A Vaccine Against Breakability in Your Career

My Father’s Breaking Point

My dad lost his job after 28 years when Reynolds Aluminum was acquired by Alcoa. He was smart, hardworking, loyal—a turnaround artist. But he had never been on a job search before.

He fought to land a role at an...

Have you ever struggled to stand out in job interviews, even when you’re fully qualified?

Robert Cialdini, in his book Influence: New and Expanded, shares a fascinating tactic that turned one job seeker’s luck around—using the consistency principle to subtly influence hiring...

I was recording the newest version of my free job search training class over the past 4 days and I had a chance to do some very deep thinking with that many hours invested. I had a revelation for why programs like mine and why coaching is so important.

All of my training inside Job Seeker Pro...

FACT!  Most people have a BORING or even EMPTY "About" section on their LinkedIn profile.

The problem with this is your LinkedIn About section is almost at the top of your profile. So, you want to use this key real estate on your profile to be MEMORABLE. 

Stop...

Jobseekers (and all career professionals) - is your LinkedIn title turning people off?

I learned this the hard way from having three over-40 job searches myself and from helping many other jobseekers. The below examples of LinkedIn titles/headlines are all examples I have seen....

In my mid-2020 Pandemic job search I faced difficulties and darkness on my path like many do.  Organizations were laying off millions of people, worldwide and sales, which was my role, seemed to be the last thing people were hiring for.

I blew a couple of jobs, got ghosted after investing...