Comments on: Job Seekers: 5 Tips for Making the Most of 2010 http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/01/job-seekers-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-2010/ Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gayle Howard http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/01/job-seekers-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Gayle Howard Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:09:34 +0000 http://www.heatherhuhman.com/?p=247#comment-144 Good article that gives all the right messages to graduates to set up some lifelong career habits. If people spent more time really analyzing their skills, understanding who they are, what they like, what they're good at and what they want to do----and then work out a short-, medium- and long-term plan on how to get where they want to be, they wouldn't get to that situation where so many fail. Knee-jerk reactions to whatever annoys us at this moment in time is not a career strategy and yet so many people seem unable to break out of that spontaneous job search mode! Good advice! Good article that gives all the right messages to graduates to set up some lifelong career habits. If people spent more time really analyzing their skills, understanding who they are, what they like, what they’re good at and what they want to do—-and then work out a short-, medium- and long-term plan on how to get where they want to be, they wouldn’t get to that situation where so many fail. Knee-jerk reactions to whatever annoys us at this moment in time is not a career strategy and yet so many people seem unable to break out of that spontaneous job search mode! Good advice!

]]> By: Miriam Salpeter, Keppie Careers http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/01/job-seekers-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Miriam Salpeter, Keppie Careers Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:47:39 +0000 http://www.heatherhuhman.com/?p=247#comment-143 I especially appreciate the advice about taking responsibility for the future. I'm a big believer in the power of taking charge and managing your own career. I think if everyone followed that advice, we would all be better off! I especially appreciate the advice about taking responsibility for the future. I’m a big believer in the power of taking charge and managing your own career. I think if everyone followed that advice, we would all be better off!

]]> By: GL HOFFMAN http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/01/job-seekers-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-142 GL HOFFMAN Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:58:29 +0000 http://www.heatherhuhman.com/?p=247#comment-142 Good tips, straight-forward and right on the money. One added point about "networking" is that too many people only think about networking when they NEED something. Far better to spend your career showing interest and engagement with your own, ever expanding circle of friends and contacts. Good tips, straight-forward and right on the money. One added point about “networking” is that too many people only think about networking when they NEED something. Far better to spend your career showing interest and engagement with your own, ever expanding circle of friends and contacts.

]]> By: Heather Mundell http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/01/job-seekers-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Heather Mundell Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:20:03 +0000 http://www.heatherhuhman.com/?p=247#comment-141 Heather, this is a great post to help people assess their job search plan for 2010. I especially appreciate your point about going on informational interviews - my clients have had a lot of luck with this strategy. At the very least they're meeting new people who have a fresh set of eyes and ears for them. They get detailed information about an industry or organization that you can only get from a person (rather than an article). They get practice articulating their value and their brand. And often they get key introductions. Great post! Heather .-= Heather Mundell´s last blog ..<a href="http://dbcs.typepad.com/lifeatwork/2010/01/kaizen-and-the-art-of-your-job-search-1.html" rel="nofollow">Kaizen and the Art of Your Job Search</a> =-. Heather, this is a great post to help people assess their job search plan for 2010. I especially appreciate your point about going on informational interviews – my clients have had a lot of luck with this strategy. At the very least they’re meeting new people who have a fresh set of eyes and ears for them. They get detailed information about an industry or organization that you can only get from a person (rather than an article). They get practice articulating their value and their brand. And often they get key introductions.

Great post!

Heather
.-= Heather Mundell´s last blog ..Kaizen and the Art of Your Job Search =-.

]]> By: Rosa Vargas http://heatherhuhman.com/2010/01/job-seekers-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Rosa Vargas Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:06:43 +0000 http://www.heatherhuhman.com/?p=247#comment-140 Heather, Great tips. The only one I am not endorsing entirely is #3. Are you surprised? I do agree that the resume is just one tool. Additionally, an online presence is absolutely vital. I believe a resume, is still needed while not the only tool required. A combination of social media tools with a concise marketing document (resume) is the smart thing to do; for now. (But, that’s me!) Great post! .-= Rosa Vargas´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/resume/~3/zCre3WMbUpY/socialmedia-resume.html" rel="nofollow">The Resume as Part of Your Social Media Job Search Campaign</a> =-. Heather,

Great tips. The only one I am not endorsing entirely is #3. Are you surprised?

I do agree that the resume is just one tool. Additionally, an online presence is absolutely vital. I believe a resume, is still needed while not the only tool required. A combination of social media tools with a concise marketing document (resume) is the smart thing to do; for now. (But, that’s me!)

Great post!
.-= Rosa Vargas´s last blog ..The Resume as Part of Your Social Media Job Search Campaign =-.

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