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Supercharge Your Job Search: LinkedIn Tips to Land Your Dream Job

Supercharge Your Job Search: LinkedIn Tips to Land Your Dream Job

In today’s highly competitive job market, standing out can be a challenge. With countless professionals vying for similar roles, your LinkedIn profile must set you apart from the rest. With over 930 million members, LinkedIn is an indispensable platform for job seekers and networkers alike.

So, how can you make your LinkedIn profile a powerful tool that attracts recruiters and opportunities? Here's how!

Don't Be Fooled: How to Spot a Fake Job Posting

Don't Be Fooled: How to Spot a Fake Job Posting

Imagine applying for a job, eagerly anticipating a response, but weeks pass without a word. This frustrating scenario is more common than you might think. You may have fallen victim to an ongoing issue in the job market—a ghost job posting. Here’s how to spot them and how to avoid them.

Job Search Strategies That Actually Work

Job Search Strategies That Actually Work

You’re happily driving along the highway of life. Then, one day, the unthinkable happens. You’ve been laid off, and you need a plan.

We created this guide to help you pursue the most effective job search. With these strategies, you’re on the way to finding the right position with a quality company that offers an exciting future.

Top Reasons to Turn Down a Job Offer

Top Reasons to Turn Down a Job Offer

You got the interview and the job offer! Congratulations!

But if you’re second-guessing whether this is the right job for you or the right time to make a career move, here are some reasons to consider turning down a job offer and how to do it gracefully.

Find Hidden Job Opportunities: Tips from Industry Insiders

Find Hidden Job Opportunities: Tips from Industry Insiders

Feeling frustrated by the lack of responses after sending out dozens (or even hundreds) of resumes? Don't take it personally! The reality is many job listings you're applying for might not exist, receive overwhelming responses, are already filled, or are part of the hidden job market that isn't advertised publicly. 

5 Ways to Test Drive a Career Change

5 Ways to Test Drive a Career Change

Feeling overwhelmed by the thought of changing careers? Does the idea of making a shift quickly get buried under doubts like "I'm not qualified," "It's too late," or "It's too expensive"? If so, it's time for a fresh perspective. Making a career change might seem like an impossible task, but it doesn't have to be.

The Introvert’s Guide to Informational Interviews

The Introvert’s Guide to Informational Interviews

Ready to embark on an exciting new career journey? Informational interviews can be your secret weapon to explore new roles, and work environments, and build a professional network that will help you succeed. Even if you find networking challenging as an introvert, you can still leverage these conversations to your advantage. 

Embracing Change: How to Navigate Career Transitions

Embracing Change: How to Navigate Career Transitions

 Feeling stuck? Maybe you are feeling a mismatch between your values and your current job. If you are thinking about making a job or career change, it can feel daunting and overwhelming. No one signs up to be a job seeker, and for most people, the thought of making a transition feels scary and uncomfortable. 

When NOT to Include a Job on Your Resume

When NOT to Include a Job on Your Resume

Imagine you changed jobs, and you’re just not a fit. You’re miserable and plan to say adios as soon as possible. Is excluding that role from your resume okay, or is that dishonest?

Elevator Pitch Secrets

Elevator Pitch Secrets

Some industries require a different approach than the general elevator pitch. For example, if you’re in a service industry — therapist, coach, consultant, etc. — one of the easiest ways to answer the question “What do you do?” is to take the spotlight off you and put it onto your clients. This focuses the conversation on what you do for your clients and what they get from working with you. 

Elevator Pitch - Get Noticed

Elevator Pitch - Get Noticed

Whether you’re interviewing or networking, someone inevitably says, “Tell me about yourself.” “So, what do you do?” asks the person you met at a networking get-together. In another likely scenario, you find yourself in an elevator with someone you’ve wanted to meet. What do you say?

Applicant Tracking Systems – Friend or Foe?

Applicant Tracking Systems – Friend or Foe?

Understanding the application tracking system (ATS) world can raise more questions than answers. Here are the questions Life Working® Resume experts hear most often.

Job Interviews: Best & Worst Times

Job Interviews: Best & Worst Times

When is the best time to schedule your interview? The easy answer is whenever it works for the interviewer! After all, that’s the goal — to get the interview and the job offer.

But what if you are offered a choice of dates and times for the interview?  Is it better to be the first person interviewed? Or to be one of the final candidates considered? Should you schedule your interview for the morning? Or the afternoon?  And, if you’re offered the option of a virtual interview or meeting in person, which should you choose?

Here are the pros and cons of being towards the front of the pack, one of the last, or somewhere in the middle.

Your Resume: Refresh or Start Fresh?

Your Resume: Refresh or Start Fresh?

If you have a resume, at some point, you’re faced with a dilemma: Should I update my existing resume, or is it time to start over?

When you have a great resume — especially one created by a professional resume writer — it can be difficult to imagine starting over again. But even the best formats become outdated as technology changes. And if you are dreaming about making a career pivot, what worked in one profession may not be appropriate in another. But how do you know when you should refresh — or start fresh?