs because they don’t have [...]

Resume Key Words and a Great Visual Tool

Well-informed job seekers know that companies typically screen resumes using software that searches for key words. That’s why your resume should be targeted/personalized for each job. Re-writing even a little of your resume can help scanning software mark your resume as one to review further!

College Recruiter had a link to a fun tool called [...]

Tips When Considering Jobs Beyond Your Qualifications

Job applicants who spend a lot of time looking at ads often have the same question: Do I apply for this job if it seems like a reach? Am I wasting my time if I don’t have all of the qualifications?

First, a personal story. The last time I conducted a national job hunt [...]

Tim Russert’s Lesson to Job Seekers

To some, it may seem like old news. Anyone who is plugged in knows that Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press and influential political commentator died suddenly of a heart attack while at work. The fact that he died so young (at 58), right before Father’s Day, leaving a son who just graduated [...]

Networking – Something You Do or Something You ARE?

Earlier today, one of my Twitter friends, life/brand strategist Walter Akana tweeted an intriguing question. He asked: How do you keep your networking skills continually refreshed?

My answer: I try to think of networking as a way of BEING instead of something to DO.

Another Twitter friend, Megan Fitzgerald, an expat career and entrepreneur coach, replied: I [...]

A Comedy of Errors and the Job Hunt

photo by GotMeAMuse

Sometimes, even the best laid plans don’t go as planned…

Case in point, a new client of mine whose job search is in full swing. His resume is top-notch, cover letters targeted and linkedin profile updated. He has started being invited for a lot of interviews, which is very exciting (for him and for [...]

Pin Credit and Blame – Accountability and Your Job Hunt

Accountability.

Wikipedia defines it (in part):

Accountability is a concept in ethics with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as answerability, enforcement, responsibility, blameworthiness, liability and other terms associated with the expectation of account-giving. As an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in both the public and [...]

Keppie Careers Featured on Career.Alltop.com

I am thrilled to share the news that Keppie Careers’ blog is now featured on Guy Kawasaki’s site, career.alltop.com.

For those not familiar with Guy’s Alltop badge, he gathers top blogs in a variety of fields and topics and collects them for easy access and viewing. Headings include Work, Living, Culture, Sports…You name [...]

Don’t Wait Until All the Berries Are Picked!

photo by captpiper
Have you ever wanted to do
something but waited too
long and it was too late?
This happened to me this week. I had planned (by planned, I really mean thought about it and decided it would be fun) to go strawberry picking with my boys. Although it would be hot (really hot), the [...]

Don’t Try to Grow a Bigger Ox and Your Job Hunt

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So, you’re wondering what a bigger ox has to do with your job hunt?

Today’s post was inspired by a quote from Peter Shankman, author, PR guru and owner of the list “Help A Reporter Out.” Today, his email reads:

In pioneer days, they used oxen for pulling, and when one ox couldn’t [...]