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The Goals, Accomplishments Equation: Conducting an Annual Self-Review
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2012, Dec. 30
Summary: Article discusses a better new year's resolution for job-seekers: recognizing relationship between goals, accomplishments; conducting annual review of both for job-search success.

Employers Don't Give A Damn About You
By: Rick Gillis
Published: 2012, Nov. 5
Summary: Preparation is key for job-seekers who desire landing a new job. Employers don't care; you must make employers take interest in your job candidacy through accomplishments and research.

How to Find a Job: A Job-Seeker Job-Search Guide
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2012, July 18
Summary: Provides key advice, expert strategies for job-seekers on how to find a new job. Learn best job-search methods that lead to job offers.

Job-Seeker Accomplishments: Articulating How You Made a Difference in Your Job is Key to Job-Search Success
By: Rick Gillis
Published: 2012, July 18
Summary: Job-seekers must be able to convince recruiters and hiring managers that you will bring value to your next job. This article shows you how to achieve this task through past work accomplishments.

Expert Job-Search Answers and Advice from Career Experts
By: Compiled by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2011, Nov. 14
Summary: Top career and job-search experts -- our 15 Career Masterminds -- offer insight and advice to common job-seeker job-search questions.

15 Indispensable Career and Job-Search Books
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2011, Nov. 14
Summary: The 15 books that we determined to be the must-haves for job search and career.

Job-Search: Breakable Rules and Outdated Beliefs
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2011, May 16
Summary: In this article, we present a compendium of breakable rules and outdated beliefs.

Questions To Ask While Job Shadowing
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, Nov. 15
Summary: What types of questions can and should you ask during your shadowing? Think of all the information you would like to have to help you better understand and decide whether the career field you are considering is right for you. This article provides a list of questions you can ask.

A Crash Course in How to Apply for Federal Employment
By: Diane Hudson Burns
Published: 2010, Nov. 1
Summary: A complete overview of how to apply for a federal job.

10 Things (Activities) You Can Do Today for Your Job Search
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, Nov. 1
Summary: What can you do today -- especially if you are currently out of work -- to help obtain a new job? This article lists 10 things you can do right now for your job-search.

Ten Rules of a Good Job-Search
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, March 8
Summary: The antidote to common job-search errors is to follow this article's 10 rules of a good job-search. Following these 10 rules will not guarantee your job-search success, but will reduce your frustrations and time wasted on fruitless activities -- while directing you to the best and most efficient job-search techniques.

Job Hunting Parallels With Dating Steps on How to Find Your Next Successful Employer Relationship
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, Feb. 8
Summary: Three major steps guide both dating and job-hunting. The first step is researching prospects and finding the perfect match. The second step is succeeding in building interest and a connection with the other person(s). The third step is agreeing to be together and making the long-term commitment. This article explains.

Job Seeker Advice Eight Lessons I Learned in My Job Search
By: Troy Heerwagen
Published: 2008, Dec. 15
Summary: The author shares what he learned form his job search.

For Job Hunting Success Develop a Comprehensive Job Search Plan
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2008, Feb. 4
Summary: While the 10 steps outlined in this article cannot guarantee job-hunting success. implementing these 10 steps as part of a comprehensive job-search plan should help you achieve greater satisfaction and success, ultimately finding the job or career of your dreams.

Ten Tips for Job-Hunting Etiquette
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2008, Feb. 4
Summary: This article helps fill the knowledge gap about the overlooked area of etiquette with 10 tips for job-hunting etiquette. Etiquette sometimes gets a bad rap or is overlooked perhaps because the term seems antiquated. But make no mistake, courteous job-seekers stand above those job-seekers without good manners.

Global Working-Abroad Job-Search Do's and Don'ts
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2008, Jan. 21
Summary: What are the keys to successfully finding an overseas job or international internship? This article provides straightforward tips and suggestions for achieving your goals in your global job-search.

Myths and Mistakes of International Job Hunting
By: Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D., and Wendy Enelow
Published: 2008, Jan. 21
Summary: This article is an excerpt from Krannich and Enelow's book, Best Resumes And CVs For International Jobs: Your Passport to the Global Job Market.

Are You Sabotaging Your Career? A Quintessential Careers Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2007, July 23
Summary: Take a step backwards away from your flawed career. Is it your boss or co-workers -- or are you sabotaging your own career? Take our Quintessential Careers Quiz and find out!

Making a Lateral Career Move The Pros and Cons
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2007, July 23
Summary: Whatever your reasons for considering a lateral move within your current organization, take a moment to read this article -- and then take much longer to weigh the pros and cons of applying for or accepting the lateral move.

