Dan King is principal of Career Planning and Management, Inc., www.careerfirm.com and co-founder of www.MeaningfulCareers.com. With over 25 years experience in counseling, training, coaching and career development, he supports individuals and organizations in planning and mana...
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Getting Unstuck: How To Jump Start Your Job Search by Dan King - Oct, 2010 Stuck. It’s how you feel when you've followed all the best advice, posted your resume on the major job sites, spread the word to friends and colleagues that you're looking, and you're still getting nowhere. You’re left wondering: "Will I ever get hired? Wouldn't any normal person have a job by now? What the #@$&% is wrong with me?" Relax. Take a step back. You will work again. After a long period in the marketplace, you ne... |
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It's Hard To Find Good Help by Dan King - Oct, 2010 When you need advice on your career, it seems just about everybody is eager and willing to tell you what you should do. Never mind that their own career paths often resemble a runaway train careening toward eventual derailment. People love to give advice. They want to help. They just don't always know how. Try this and you'll see what I mean. Ask a dozen people to each give you feedback on your resume and listen closely to... |
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So Where Are The Good Jobs? by Dan King - Oct, 2010 Recently, I attended a social event where I didn't know anybody. You know these occasions -- they're the ones where you're just the guest of the person who was really invited. The functions you attend merely to keep peace, where you endure a couple of hours of boredom in order to forestall a full week of disharmony. Upon arrival at the doorstep of my unknown host, invitee in arm, I take a quick survey of the room in search... |
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So, Tell Me About Your Weaknesses by Dan King - Oct, 2010 In a calm, confident manner, Sam replied, "My biggest weakness is that I can become impatient with people who don't set standards as high as mine." Huh? I should have let it go, but it was late in the day and I was already on my sixth interview. Pretending to be puzzled, I looked Sam in the eye and asked, "Are you saying that your biggest weakness is your impatience? Or is it that you set unrealistic standards. He gla... |
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What You Should Know Before Asking For A Raise by Dan King - Oct, 2010 Now that the economy is starting to simmer and hiring is heating up, you're getting fidgety. You’ve worked your butt off for months; dodged repeated rounds of layoffs and put in double-time to keep the corporate wheels turning. You've stuck it out -- and now it's time for your boss to "put his money where his mouth is.” If you're going to stick around any longer, you want a raise. Before you corner your boss and demand... |
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From Survival to Revival: Getting Ready for the Recovery by Dan King - Feb, 2010 How high will unemployment go? Has the job market hit bottom yet? How bad will it get? And when will the recovery begin? I am frequently asked these questions – and the answers are not forthcoming. The fact is, “I don’t know.” I do know that there’s no shortage of “doom and gloom” out there, and hordes of people to spread and sustain it. But I'm not willing to run with the herd. Sometimes it’s best to separate from t... |
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If Ben Franklin Were On Twitter by Dan King - Feb, 2010 I'm sitting in my office answering email messages when I glance out the window and see Benjamin Franklin leaning against a wall talking on his cell phone. I rub my eyes and refocus, but Ben is still there. Have I really been transported back in time? I run to the mirror to see if I'm still me, or perhaps some caricature of Paul Revere (with or without the Raiders). I'm clearly having trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality... |
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Dan King - Dec, 2007 It’s Sunday night and you’ve got that familiar “pit in the stomach.” It’s now just another weeknight. Tomorrow you’ll return “to the grind,” begin your long, slow crawl toward “over the hump” day, and trudge along until, “thank God, it’s Friday” again. Sweet freedom. Is this what your work life has become? A prison sentence? Five days a week in the slammer with two days off for parole on the weekend? If this is how yo... |
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Negotiating Dollars With Sense by Dan King - Jul, 2007 Even before the call back for another round of meetings, Brad knew he had aced his interview. As he described it to me later, he was "in a groove.” Everything fell into place. He sounded articulate, bright, downright charming. Clearly, a strong candidate (isn't that what the HR Director had said?), he was not surprised to be invited back as one of the finalists for the job. Brad had worked hard to get to this point and was... |
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Network, Network, Network: But I'm Not Any Good At It, I Don't Know Anybody, and Other Common Dilemmas by Dan King - Jul, 2007 Networking. Everybody says it's the sure-fire fastest way to a new job. If you know someone who knows someone who knows someone, so it goes, you'll get to the hiring manager more quickly and cut through the search process in no time. Networking has been promoted as, by far, the most effective method of advancing your career or landing a rewarding position. Still, if you're like most, you probably don't relish the idea of "w... |
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