Three Weekly Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Job Hunting Tips – July 27, 2015

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Here are three simple job hunting tips for you to begin your week!

1. If you're actively interviewing, keep a lint roller in your car. If you've got pet dogs, cats, ferrets, or even llamas, you're bound to get hair and dander on yourself. That lint roller will help you from looking like you're wearing a mohair jacket when you're not.
2. Do you have a non-compete agreement in place? A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, you signed a mountain of paperwork when you started your job. One of those documents may have been a non-compete, which places restrictions on the types of   of jobs you can accept and at what companies for a period of time (usually one or two years). These are implemented to stop the workforce from directly bringing their experience and knowledge to their company's competition. Before even interviewing with another company, it helps to know whether you signed something saying you can't work for them. Don't waste your time - or theirs.
3. I'm sure this one won't make me too popular with the body art crowd, but if you have tattoos or piercings, make sure you cover these up best you can for an interview. Like it or not, people are judgmental, and one of the things interviewers will question if you have visible tattoos is your professionalism, and the impression you would make on internal and external clients. Better to let an employer hire you first, then you cangradually expose some of your more safe-for-work body art.

Scott Singer is the President and Founder of Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching, a firm dedicated to guiding job seekers and companies through the job search and hiring process. He is a Human Resources professional and staffing expert with almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).

Insider Career Strategies provides resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, and career coaching services, including a free resume review. You can email Scott Singer at scott.singer@insidercs.com, or via the website, www.insidercs.com.

Job Hunting Zen Thought of the Week – July 24, 2015

Here is your Job Hunting Zen Thought of the Week!

We are all taught at an early age to be ambitious and to please others. This serves us well in growing ourselves and building our careers.

Sometimes, too much is too much, and an obstacle may simply be too large to overcome.

For example, you've been approached about a job that sounds perfect for you. The job itself is great, and the salary is out of this world.

But the commute would involve traveling 90 minutes each way, for a total of three hours a day.

You're not afraid of hard work, or commuting to a job.

However, you will find the stress in your life - and time away from your family - increased substantially.

We don't always have the luxury of turning down a job opportunity. But make sure to evaluate all the factors that matter to you in your quality of life.

Scott Singer is the President and Founder of Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching, a firm dedicated to guiding job seekers and companies through the job search and hiring process. He is a Human Resources professional and staffing expert with almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).

Insider Career Strategies provides resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, and career coaching services, including a free resume review. You can email Scott Singer at scott.singer@insidercs.com, or via the website, www.insidercs.com.

Three Weekly Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Job Hunting Tips – July 20, 2015

Lemon Squeezy

Here are three simple job hunting tips for you to begin your week!

1. Remember to dress up for your interview, even if you've heard the company is a "casual" environment. It's easy to take off a necktie or jacket if an interviewer tells you to dress down. But there's no smooth way to change into a business suit after your interview has started. NOTE: Some companies will actually tell you how to dress for their interview, in case it's different than anticipated (jeans, etc.). Follow their directions if provided. When in doubt - ask!
2. Bring your own pen to an interview, in case you need to fill out a job application or complete some other paperwork. It shows you're prepared, and the company may not have one for you (yes, it's unlikely, but you never know...).
3. Also when going to an interview, have handy the exact dates of your previous employment for the past 7 years, or your previous five employers. If you enter incorrect dates into an application, guessing as to incorrect dates could be interpreted as dishonesty, and knock you out of the running.

Scott Singer is the President and Founder of Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching, a firm dedicated to guiding job seekers and companies through the job search and hiring process. He is a Human Resources professional and staffing expert with almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).

Insider Career Strategies provides resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, and career coaching services, including a free resume review. You can email Scott Singer at scott.singer@insidercs.com, or via the website, www.insidercs.com.