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Guest Blogger Hank Stringer is a member of the Glassdoor.com, Clearview Collection and CEO of Stringer Executive Search and Chief Strategist to Novotus - a professional recruiting agency. In 2006 he co-authored Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business" (Prentice-Hall. 2006) with fellow Clearview contributor Rusty Rueff. Hank’s experience includes founding Hire.com, an early Internet recruitment solution acquired by Authoria in 2005. He has also served as a senior recruiter for Dell Inc. and Tandem Computers.
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Talk your way into the job you choose….qualified or not! Could you hear yourself saying….? “Sir, my goal is to succeed. I plan to do that by working hard to provide value and service to our clients and my co-workers. I will fall and stumble at times, however I am determined to use these opportunities to learn and improve myself. I would be honored to work with your firm and hope I am blessed with the opportunity.”
I get calls from friends with children graduating from college who ‘need some help’ finding internships or permanent employment. Two of the recent students I have helped are interesting to me because of the assistance they receive from their university’s career placement, as well as the contacts from companies that have been coming their way. It is interesting to me because reviewing the backgrounds of the two students would lead one to believe these two would have ‘no problem’ finding the right employer, really one would think employers should be doing all they can to pursue them, but they aren’t.
It’s 2012, a New Year and time to consider personal goals and changes in your life to make now, so life is better this year than it was last. Let’s leave the personal up to your own devices and plans, but for those of you interested in changing your job or advancing your career, here are 5 ‘simple’ career resolutions to consider.
According to the Computer Science Teachers Association, the number of U.S. high schools offering introductory computer science dropped to 69% in 2011 from 78% in 2005. While a manpower survey reports that 52 percent of U.S. companies had trouble filling essential positions; the study supports statistics from the U.S. Labor Department showing that more than three million tech jobs remain unfilled for months.
It used to be that the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas seemed a long time. Now it feels that after the last leftover turkey sandwich it’s time to get the Christmas decorations up and coordinate the social calendar with family and friends. This ‘feeling’ may be due to the ‘Black Friday’ campouts to be first in line and all the news coverage as a result. No matter the reason for the season this is a time we encounter friends, family we haven’t seen in a while as well as new faces, Tis the Network Season.
Had lunch with a frustrated exec this week I’ve known for years. He has hired new college grads for years, has seen the process through the past three decades and is concerned that today’s grads don’t know how to work.
You’re thinking, well, if I work hard, keep my head down and just produce I will advance in my career and have plenty of internal and external opportunities….maybe. There are a few other things you can do that will help, and no, not talking about the value of back stabbing office politics to get ahead, in fact just the opposite.
You have seen the posting… “Company ABC still needs a Product Manager” and you feel certain you, at the very least, are a qualified talent to be considered. But you’ve sent your resume / profile into the company’s black resume hole recently, heard nothing, had no luck trying to follow up and will be damned before putting yourself through that process again. You’ve heard good things about the company, know the space and would like to interview for the position. But how to get in the front door?
Want or need to increase your position or move to a new company? Stop looking! Here are three ways to find your next challenge by NOT LOOKING!
We have all read reports on the political prisoner who fasts to protest something – no food, just water – a hunger strike just to make a point. There are some of you who fast to cleanse your system and some who fast or deny yourselves certain niceties for Lent. The fast or denial of ‘things’ causes one to focus on priorities, to improve, prepare and to get closer to ourselves or our maker. Call me crazy, but can we use the same approach to preparing for an important interview? I believe we can and offer the following three ‘fasts’ to consider.
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Social Job Hunting Trifecta: Opportunity, Insider Info and Connections by John Sumser February 3rd, 2012
How To Talk Your Way Into The Job You Want by Hank Stringer February 3rd, 2012
Career Lesson For 2012: Learn From Others' Mistakes by onTargetjobs February 1st, 2012
Landing A Job At A Small Business: It’s Who You Know by Donna Fuscaldo January 31st, 2012
Why You Should Consider Temporary Work by Nancy Mann Jackson January 31st, 2012