This blog is primarily about job search and to a lesser extent enriching careers, but today I’m going to address something a little different. It is a true story like all the stories here, but it differs in that I offer no cautionary advice. What happened to the jobseeker here is something she could have [...]

We all change jobs for a multitude of reasons; a career that is going nowhere, a toxic work environment, an unreasonable boss, new skills, or a desire to follow our dreams. No matter how much we want something new, one thing is for sure: the process of submitting applications, writing letters and attending interviews is tedious [...]

Looking for a job can be a time when your faith in people is restored. The friend who pays for your resume because you can’t and asks nothing in return; the neighbour who brings you a newspaper clipping of a job she’s seen that sounds “just like you”. Or the new Twitter follower who is [...]

You had a job offer in your grasp. What happened? If you’re like most job seekers you know there are a series of obstacles to overcome prior to a job offer. You need to be seen, have the right experience, interview well, fit in with the team and finally, you need to rank in the [...]

ccording to Albert Einstein, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Consider John. John has been unemployed for about four months now. He’s had two interviews that came to nothing and has no plan or strategy for moving forward. He keeps sending the same resume [...]

he chance of changing careers when you’re an over 50 jobseeker is as likely as George Clooney being without a date on a Saturday night. At least, that’s what many people think. But not “Sharyne” who has done just that. Sharyne is a determined, career-minded woman who at 53, relinquished a lucrative career as a [...]