by Rick Christensen | Mar 21, 2019 | Career Transition, Job Search, Rick Christensen
I am often asked if a person should accept an offer or wait until something better comes along. It depends. It is obviously very stressful to be unemployed because the bills are still coming in even when the paycheck stops. That’s why financial...
by Rick Christensen | Mar 7, 2019 | Career Transition, Outplacement, Rick Christensen
Several studies and our experience at Career Development Partners show that most people make mistakes – search-prolonging mistakes – in the first three days of their search. These words of caution will help you start your search in the best possible way. Check...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 28, 2019 | Career Transition, Interviewing, Job Search, Rick Christensen
A majority (58% to be exact) of the message we convey is through our body language, this is known as non-verbal communication. Only 7% of our message is made of the words we use. In preparing for job interviews most of us concentrate on making sure we have the “right”...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 14, 2019 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Success, Rick Christensen, Success
Even in today’s digital age, trusted personal referrals and recommendations carry the most weight when selecting a new employee out of a pool of candidates. Your resume, your online job application, and your LinkedIn profile are all digital files. They cannot speak...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 7, 2019 | Authors, Career Transition, High Performance, Networking, Rick Christensen
LinkedIn remains one of the best platforms to make connections to expand your professional network. When used to its full potential, it can help raise your profile among those who are able to support your efforts. The problem is most people aren’t maximizing...
by Mike Duke | Feb 6, 2019 | Career Development Partners, Career Transition, Executive Search, High Performance, Human Resources, Job Search, Job Success, Leadership, Mike Duke, Success, Successful People
With the unemployment rate at 4%, the US Chamber of Commerce is stating we are at “Full Employment”. Full employment does not mean every person in the US is employed. It means the only people unemployed are the chronically unemployed or those unemployed by...