by Rick Christensen | Feb 22, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Job Search Resources, Job Success, Rick Christensen
LinkedIn is a phenomenal resource. Consider that you have access to 500 million professionals worldwide, business and thought leaders such as, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, me and you. Not only do you have access to them, they have access to you. The...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 15, 2018 | Job Search Resources, Rick Christensen
Make the Right Choices! It is easy to blame your circumstances or outside sources as the reason for not finding a job. However, it’s the choices you make that have the greatest impact on your search. Do you choose to only utilize job boards? Do you choose to wait...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 8, 2018 | Career Transition, Interviewing, Job Search, Networking, Rick Christensen
Never underestimate the knowledge of gatekeepers. They know the schedules of the hiring authorities, their interests, responsibilities and preferences. They also know they are paid to screen out sales calls that will waste the time of these hiring authorities. When...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 1, 2018 | Career Transition, Job Search, Rick Christensen
Does your resume secretly have the words “overqualified,” “desperate” and “likely to be bored stiff within a month” written all over it? If you are aiming too low in your job search, chances are employers will read between the lines...
by Rick Christensen | Jan 18, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Job Search, Rick Christensen
Achieving big goals, whether it is finding a new job, getting a promotion, increasing sales, or some other big goal requires you to do something you are afraid to do. Or think you can’t do. Doing things we have never done can be scary. That fear –...