There are many aspects to consider when searching for a new job. It’s about more than just skills, abilities, and experience. It’s also about finding a position that complements your personality and working at a company where you fit into the culture. The last thing you want to do is accept an offer of employment [...]

So you have a “problem.” You have multiple job offers in hand, and you’re not able to decide which one is the best one for you. What a problem! When faced with such a situation, though, it’s a dilemma that demands solving. It’s no fun to accept a job offer, only to discover that it [...]

There is no doubt that we’re in a candidates’ market right now. Candidates have the leverage in hiring and employment situations. So how should you approach your job and career? There are two ways that a professional can grow their career. Those two ways are as follows: Grow their career by seeking out and pursuing [...]

In our previous blog post, we discussed how passion is the most important factor to consider in analyzing your current employment situation and deciding whether or not to launch a job search. As important as passion is, though, it’s not the only factor to consider. There are others, of course, and you should also consider [...]

There’s a good chance that you’re gainfully employed at the moment and that your employer is treating you rather well. After all, the economy is good right now. In fact, it’s been good for several years. In addition, the unemployment rate in the country has been historically low throughout most of this year. By all [...]

There is no doubt that we’re currently in a candidates’ market. The Great Recession is nothing but a bad memory. There is low unemployment and a lot of employment opportunities, especially for the best candidates in the marketplace. In the years immediately following the Great Recession, professionals were reluctant to consider a job change, and [...]

There comes a time in every person’s career when they believe they must move on from their current employer. In fact, during the past several years, it’s been happening with more frequency. It used to be conventional wisdom dictated that you spend at least five years at a company before finding another job. If you [...]

The hiring process is just that: a process. It’s not a snapshot of one day or even one week. A lot of things must happen before an organization can fill its job opening with the person it wants to hire. As such, there’s a lot of give-and-take during the hiring process. Sometimes the candidate gives [...]

When recruiters reach out to candidates about a potential new opportunity, there is no guarantee that the candidate is going to want to explore the opportunity. That makes sense. Just because a new opportunity exists does NOT mean that the opportunity is worth exploring. This is a very subjective topic. What would appear to be [...]

The hiring process is much more than just the process during which an organization finds a new employee. Sure, that’s part of it, a big part of it from the perspective of the employer, but there’s also another aspect to it. That aspect deals directly with the candidates who participate in the process. Yes, as [...]