Job Seekers
How to find a company culture that fits you
By Angela R. Howard, MA, SPHR ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. HERE’S HOW TO FOCUS ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT RATHER THAN SOME GLITZY JOB DESCRIPTION. This past weekend I found myself browsing my favorite boutique only to fall in love with a stunning dress. Of course, I talked myself into trying it on. If you’re…
Read MoreFive Unmistakable Signs It’s Time To Change Jobs
How will you know when it’s time to change jobs? It is easy to miss the signs that your job no longer suits you. It’s so easy to fall into a stupor when your job meets your basic needs. A job search seems like such an undertaking that we think “I’m fine. I can hang…
Read MoreHow To Answer ‘What Makes You The Best Candidate?’
by Liz Ryan Shutterstock Dear Liz, I am someone who doesn’t mind job interviews. I like to meet new people and I enjoy the conversation, as long as it is a real conversation and not a series of rapid-fire questions. I can’t stand it when interviewers ask insulting questions that no adult should have to answer.…
Read MoreReasons Successful People Change Jobs More Often
by Liz Ryan Shutterstock A lot of working people and job-seekers worry about looking like “job hoppers.” They force themselves to stick it out at jobs they hate, because they’re afraid that employers might spurn them if they have too many short-term jobs on their resumes. Here’s the problem with that logic. The employers who…
Read MoreI got nervous on my first day of a new job and made a huge mistake — here’s what I should have done instead
by Aine Cain I had a bit of a shaky start at one of my recent summer internships. The internship itself ultimately turned out to be an all-around fantastic experience, but my nerves definitely messed up my first day on the job. I was a latecomer to this particular program. Most of the other interns…
Read MoreTalent gets you noticed, character gets you recruited
“He is going to be shocked we no longer want him.” “Come again?” I asked the college assistant coach seated across from me at lunch. “You flew across the country to meet him, and now you won’t recruit him anymore?” The coach had recently stopped for a day in another state to check in on…
Read MoreIf You’re Not Working Now, We Won’t Hire You
by Liz Ryan Dear Liz, I got laid off in June and I was confident enough about my job-search chances that I took June and July off. I started job-hunting in August and it’s pretty slow going but I’ve had a few interviews (no offers yet). I was shocked that an HR Manager at a healthcare…
Read MoreHow to hire your employer
by Clayton Christensen My new book, Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice, debuted this past week, but it’s work that’s been nearly two decades in the making. For years my research has focused on understanding why good companies so often fail, a quest that led me to write The Innovator’s Dilemma years…
Read More15 Ways To Make A Bad Job Better
by Liz Ryan Nearly everybody has suffered through a horrible job at some point. When we’re unhappy at work, we tend to feel sorry for ourselves, and that’s understandable — but there’s a lot more we can do to relieve our misery than just dragging ourselves to work every day! If you can’t job-hunt right now because…
Read MoreFive Reasons Right Now Is The Perfect Time To Job-Hunt
by Liz Ryan It is mid-October, and the fourth quarter of the year is flying by! If you don’t like your current job, right now is a fantastic time to start job-hunting. Here are five reasons why: The most common fiscal year-end is December 31. Companies large and small have allocated money to hiring new people,…
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