by craadmin | Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Social Media
The About section is the open text box near the top of your LinkedIn profile, right under your headline. It is the one place on your profile where you get to tell your own story in your own words, and this collection of LinkedIn About section examples shows what...
by craadmin | Interview Tips, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Resume Tips, Social Media
Resume and LinkedIn: Taking time away from work is far more common than it feels. In my coaching sessions, I have seen a lot of people navigating long-term unemployment after a layoff. Therefore, I went digging for the data. It turns out that when a layoff ends a...
by craadmin | Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Podcasts, Resume Tips, Social Media
When the applications go out but nothing comes back, the silence can start to feel personal. And then often a worry creeps in… am I blacklisted from a company? Or worse, have I been shut out of the whole industry without knowing it? The sweeping, industry-wide...
by craadmin | Branding, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Social Media
LinkedIn for Job Seekers: A few weeks ago, a man reached out to me on LinkedIn. His message was earnest… and honestly a little heartbreaking. He had been out of work for months; he was applying everywhere he could, and he asked if I could help him find a job. So...
by craadmin | Interview Tips, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Resume Tips, Social Media
How to Explain an Employment Gap …on Your Resume, LinkedIn, and in the Interview A gap in your work history can feel like the loudest thing on the page. It rarely is. A break of a few months or a few years doesn’t erase decades of strong work, and most...
by craadmin | CRA_Vetting, Fraudulence, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Resume Tips, Social Media
Ghost Candidate: Before my team evaluates whether a candidate is any good, we evaluate whether the candidate is a person or a ghost candidate. That sentence would have sounded absurd in 2015. But it is simply how sourcing works now… at our firm as well as at...
