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• Don’t Let Rejection Get the Best of You

  Over at Employment Digest , Kit Samuels talks about how you can turn a rejection from a job into a second chance at a future opportunity. Bill suggests that you let go of your anger as soon as possible and e-mail a simple, clean, professional response Read More... Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Emotional Intelligence, Job Hunting, Ownership & Initiative, Professionalism, Troubleshooting

• How to Crack the Recruiter Code

  On Chris Russell’s Secrets of the Job Hunt blog, Phil Rosenberg offers some smart info on getting what you need from recruiters. Phil suggests that in order to develop successful relationships with recruiters you must adopt the attitude that you work Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• Razume: Resume Critique Meets Social Networking

  I just received an e-mail from a reader about Razume , a new online community where users can anonymously post, rate and review resumes. The service provides a fast and easy way to collect valuable feedback from knowledgeable sources like recruiters, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Technology

• The Dangers of Resume Templates

  Today’s post is provided by Jill, a certified resume writer at Career Edge , as part of the College Recruiter blog swap. No marketer would ever use home-brand packaging to sell a premium product. The cost of the potential losses in sales revenue alone Read More... Posted Saturday, April 21, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• If You Can't Be Invested, Don't Take the Job

  A professional acquaintance just told me about a guy she hired last year. The guy was from Southern California and was morally opposed to moving to Philadelphia, where my friend’s company was based. But he’d been unemployed for a long time and thought Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Job Hunting, Professionalism, Work

• Beware the Job Interview Confessional

  CollegeRecruiter.com has a great post on topics to avoid during job interviews. According to Steven Rothberg, you should avoid topics such as sex, politics, and religion unless they are directly relevant to the position (they almost never are) as well Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, HR Issues, Job Hunting, People Skills, Professionalism, Work Attachment(s): http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/20/job_interview/story.jpg

• Cover Letters Shouldn't Get Laughs

  Employment Digest has this amusing post on language-challenged cover letters, excerpted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . According to the article, these are statements from actual cover letters, which, unfortunately, were actually read: “As indicted, Read More... Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 7:10 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Workplace Humor

• Interview Handshake: Underrated?

  On the BostonWorks blog , Douglas Eisenhart talks about a recent poll conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers that found that the interview handshake beat out body piercing and tattoos as a key factor in the hiring decision. Thirty-three Read More... Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Job Hunting, Professionalism Attachment(s): http://admin.avisian.com/issues/rfid_2005_04/issue.jpg

• Opportunity Calling

  In a post on her blog Job Jungle last week, career expert Liz Ryan discussed a recent Business Week article she wrote about about interview follow-up. Ryan said that of course you should send an e-mail follow-up to everyone who interviews you - and a Read More... Posted Monday, June 19, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Ownership & Initiative, Professionalism