Job Search U

Sharing Your Emotional Intelligence in the Job Search, Part 1

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:14:40 +0000

In a Wetfeet.com blog post this week, blogger Denis Wilson summarized the increasing value employers place on candidate emotional intelligence (EI). As Wilson noted, more and more employers are...

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Balancing Your Job Search with the Rest of Your Life

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:41:53 +0000

The final element of Martin Seligman’s PERMA model is achievement. As described in his 2011 best-seller, Flourish, achievement is about our pursuit of our life goals. How much time do we spend daily...

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Why Do You Job Search?

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:33:15 +0000

Meaning is the 4th element of Martin Seligman’s PERMA model, as described in his 2001 best-seller, Flourish. To optimize our flow, our creativity, our productivity, and our well-being, we need to...

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Leveraging Interpersonal Support in Your Job Search

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:16:22 +0000

The third component of Martin Seligman’s PERMA model is Positive Relationships (from his 2011 best-seller, Flourish) – another element that many job seekers overlook in the midst of their searches....

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Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:19:00 +0000

Yesterday I took at look at how to use SWOT analysis to boost your job search results based on Martin Seligman’s PERMA model from his 2011 best-seller, Flourish, and James Manktelow’s review. Moving...

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Improve Your Job Search Results with SWOT Analysis

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:55:51 +0000

Positive thinking expert Martin Seligman notes the importance of well-being in his 2011 best-seller, Flourish. It occurs to me that job searching, consisting as it does of routine upon routine, may...

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Persistence Really Does Pay Off

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:32:13 +0000

A client of mine has been looking for insurance sales jobs and recently tried repeatedly to get in touch with a corporate recruiter. He knew this particular recruiter was sourcing for sales roles in...

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6 Common Weaknesses in Mid-Career and Executive Resumes

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:01:34 +0000

I recently partnered with 6FigureJobs.com to review member resumes, so I’ve been spending every spare moment lately assessing the backgrounds and work histories of mid-career professionals and...

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The Jobs Least Likely to be Outsourced

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:52:17 +0000

The Recruiters Lounge wrote a great post a few months ago worthy of repeat here. Author Jim Stroud tracked down the 10 jobs most and least likely to be outsourced based on the research of Nancy...

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3 Ways to End Those Long-Term Job Search Blues

Cheryl Lynch Simpson, ACRW, COPNS — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:24:10 +0000

In a recent survey by executive search firm Challenger, Gray, & Christmas, 47.5 percent of respondents indicated they have been looking for work for at least 12 months. I can verify that...

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