We discussed in a previous blog post that you have to be open to opportunity if you want to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in this current market. Well, one of the main reasons that many professionals are not open to opportunity and do not take advantage of what the market has to [...]
There is often confusion among professionals regarding what it means when a recruiter contacts them about an employment opportunity. That is a shame, since recruiters and search consultants routinely let professionals know about premium employment opportunities within their chosen field. This confusion often convinces professionals to tell a recruiter that they don’t have time to [...]
The title of this blog post is designed to force you to ask another question: “Am I one of the top professionals working in my field?” The reason that we ask this question—and the reason you should ask the second question—is that the top professionals are the ones who have access to the best employment [...]
Whether you realize it or not, you have an attitude about your employment situation, your professional life, and your career. That’s not to say that it’s necessarily a bad attitude. It’s just that you more than likely view and approach your career in a certain way. The key is to figure out what kind of [...]
We recently published a blog post that dealt with the right way to resign from your job. That blog post also made reference to some things that you should NOT do when you resign from your current employer after accepting an offer of employment from another company. And it’s one of those things that we’re [...]
Welcome back to our series of blog posts about how you can grow and maximize your career. In the first blog post in this series, we presented the following three steps: Plot a path for reaching your destination. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Be proactive about your plan and priorities. Then, in the next blog post in [...]
We recently published a blog post about “3 Simple Steps for Growing and Maximizing Your Career.” To recap, those steps were as follows: Plot a path for reaching your destination. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Be proactive about your plan and priorities. While these steps are more general in nature, we also have some simple steps for [...]
The employment marketplace is hot for candidates right now. There is no question about that. As a result, job seekers and candidates have more leverage, not just with potential employers, but also with their current employer. That’s exactly why some companies present a counteroffer to employees who give notice because they’ve accepted a job offer [...]
Feedback can be a fickle thing, depending upon who you are. Some people welcome feedback, no matter how much it sounds like outright criticism, while other people don’t like any form of feedback that does not paint them or their performance in glowing terms. The latter approach is not a helpful one in terms of [...]
We’ve addressed the topic of personal branding before in The Doepker Group blog. To recap, the way in which you brand yourself depends upon the experience that you provide to people when you interact with them. More specifically, personal branding centers upon the experience that people feel they’ve had with you. That’s because you might [...]