As the quarantine period rolls on, I'm sure many of us have found ourselves increasingly challenged to occupy our time in interesting and productive ways -- and even though we'd all rather return to the "normal" state of affairs, I've been inspired to see many people using their extra bandwidth to get themselves in great shape, eat better, learn new skills, or indulge in some home improvement projects they've been putting off. There are only [...]
Of all the different aspects of the career transition process, I'd argue that the toughest and most confusing challenge one can face is trying to come up with a workable answer to the "what should I be now that I've grown up?" question. What steps should you take, in other words, to brainstorm a new career avenue for yourself when your traditional career path just isn't cutting it or meeting your needs anymore? Alas, throughout [...]
While the online jobs landscape has been pretty quiet for a few years now, in terms of new sites and technologies, I'm guessing a number of you have noticed that Google recently jumped into the fray -- launching it's new "Google for Jobs" platform a few months ago. You can read more about the evolution and purpose of this new technology in a third-party article here, if you're not familiar with it. Alternatively, if you [...]
Happy holidays, all! Hope everybody has some restful, relaxing plans for the season -- and given the time of year we're in, I'm going to follow a tradition I started last December, which is to compile a post featuring all of the tools/sites/resources I intended (but utterly failed) to find time to write about at some point in the previous 12 months. So here you have it. A number of great little links I've collected [...]
While there’s definitely a core group of career-related websites I’ve been recommending to job hunters for years, many of which I’ve featured in my ongoing blog articles here, I’ve recently noticed a strong uptick in the number of NEW technologies and offerings that seem to be popping up within the career and employment space. Many of these fledgling sites, of course, don’t quite live up to their own self-generated hype or ever gain enough market [...]
Help wanted ads. You know, it really wasn't all that long ago when this part of the job searching process was fairly simple, typically requiring only a newspaper, a yellow highlighter, and about 20 minutes on a Sunday morning. Makes one feel downright wistful for the past, when you stop and think about it... These days there are estimated to be over 50,000 third-party websites that broker published job opportunities -- with new sites emerging [...]
Item #12: Indeed Best Places to Work Lists (www.indeed.com/forum) While most job hunters today are already well-acquainted with Indeed.com, arguably the top website available for tracking down published job opportunities, it's easy to miss some of the other great features that Indeed offers, as well -- such as their outstanding "trends" tool here, their "forums" community here, or the helpful "salaries" research page they maintain here. Of all these resources, however, there's one added-value offering [...]
Item #11: Geekwire Startup List (http://www.geekwire.com/startup-list) While I'm constantly correcting folks who complain that Seattle is strictly a "technology town" and doesn't play host to many employers in other industries, let's face it, we certainly DO have our share of tech firms here in the area. In fact, I think we can consider ourselves fortunate that so many technical ventures get started here in the Puget Sound region, given the economic stability this industry provides. [...]
Item #10: Reach Networking App (http://thereachapp.com) While I'm not sure of too many things in life, I am sure of one thing. For those of you who take 83 seconds to watch the introductory video you'll find here describing the new Reach mobile networking application, you're either going to 1) think it's the coolest thing since sliced bread or 2) that it's the most frightening, intrusive, and awkward technology ever invented. Mark my words. The [...]
Item #9: LinkedIn "Field of Study Explorer" Page (https://www.linkedin.com/edu) Wondering what non-traditional careers one might be able to pursue with a finance major? Or where that philosophy or sociology degree might be able to take you? Or what careers your child might want to start pursuing, if he or she is about to graduate from college -- or already has graduated, but is struggling to figure out a suitable career path? While far from a [...]