If you’ve been laid off, downsized, or just plain let go, the first thing on your mind should be the search for your next job. Dive in immediately, whether you have outplacement help from your former employer or not. Get that job search funnel working for you, starting with networking like crazy, generating leads, and…
Google has seen more than its share of employee unrest and backlash recently involving issues related to women. Back in November, two women employees organized a walk-out to protest Google’s handling of sexual harassment allegations. Some 20,000 employees participated in the walk-out, which initially seemed like a win, especially when higher-ups promised they’d address what…
Traditionally, tattoos were not something to flaunt during an interview. People would carefully cover their ink with cuffed long sleeves, suit jackets, or big bangle jewelry. However, research shows a cultural shift in the hiring process, and it appears that in general having some ink won’t hurt your chances of getting a job.
The tough interview questions that leave you stumped. The lengthy meetings with multiple teams of people. Four, five or even more rounds of interviews, and still no offer. Will the madness ever stop?!
When you search “resume tips” on Google, you get 98,600,000 results. While there are some time-tested best practices for resumes, more people seem to be getting creative with theirs. In fact, unique resume presentation and delivery are making headlines and even going viral on social media.
According to some studies, up to 85 percent of all American workers are unhappy in their jobs and feel they could be happier elsewhere.
But where? They rarely know…
The soaring cost of higher education is one of the main reasons people don’t finish (or start!) a college degree. If it isn’t the cost, it might be time commitment, location, or a personal factor. These people often have one question in common: How do you grow a professional career if you don’t have this resume credential?
At a company with a 150-year history, its culture, tradition, and values inform everything HR does. For a company with a 150-year history that includes five generations of family of the original founder, George Garvin Brown, Brown-Forman Corporation, based in Louisville and best known for its flagship Jack Daniel’s Whiskey, is all about values and…
Salary is one of the most important factors on both sides of the hiring equation. How much you’ll be getting paid for your efforts is paramount in your mind when you’re interviewing for a new job, and it’s paramount in your prospective employer’s mind, too.
Most GetFive members use LinkedIn as a part of their job search. Like like your resume, your LinkedIn profile needs to be continually updated. Your professional experience, education, summary of qualifications, and even your headshot need to be up-to-date. The more information you have about yourself, the more potential contacts will be able to find you and the better you’ll be able to connect with the right person.
It’s an open secret that HR pros don’t much like Glassdoor’s review platform. Recently, I saw it for myself when I attended a meeting at Glassdoor’s headquarters in San Francisco, along with a group of HR leaders. Their frustration with Glassdoor was palpable. Many of my colleagues at the meeting expressed outrage about a fairly…
Susan Melcher brought a unique HR perspective to her job at Interactive Health, a corporate wellness company. In HR at her past job, she was a client. When Susan Melcher was interviewing for the job of CHRO at Interactive Health, Inc., a corporate wellness company with nearly 30 years of serving more than 2,000 client…
The holidays are a great time to reconnect with old friends and visit loved ones, and if you’re job hunting or looking to advance your career, the many parties during the season also provide an ideal stage for networking…
Negotiating salary causes a lot of trouble for most job hunters, simply because many do not know how to play the negotiation game. For starters, that is precisely how you should think of negotiating a salary — as a strategic game…
Everybody’s talking about automation changing the face of our workforce. And while the “bots are coming for our jobs!” panic is dying down, the realization is settling in that, yes, they’re coming for our jobs, but they’re also creating new jobs that are going to require upskilling, or as we used to call it back…
Let’s play a game. Imagine for a minute that you own a small consulting company, and you’re meeting a prospective client for the first time. How do you handle that meeting?