3 Job Search Strategies for Every Jobseeker

3 Job Search Strategies for Every Jobseeker

Increased competition for jobs means there is a growing need to stand out to hiring managers and have a Job Search strategy. Generic resumes and cover letters don’t cut it. Each application needs customized application materials that speak to the specific needs of...

Three Strategies for a Brilliant Job Interview

Three Strategies for a Brilliant Job Interview

So you’ve found a pretty good possibility for a job and you’re excited because not only do you tick all the boxes for the skill-set the organization is looking for, but you’d just love to work there!  So when you’re invited to interview, you are very pleased indeed. ...

Your Career and Flawed Thinking

Your Career and Flawed Thinking

How Can flawed thinking help your career?  Professor Veronica Van Heyningen is a world renowned geneticist. She is at the cutting edge of scientific discovery. Identifying human disease genes and mutations can reveal how normal biology works and also how it can go...

Your Fire Service Resume: Part 3

Your Fire Service Resume: Part 3

In the 3rd part of our Fire Service Resume series, you should have begun to get a feel for the process of creating a comprehensive Fire Service resume.  As you recall from part 1  and part 2 of this 5 part series our objective is to help you create the absolutely very...

7 Tips for Keeping Track of Resume Details

7 Tips for Keeping Track of Resume Details

Your resume should be accurate in all its details, but it also should be tailored for each job application. This is because of the screening process that every resume goes through. That screening process looks for clues that the applicant will fit the job opening, and...

LinkedIn Profile Photo: Common Mistakes

LinkedIn Profile Photo: Common Mistakes

You have likely never heard the name Harlan Hogan, but whether you know it or not you’re almost certainly familiar with some of his work.  Hogan is a voice actor, and among the many campaigns he’s provided the voice for is a famous Head & Shoulders shampoo...

Why Writing Still Matters in Your Job Search

Why Writing Still Matters in Your Job Search

During the year that I worked as an after-school college prep coach for a group of high school juniors, one of my biggest uphill battles was convincing my students that writing is still relevant in the working world. The vast majority of my students were more...

Employer Research & Targeting To Find the Best Job

Employer Research & Targeting To Find the Best Job

Employer research can help you identify reasons why this is the right (or wrong) employer for you.  Determining a cultural fit is just as important for you as it is the employer.  Once you target specific employers, you can gear your networking efforts towards those...

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