The holiday season is an ideal time for re-connecting, making new contacts and strengthening relationships. Networking is, in fact, the best job search method: It generates more than 80 per cent of new hires.
Focusing your job search on the employers that need your skills the most will improve your chances of connecting with key hiring-decision makers and landing a new job.
If you want to gain access to job opportunities that aren't publicly advertised, you need to develop contacts at your target companies
Job seekers at all levels are going about their searches all wrong. Instead of sending out resumes willy-nilly, they need to focus their effort on the employers who will be most receptive to hiring them.
It can come near the beginning of an official job interview or sneak up before the meeting is about to close. Regardless of when it happens, poised executives are always ready to answer the most important question that surfaces in a job interview: What will it take for you to join our team?
Seasonal festivities offer excellent opportunities to hobnob in laid-back settings
Correct technique and good manners turn interactions with corporate gatekeepers from frustrating to fruitful
Tips and reminders to take the chill out of cold calls