Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the October 27, 2003 issue of
QuintZine.
More women are tapping into the expertise and advice of mentors, male and female, to help them
achieve their career goals according to a recent CareerWomen.com QuickPoll. "Importance of
Mentoring in the Workplace" reveals that the majority of women (62 percent) have a formal or informal mentor
-- someone who has influenced their personal and professional development and contributed to their
career success. The survey asked women if their most important mentors have been male or female. "We wanted
to see if men or women were providing more opportunities for women and how mentors have helped these women in the
workplace," said Jill Xan Donnelly of CareerWomen.com. "The results show distinct differences in mentoring
benefits and further highlight the need to take advantage of several mentors throughout your career, both male and
female, who can help provide guidance, support, and advice at every stage of your professional development." According
to the poll results, 64 percent of women reported that their most important mentors have been male, while
36 percent reported that women mentors have been the most influential in their careers.
Read full details of the survey.
Whether it's your first day on severance or you've decided to make a job change, getting your resume out
to people who can assist you with your job search is one of the most important facets of your job search, says
JobSeekerNews.com. Simply put, networking your resume is getting your resume to people who can either hire you or
refer you to someone who can. Your goal is to gain as much exposure as possible in the job market as quickly as possible.
The Internet has made self-promotion easier and much more efficient. You want as many headhunters and employers
to see your resume as possible. Additional places to network your resume:
Call your industry association or visit its Website
Identify your professional network -- former co-workers, vendors, customers, etc.
Maximize contact with industry recruiters -- recruiters DO know "where the jobs are"
In a slow economy, not even loyalty to a single employer will help protect one from downsizing,
according to a study of unemployment numbers and those cast aside by employers by job outplacement
specialist Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Job loss among managers and executives who worked for just one company during their careers nearly doubled
over the last three quarters to its highest level since 2000, the company says. The third-quarter survey of 3,000
discharged managers and executives with a median age of 44 found that 18 percent worked at just one company during
their careers. That represents an 86 percent jump from the fourth quarter of 2002, when 9.7 percent of managers
were discharged from their first and only employer.
The 18 percent figure recorded in the July to September quarter was the highest since the second quarter of 2000
when 18.2 percent of discharged managers had just one employer on their resume.
"Unfortunately, our latest numbers show that increased loyalty on the part of employees toward their employer
is not always reciprocated. It is not that these one-company employees are more vulnerable to job-cutting; it is simply
that there are more of them in the workplace, so they are more likely to be affected by no-fault downsizing," says
John Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger Gray & Christmas.
More women are tapping into the expertise and advice of mentors, male and female, to help them
achieve their career goals according to a recent CareerWomen.com QuickPoll. "Importance of
Mentoring in the Workplace" reveals that the majority of women (62 percent) have a formal or informal mentor
-- someone who has influenced their personal and professional development and contributed to their
career success. The survey asked women if their most important mentors have been male or female. "We wanted
to see if men or women were providing more opportunities for women and how mentors have helped these women in the
workplace," said Jill Xan Donnelly of CareerWomen.com. "The results show distinct differences in mentoring
benefits and further highlight the need to take advantage of several mentors throughout your career, both male and
female, who can help provide guidance, support, and advice at every stage of your professional development." According
to the poll results, 64 percent of women reported that their most important mentors have been male, while
36 percent reported that women mentors have been the most influential in their careers.
