![[08.24.10] 2 Key Elements to Post-Interview Follow Up](http://www.careerealism.com/home/jtodonnell/careerealism.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/08.24.10-2-Key-Elements-to-Post-Interview-Follow-Up.jpg "[08.24.10] 2 Key Elements to Post-Interview Follow Up")
My second question was asked by a job seeker who wanted to know the best way to follow-up immediately after a successful interview.
Labeling & Living on the Generational Cusp
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By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Jessica Miller-Merrell The Generational Debate has been a popular topic lately. As Boomers begin looking to retirement, working, recruiting, retaining, and understanding the current and future workforce is and should be an important focus for managers, human resource professionals, and companies, regardless of their size or volume.
Career Centers Need to Fight Back
![[05.07.10] YIKES - Why it’s Tough to Be a Campus Career Center Today](http://www.careerealism.com/home/jtodonnell/careerealism.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/05.07.10-YIKES-Why-it’s-Tough-to-Be-a-Campus-Career-Center-Today.jpg "[05.07.10] YIKES - Why it’s Tough to Be a Campus Career Center Today")
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell It doesn’t take much looking around online to see colleges and their career centers are taking some heat right now. Recently, marketing guru and thought-leader, Seth Godin, wrote this intense blog post about the ‘coming melt-down of higher education.’ Not to mention, there are some sobering job search statistics students [...]
What’s Wrong with My LinkedIn Request to Employers?
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‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com. Dear J.T. & Dale: What am I doing wrong? Everyone tells me to network in order to meet new contacts. I hear constantly from fellow job seekers that they’re having a lot of [...]
5 Fundamentals that Contribute to Perseverance
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By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Deborah Shane Are you training yourself and your business for the marathon or a sprint? One of the most important and compelling qualities we develop as business people is perseverance. The ability to endure, keep going, stick to our vision and trudge through the plan and the way it rolls out.
Bad Career Coaches
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell I’ve been in the career coaching business for 9+ years. Prior to that, I was in the HR/staffing industry. I’ve met all kinds of career coaches. Some are truly exceptional. Others are okay. Then, there are always the few who give our profession a bad name. Bad Career Coaches Make [...]
5 Simple Ways to Organize Information
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Does this sound familiar? You read an AWESOME article online and you promised you’d save it somewhere… but you didn’t. Now you can’t find it!
Why Resumes Are Like Food Labels
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By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell I recently joined forces with Monster.com’s social networking division to write a weekly Q&A column called, “Ask the Career Expert,” for their on-line community, Excelle (a professional resource for career-minded young women). My first question was asked by a job seeker who felt she needed ‘spice up’ her resume. Read [...]
3 Ways to Demonstrate Your Value in a Job Search
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Joshua Waldman When I train career advisors and job seekers on the strategic approach to the online job search, I make sure to mention a résumé is an obituary. Résumés do a great job telling people what you did. Where you worked. What things you’ve done in your past that made a [...]