Eight Job Hunting Mistakes You Don't Want to Make Advice from the Pros
By: Sharon Reed Abboud
Published: 2007, June 25
Summary: Career pros across America say job-seekers make the same mistakes all the time. This article describes some of the most common job-hunting mistakes that can prevent you from landing your next job and progressing up the career ladder.

Eight Surefire Tips for Stay-at-Home Parents to Jump Back into a Career
By: Sharon Reed Abboud
Published: 2007, May 21
Summary: By considering this article's eight factors with advice from some of America's career experts, most transitioning career-seekers should be able to jump right back into the professional work force.

Ten Surefire Ways to Organize Your Job Search
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2007, Jan. 31
Summary: You've decided to look for a new job, but life just feels too chaotic, and you don't know where to begin. This article offers tips to get you going.

Career Intensity Create Your Own Luck
By: David V. Lorenzo
Published: 2006, Nov. 20
Summary: This article is an excerpt from Lorenzo's book, Career Intensity: Business Strategy for WorkPlace Warriors and Entrepreneurs.

Tell Me About Yourself Storytelling that Propels Careers
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2006, Nov. 20
Summary: This article describes reasons that storytelling is especially appropriate in the job hunt.

Proof of Performance Career Portfolios an Emerging Trend for Both Active and Passive Job Seekers
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D. and Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2005, Nov. 21
Summary: Job-seekers learn more about themselves and their qualifications by preparing a career portfolio, thus boosting their confidence and preparing them for job interviews -- regardless of whether they actually use the portfolio in the interview -- according to a recent study titled Career Portfolios: Proof of Performance conducted by Quintessential Careers and described in this article.

Career Activist Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2005, Sept. 26
Summary: Career Activist: Someone who is proactive in planning, evaluating, directing, and controlling his or her career rather than simply reacting as situations arise. (Some call this approach career mapping.) A career activist has an enduring interest in understanding and achieving his or her full career potential, while maximizing career marketability. The outcome is increased job and career satisfaction, as well as personal fulfillment. Are you a career activist? Take our quiz and find out!

How to Stand out from the Crowd in a Competitive Market
By: Frank Traditi
Published: 2005, Sept. 26
Summary: To stand out from the crowd, conduct your job search like a marketing campaign. The traditional picture of job-seeking is that you look for open positions posted somewhere and follow a formal application procedure to be considered for them. But with thousands of job-seekers applying for only those positions that are advertised, the competition can be overwhelming. This article tells how to rise above the competition.

Three Critical Elements of a Successful Job Search
By: Deborah Walker
Published: 2005, July 18
Summary: As any marketing guru will tell you, the success of a product launch depends on the quality of its advertising message, its exposure to a targeted audience, and the skill of its sales presenters. If any one of those critical elements is missing, revenues fall short of corporate goals. This article tells how to apply that principle to the job search.

Career Success Is Within Your Reach
By: Deborah Brown-Volkman
Published: 2005, March 14
Summary: Are you waiting for career success? Do you believe that if you wait long enough sooner or later your dreams of success will come true? When it comes to success, you are better off spending your time working toward being successful than losing precious moments waiting for it to happen. This article explains.

Nine Secrets to Getting the Job You Really Want
By: Bill Dueease
Published: 2005, Jan. 17
Summary: You can beat the competition and actually get hired in the job you really want by considering the nine secrets in this article.

One Week Job-Search How to Lay the Foundation for a New Job in Just Seven Days
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2005, Jan. 17
Summary: By following the guidelines in this article, you should be well on your way to laying the foundation for a new job.

Wrestling the Time-Management Monster in Your Job Search
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2004, Aug. 2
Summary: This article offers tips for job-search time-management. The first portion of the article offers suggestions that apply to both the employed and unemployed. The next part is for the unemployed, and the final section applies to the employed job-seeker.

Fighting the Overqualified Label Ten Tactics for a Successful Job-Search
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2004, May 10
Summary: What should you do if you're labeled "overqualified?" The key for any job-seeker who thinks that the "overqualified" label will be applied during his or her job-search is to attack the perception head-on -- before the hiring manager even has a chance to think it herself. This article explains.

Under Qualified Ten Tips to Inspire Employers to Take a Leap of Faith
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2004, May 10
Summary: This article proposes 10 strategies for overcoming a lack of qualifications.

