by Peter Lloyd for Creative Experts, IT Experts, Job Hunting
I’ve been reading about “design thinking” for a while now. The earliest citations I’ve found go back to about 2006. But like quality, intellectual capital, ideation, teamwork, empowerment, thinking outside the box, benchmarking, multitasking, solutioning—see Overused Words & Phrases—this new wave brings a lot of water from older waves back to the beach.
Of course, those of us looking for jobs in creative, marketing, and information technology fields need to be conversant in the latest lingo. Especially if it’s overused! We don’t want to be caught with our jaws slack if asked in an interview, “How do you feel about design thinking?” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: design thinking, interviewing, interviews, job search
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
An old German woman summed it up for me many years ago. She said, “One man has the money, the other has the bag.” It took me a while to understand the subtle truth of this adage.
In most negotiations each party has something the other wants. In most cases, it’s a matter of money on one side and value on the other. In the case of landing a job, the potential employer has the ability to pay the other a lot of money over time. These days the party with the money has most of the leverage, because the value in your bag is diluted by the great number of people available to bring the same.
I ran across Five Rules for Pitching the Very Rich and sent it to a friend who is raising money for an online enterprise. It struck me as I scanned the article that these rules might apply to my job search. In particular, the job interview. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Peter Lloyd for Creative Experts, IT Experts, Job Hunting
Lately when I go to see some clients, I’m not always sure how to dress. One of my colleagues insists that I not wear jeans when we visit P&G. He dresses up. So I go business casual to make him feel better.
But another creative colleague dresses in Converse sneakers, T-shirt, and shorts when it’s warm. He rides a motorbike and carries his helmet and beat-up backpack in with him. He’s an illustrator. Have you noticed that musicians, who have to play music in time, are never on time? I think the have the same gene that makes illustrators, who create beautiful images, seem to care very little about their own.
Note this: The illustrator in sneakers does a whole heck of a lot more business than either I or my well dressed collaborator. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: dress, dress codes, interviewing, interviews
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
The online job description is explicit. They want skills you know you have. But you have no evidence of applying those skills on the job.
How frustrating! when you know you can do the job, but you have no idea of how to convince your potential employer. It’s a cinch that other candidates will submit resumés that honestly claim they’ve done what the job description calls for. But what about the rest of us? We need jobs, too. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
In this second of three posts outlining help from The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, we look at books. All are available online, but the library will lend them to you for free. Just get them back on time.
The books, below, include career guides and cover job searching, networking, interviewing, resumes, and cover letters. More important, the recommendations come from Career Center librarians, who have had lots of experience dealing with books and the people who use them. To speak with a librarian, see Locations. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: book, Cover Letters, interviewing, Library, networking, resumes
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting, On the Job
Here in the Talent Centric Blog, I’ve avoided compiling job search questions and offering answers, especially the kinds of answers a lot of employment blogs and websites so confidently provide. On the other hand, there’s value in the Q&A format. Reading Q&As can help a job hunter keep up with trends in employment. At the very least, they reflect what employers expect from resumés, cover letters, interviews, and all the rest.
So instead of adding to the glut of Q&As, let me direct you to two sources on each end of the good of what’s already out there. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cover Letters, interviewing, Job Hunting, job search, Q&A, resume writing job tip
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by John Owens for Job Hunting
Employers seek to predict a candidate’s potential. The skills of the candidate’s past experience and education help to predict future performance in the position. After the employer has chosen the top 10 resumes from hundreds that were submitted for the job, the employer looks at these key areas:
1. Can this person do the job?
2. Is there a fit both for the job and for the organization?
3. How does he/she relate to people?
4. What kind of person is the applicant? A leader? A follower?
5. What strengths does he/she have that we need?
6. Why the number of job changes so far? Or lack of changes?
7. Where is he/she weak?
8. How has the applicant contributed to other companies?
9. What are his/her ambitions? Are they realistic?
10. What is this person’s standard of values?
11. Does he/she have growth potential?
12. What is the nature of the “chemistry” between this applicant and our company?
13. What will the department manager think of this applicant compared to other applicants?
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