After working on your resume and applying for many jobs there is some good news, you have been selected for an interview. Congratulations! Unfortunately, interviewing is stressful. It is a high pressure situation and even more so if it is a job that you especially want or need. Other stressful factors include how long you have been unemployed, whether you have a lot going on in your personal life, and feeling either burned out from having too many interviews or nervous because there are high stakes since you have had too few interviews.
Three tips if you are searching for work over the holiday season
Are you looking for a job this holiday season? It is commonly believed that it is very hard to find a job over the holidays for several reasons. These include hiring managers and recruiters being on vacation causing delays, Employees of a company being focused on issues besides hiring as the year comes to a close, and uncertain budgets for the following fiscal year. Although this is true in certain circumstances, it is not out of the question to get an employment offer over the holidays
Three things to consider regarding money and happiness
As a career counselor, I often have clients who tell me that they feel they’d be much happier if they had a job that made more money. Fortunately, there have been many studies done on this topic so there is ample research that can be helpful if you are navigating this topic. Please read below to learn some takeaways from this research that will hopefully be helpful as you consider this topic and how it affects your career.
Three things to know about working in the public sector
Four tips if you are feeling burned out at work
nfortunately, it is very common for employees to be feeling burned out. Many companies are going through layoffs which have the dual effecto f making employees stressed about retaining their jobs and also taking on an ever increasing workload that was previously assigned to co-workers. If you are feeling burned out at work, here are three tips that can be helpful.
Three tips if you have recently been laid off from your job
The job market has shifted dramatically in the past year. Many companies have laid off employees as they are trying to operate leaner in an uncertain economic environment. This has been particularly true in the technology industry and has affected people whose job it is to hire employees such as recruiters. Getting laid off can be very frightening and overwhelming.
Three tips to keep in mind related to your career as the economy changes
For the past couple of years, the labor market has been very hot if you are a job seeker. There have been over two jobs vacant for everyone seeking a job for a while. It has never been a better time to be looking for work. Some people are getting concerned now that the economy appears to be shifting.
Three tips to improve your resume
Three career tips as we enter the new year
Four tips if you are concerned about the omicron variant at work
Unfortunately, the world got news of a new covid variant last week entitled omicron. Scientists say they will need several weeks to study the variant to better assess the transmissibility and severity of disease caused by the new variant. Since the pandemic started, workplaces have had to adjust in a multitude of ways to Covid-19.