Job Seekers

Does Your Résumé Drive Responses?

November 6, 2009

Have Effective is Your Résumé? Does it drive responses to you?   Do you get invites to interviews?   A “NO” response to these two questions might mean your résumé is working against you. Assess your résumé against our questions below to determine what kind of first impression it projects.   Here is one hundred points to begin.  See how much of the 100 points you can retain. Get [...]

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Is Your DNA Harming Your Job Search?

October 17, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Those of us that watch Law and Order (or CSI) know that it is the felon’s DNA that quite often leads to their being caught.   It is this DNA that has lead to the downfall of more than one careless felon. Do you know that each of us has a [...]

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Are You a Job Seeker Stuck in Another Ground Hog Day?

October 11, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Don’t be like Bill Murray in your job search.  Remember that movie Ground Hog Day where Bill Murray woke up each day only to find he was repeating the same experiences over and over again?  Are you finding that your search keeps duplicating the same experience day in and day out? [...]

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Is Your Focus Only on ‘Swinging’ for the Fence?

September 26, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. A client expressed concern that they felt their search had lost its momentum.   They were hesitant where or how to further their job search.  I suggested they forget for a moment about looking forward and go back to their foundation; review some basics. You know it is not always about trying to hit a home [...]

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Is Your Résumé a Career Obituary?

September 4, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. I call most résumés I critique career obituaries because they speak to the past and do not make the jump to the future.  In other words, the résumés do not focus on what the employer is seeking.  The majority of résumés are a chronological list of work history with the [...]

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Don’t Wait Till the Interview to Practice

August 29, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Do you know the most difficult interview question?  The most difficult interview question is the one that you did not practice until you sat down in the interview chair.  Ask your colleagues and friends what is their most difficult question.  Is it: ”Tell me about yourself?”  ”What your biggest weakness?”  How much do [...]

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How Long Will My Job Search Take?

August 16, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. How practicable is the question as to the average length of a job search anyway?  Not much.  There are too many variables for a quick and easy answer.  The hiring process can be as brief as one day or drawn over a period of many months.  There is not one response.  These [...]

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Is Your Voice Mail Killing Your Career?

August 9, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Your voicemail greeting can make or break your job search.  It is essential your greeting be clear and coherent as it may be your first ‘personal’ contact with a potential employer.  This is not the time to be cute either.  Stay professional. No creative messaging by family members.  Don’t have [...]

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It is Not About Job Openings; It’s All About Jobs

August 4, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Most job seekers focus only on job openings. Of course you might ask, “What else would you focus?” Successful job seekers take an opposite view. They direct their focus to companies and organizations which employ people with your skill set. Improve your odds. Go to companies and organizations that employ [...]

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New Game Approach for each Opponent

July 29, 2009

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Professor Geert Hofsted, a Dutch expert developed the Cultural Dimensions Theory which eventually became a guide on how corporate executives effectively and successfully conduct business in an international environment. The theory demonstrated that there is no such thing as a universal management method. Professor Hofsted’s theory in essence says to [...]

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