When you imagine your ideal job, what do you see? Maybe you envision conquering challenging software problems at a trendy tech firm full of fun perks. Or perhaps you dream of watching your architectural sketches become sweeping structures of steel, concrete, and glass. The ideal job might differ from person to person, but most can…
Graduating from college can be disheartening. Your peers are settling and giving up on their dreams, and it feels like you might be next. If you have to hear the standard advice about “working on your resume” and “networking” one more time, you’re probably going to punch someone. Using the Skill-Bridge Technique, you can avoid…
It doesn’t matter whether your career goal is to achieve a promotion, a new role, a pay rise, or something entirely different. Whatever you want to achieve requires a plan. Not just hoping for the best. A plan of how you are going to make your goal become a reality. Specific actions, time frames, and…
side from submitting a resume full of typos, the quickest way to be eliminated from consideration for a new job is making an avoidable interview blunder – like putting your foot in your mouth. “Every year we see more surveys and polls come out listing some of the crazy things that candidates do or say…
After sending out carefully-crafted cover letters and resumes and acing multiple rounds of job interviews, the payoff is here: a job offer. Time to celebrate? Not so fast. Even in a tight job market, it’s not always in your best interest to accept the first job offer you receive. And what if you’re faced with more…