by Rick Christensen | May 18, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Resume, Rick Christensen
Lately I have read a number of articles on how to conduct a job search after age 50. To put it simply, it’s hard! But what if you are over 60? If you think job search after 50 is hard, try after 60. As one adds years to their career, it becomes more difficult...
by Rick Christensen | May 17, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Rick Christensen
Are you unsure if your career is stalled or if you need to start looking for another job? Here are six ways to know it’s time to begin a job search or change employers. No chance for advancement. If you look at the next step in your career progression and...
by Rick Christensen | May 11, 2017 | Job Search, Rick Christensen
When you first embark on your job search journey, you are filled with anticipation, enthusiasm and high expectations. If your job search efforts continue over a long period of time, you may have already experienced rejection, objections and frustration. Many job...
by Rick Christensen | Apr 27, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Rick Christensen
It has been a long and sometimes frustrating search. You’ve interviewed for a job and then you get the bad news. That email that the company has decided to “pursue another candidate that more closely …”. The message may complement you on your...
by Rick Christensen | Apr 20, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Rick Christensen, Your Career
Journaing, Teddy Roosevelt did it. Harry Truman also. Want to have a successful job search? Keep a job search journal. One of the most effective tools I recommend to power up your job search is journalaling. The exercise of job search is not unlike a sport you play....
by Rick Christensen | Apr 7, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Rick Christensen, Your Career
I was reminded recently about Alice’s conversation with the Cheshire Cat in Louis Carroll’s tail of Alice in Wonderland. In the story Alice comes to a fork in the road, in a quandary about which direction to take she requests the help of the Cheshire Cat....