Posts Categorized: Career Tips
How to Clean Up Your Web Presence for Job Searching
When you’re looking for a job, it’s important to keep your web presence in tip-top shape. Whether on social media or Google, what pops up when someone searches your name can have an impact on your career prospects. If you’re unsure about how to clean up your web presence, here are a few steps you…
Create a Helpful Career Map In 4 Steps
When planning a vacation, what’s the first thing you do before setting out? You plan your trip ahead of time. Your destination, potential stops, and route all need to be planned out so you don’t get lost or stranded. In a similar way, your career path is what gets you from point A (where you’re…
3 Great Qualities Every Warehouse Associate Should Have
Thinking about getting a job as a warehouse associate? If so, good choice! Warehouse associates have many opportunities for growth and promotion in the industry. One thing to think about, however, is what it takes to work in a warehouse. Are you a good fit for that environment? Fortunately, we’re here to help you out,…
Use Interviews to Figure Out Candidate Strengths
Interviews are the best opportunity to find out what strengths a job candidate has beyond their credentials. A resume only tells you what they want you to know. Beyond that, you’re on your own as far as figuring out the rest. How can you uncover a candidate’s true strengths in an interview? Here are some…
Seasonal Jobs Can Help Land You a Permanent Offer
Many companies nowadays hire seasonal workers to help push through busy portions of the year. Typically, seasonal jobs will only last for a couple weeks or months. However, in many cases, these jobs can lead to something more. Seasonal positions are sometimes used as behind-the-scenes ‘try-outs’ for new hires. While this isn’t always the case,…
How To Take The Anxiety Out Of Job Searching
There’s no way around it: job searching can be stressful. The process has improved in recent years with the convenience of job searching from your phone. However, that doesn’t take away all the anxiety of job searching by any means. Waiting for responses or rejection emails, sifting through job listings to find the ideal job,…
When Changing Careers Might Be a Good Idea
If you value the direction your career is going, sometimes changes need to take place. One of those changes could be in your career itself. Circumstances may arise that force you to change careers entirely from one field to another. Changing careers, as you can imagine, is a big undertaking. However, it can also pay…
Getting Distracted While Working? Here’s How You Can Stay Focused
Distractions abound in our everyday lives, especially while we’re working. They come in many forms: social media, texting, in-person conversations. For many, the list is endless. As such, a distracted workplace spells disaster for productivity. Here is a list of tips to keep you focused while at work. © pathdoc / Adobe Stock …
References: What They Are and How You Should Use Them
References have been near standard for resumes and job searching for a long time. They can help seal the deal on a new job, or help find you new opportunities. However, what are they exactly, and how should you use them? We can help answer these questions. © Viacheslav Iakobchuk / Adobe Stock …
How To Advance Your Career Using Social Media
One thing you have likely heard before is that social media can harm your career. We’ve even written a previous blog post about it! However, you might not have heard the opposite. You can help advance your career using social media. Social media, if used intelligently and in moderation, can be a great tool to…