Archive for the ‘Job Knowledge’ Category

Advanced LinkedIn Profile – Part 1 (video)

Posted on March 30th, 2012 by Oscar Kirkhope

Bob McIntosh is a career trainer, a certified professional resume writer (CPRW) and a LinkedIn expert. He is a workshop specialist at the Lowell Career Center where he leads 2 workshops and founded a LinkedIn Group. Bob says that to be a success in managing your career you must have a tenacious appetite for learning [...]

Career options in TV – live Q&A

Posted on March 16th, 2012 by Oscar Kirkhope

Looking for a behind-the-scene job? Ask our experts for tips and advice. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Blanketing employers with generic CVs is, we’re regularly told, about as effective as chucking a stack of applications from the top of a building in the vague hope they’ll land in the hands of the right people. [...]

10 Job Search Rules to Break

Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by Oscar Kirkhope

Job search advice that worked in the past isn’t always advice you should follow today. In fact, some of it can actually hurt your chances of getting interviews and job offers. Here are 10 job search rules that you should go ahead and break: 1. Limit your resume to one page. You might have heard [...]

An Inteview with FranNet Franchise Matchmaker, Chris Coleman

Posted on February 28th, 2012 by Oscar Kirkhope

Coleman helps corporate executives and outplaced workers transition into franchising Chris Phillips can’t imagine working for someone else ever again. The former banker now runs a personal electronics repair business in St. Louis, and it was FranNet consultant Chris Coleman who helped make it possible. In a segment shown recently on KPLR-TV in St. L [...]