How To Make Yourself Three Times More Likely to Get Hired
By: Arthur I. Frank
Published: 2004, March 17
Summary: The last person interviewed is hired almost 56 percent of the time, or more than three times more frequently. This article tells how to be that last person.

Strategies for Staying Upbeat During a Long Job Search
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2004, Jan. 19
Summary: What can you do to break the potential downward spiral and remain upbeat and optimistic about your future prospects? This article offers strategies for helping you get through this rough patch in your career.

Trying to Make Sense of the Job Market and Employment Outlooks
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, July 7
Summary: How does an unemployed person who wants to work find a job in this market? With a detailed job-search strategy, a clear picture of past accomplishments, a focus on specific jobs and employers, a superior resume, a large network of contacts, and a determination to achieve one or more job-search activities (talking to a contact, sending out a resume, going on an interview) every day. More than ever, only those job-seekers who know the rules of good job-hunting -- and are ready to persevere -- will receive any job offers. This article explains.

How to Handle a Gap in Your Job History
By: Cynthia Wright
Published: 2003, March 31
Summary: In the wonderful world of resume writing and job searches, a gap in employment is a totally different ball game. In fact, it's one of the things that causes the most stress and fear in the hearts and minds of the job-seeker. This article explains how to approach such gaps.

Ten Step Career Tune Up
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, March 17
Summary: This article is 10-step career tune-up plan to motivate you to spend some time evaluating your situation, updating job-search techniques and skills, and making some career plans for this year -- and beyond.

Ten Ways to Develop Job Leads
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Dec. 2
Summary: This article offers 10 methods that all job-seekers should consider using in uncovering the largest number of job leads.

Why Should I Hire You? Critical Job Hunting Strategies
By: Mariette Durack Edwards
Published: 2002, Oct. 14
Summary: It's so important that you stay focused on your strengths and how your special qualities, skills and abilities can benefit a potential employer. Remember you are the only person in the world who knows everything about what you know! This article offers suggestions to help you stay on track with your job-search.

International Job Seeker Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, May 27
Summary: Do you have what it takes to work internationally? Are you a home-body or an adventure-seeker? Are you ethnocentric or open to new cultures? Do you feel as though you're ready to work abroad? Take this quiz and test your global job readiness.

Ten Essential Tips for Landing a Job Overseas
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, May 27
Summary: Do you love learning about other cultures? Can you communicate in multiple languages? Do you have a knack for seeing things from a broader, more global perspective? Did you major in international studies or international business? Looking to broaden your corporate experience with a stint working internationally? Do you want to work in a foreign country? If you answered yes to any and all of these questions, read this article -- where you'll learn about the 10 most important tips for landing a job overseas.

Fifteen Myths and Misconceptions About Job Hunting
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Feb. 4
Summary: How much of a job-hunting expert are you? Read over this article's 15 myths and misconceptions about job-hunting and see how many of them you believed in and how many you knew were incorrect. Once you know the truths about job-hunting, you should have more job search success -- and less stress.

Job Search Checklist
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Feb. 4
Summary: This job-search checklist follows the five essential steps of job-hunting that we also explain in our article, The Domino Effect: Key Phases of Your Job Search. To have a successful job search, all job-seekers must be sure to have every element on this list checked. To truly master the job search, you'll want to master each element on the list.

Long-Distance Job Search Do's and Don'ts
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Jan. 7
Summary: This article lists keys to a smooth long-distance job search. Follow these simple rules and you should avoid many of the stresses of job-hunting from a distance.

New City, New Job How to Conduct a Long Distance Job Search
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., and Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Jan. 7
Summary: Making a geographic move to enhance your career should not be a hassle if you do some planning before you move. What are the best strategies and tips for a long-distance job-search? This article lists steps to consider when mounting a long-distance job search.

Expanding the Definition and Use of Career Portfolios
By: Martin Kimeldorf and Barbara Hagy
Published: 2001, Oct. 8
Summary: The career portfolio must include samples of one's work. And if the individual is changing careers, then it is appropriate to include examples of work one is capable of performing, which means the samples can come from hobbies, volunteer jobs, or other learning experiences. This article tells more.

Using Key Marketing Tools to Position Yourself on the Job Market
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2001, Oct. 8
Summary: In today's job-hunting environment, the most successful job-seekers are those who understand the value of marketing and apply to themselves those principles that companies have used for years to successfully sell their products. And that's what this article is all about -- helping you better understand how you can use and apply key marketing principles and concepts to better position yourself on the job market, whether you are looking for a new job with a new company or a promotion within your current company.

For Job Hunting Success Track and Leverage Your Accomplishments
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2001, Aug. 27
Summary: Accomplishments are the points that really help sell you to an employer -- much more so than everyday job duties, and you can leverage your accomplishments for job-search success at all stages of the process: resume, cover letter, interview, and more. Learn how to identify and leverage yours in this article.

Job Hunting Etiquette Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2001, June 18
Summary: How comfortable are you with the etiquette of job-hunting? Put yourself to the test. Take our job-hunting etiquette quiz and see how well you do.

Job Search 101 Tutorial Ten Things You Need to Know Do to Land Your First Job
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2001, April 9
Summary: This tutorial is designed for college students and recent college graduates, but the advice, tips, and resources in this tutorial can really be used by any job-seeker who is looking for some extra help in landing a new job.

Job-Seeker Guide Successfully Completing Job Applications
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2001, April 9
Summary: New to job-hunting? This article is designed to provide you with the critical information you need to successfully complete a job application. Should filling out an application be a stressful event? No. If you have a resume, you should have just about all the information you need. If you don't have a resume, now might be the time to create one.

Five Laws of Successful Career Search
By: Paul Hastings
Published: 2001, Jan. 29
Summary: This article is a short summary of the necessary steps to achieve job success. A good Career Development Plan will fill in the essential details to reach the goal of fulfilling your work potential.

Ten Questions to Ask Yourself if You Still Have not Found a Job
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2000, Oct. 9
Summary: Are you in an active job-search, but have no job? Are you having troubles finding a job? Answering the 10 questions in this article may uncover flaws in your search techniques.

Job Seeker Strategy: Differently-abled Candidates
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2000, Sept. 11
Summary: The single biggest barrier to full employment for the differently abled is the "fear of the unknown" of hiring/working with someone different. Employers know and generally comply with the law, but little is being done to educate co-workers in effective strategies for coping with their apprehension. This article explains.

Job-Seeker Tips: Making Good First Impressions
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2000, Aug. 20
Summary: Life is all about making good first impressions with the people we meet. This article provides tips for making good first impressions in business and networking situations; with business cards, cover letters, and resumes; in job interviews; and when you are starting a new job.

Cold Calling A Time-Tested Method of Job-Hunting
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: Cold calling, or uninvited job-hunting, is a proven method of finding employment. When you consider that four-fifths of the job market is "closed," meaning you can't find out about available job openings unless you dig for them -- prospect for them, this method of job-hunting takes on great importance. That digging, as well as all aspects of the process that follows, is what this article is all about.

The Job-Search Domino Effect: Key Phases of Your Job Search
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., and Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: The Domino Effect states that there are five key phases of any good job search, and if you ignore any one of them or do one poorly, then the likelihood of having a successful job search decreases dramatically -- just as if you pulled a domino out of a chain of dominos. This article explains.

Getting Fired An Opportunity for Change and Growth
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: How do you deal with being fired or downsized in terms of your resume and job-hunting? That's what this article is all about -- getting you in shape to find an even better job than the one you had previously.

Job Search Refresher: Six Job-Hunting Tips to Help Secure Your Next Job
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: You should be able to easily obtain at least one job offer simply by following the six job-hunting tips in this article. No secrets or insider information -- just straightforward expert advice designed to help you find new employment and land your next job.

Job Seeker Accomplishments Worksheet
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: This worksheet will help you brainstorm the accomplishments that will help sell you to your next employer.

Your Job Skills Portfolio: Giving You an Edge in the Marketplace
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: This article will show you how to develop your job-search portfolio, key elements to consider in developing your job-search portfolio, and the best resources to explore job-search portfolios in more depth.

Job Skills Quiz: A Quintessential Careers Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: Think you're an expert at job-hunting? There's only one way to find out! Take the Quintessential Careers Job Skills Quiz!

Swim in a Smaller Pond
By: Pamela Skillings
Published: n/a
Summary: If the bureaucracy and rules at a big corporation make you crazy, your best escape route may be to a small company or start-up. Employee satisfaction is often higher at small companies because people have more autonomy and feel as if their contributions matter. While you may be a "human resource" at a large firm, you are always a key member of the team at a small business. This article explains.

Test of Career Marketability for Job Seekers: A Quintessential Careers Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: The more you strive to improve your marketability and career readiness, the more effective your job search will be. Understanding the key marketing concepts of job-hunting -- including the importance of using networking to uncover job leads and touting your accomplishments on your resume -- will improve your chances of finding the job of your dreams. Ready to test your career marketability? Take our test and find out where you stand!

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