Career Tips2Go  

Instead of sending my usual newsletter in email format, I have opted to record it as a 30-minute special for my clients and listeners. This is a reflection of the year, as well as a look forward to 2010 when I hope to help people with their goals. Take the time to listen and I hope you will be inspired to move your career forward...one step at a time!

Many jobseekers do not know how to engage and build relationships with recruiters and it’s probably because they do not understand how recruiters work. This is your chance to ask two seasoned recruiters all you ever want to know about recruiters and how to use them in your job search. In today’s segment, my guests are Sarah Welstead and Jeff Lipschultz. Sarah is a recruitment marketing consultant specializing in branding and candidate experience, Sarah is most well known for her work with recruitment firm Head2Head and employment site RetiredWorker.ca. For more of her opinions and insights about recruiting, check out her blog on ERE.net: http://digg.com/u155cV. Jeff Lipschultz is a founding partner of A-List Solutions, a premier recruiting firm in Dallas-Fort Worth. He enjoys blogging about the challenges of finding the best jobs as candidates and finding the best employees as companies. Jeff also blogs about technology, employment trends, and sometimes, quirky observations of society. Visit Jeff's blog at http://jefflipschultz.wordpress.com. Join me on Wednesday, November 18th at 1 pm EST as I speak with Sarah and Jeff.

If you are looking for a one-stop-shopping resource to organize and manage your job search; track personal and professional relationships; keep track of companies you are targetting and track jobs you have applied for, then you need to hear directly from the founder and CEO of JibberJobber, Jason Alba. Jason knows what it means to have been unemployed, and wondering where his next job opportunity was coming from. Jason’s background is in IT, specifically web development, and he combined his experience as a job seeker with his business and technical background to create JibberJobber, and as they say, the rest is history. Please join me as I interview Jason Alba on Friday July 17, at 1 pm EST, where he explains how JibberJobber can help you in your job search and career.

How is Brand connected to your Value Proposition? What is your core value message? Are these terms confusing as they relate to your career transition and career development? Have you established what they are and incorporated them into a self-marketing strategy? If you have an interest in this topic; have no clue what these concepts even mean or what’s their relevance to your job search, then join my guest Wayne Pagani and I, for an informal discussion about these concepts and explore some practical ways to develop your value proposition, your brand, and how to use them to leverage your career transition. Who is Wayne Pagani? Wayne is a talented career development strategist who brings over ten years of unparalleled service delivery in the field of career development complimented by extensive management experience in the corporate world. He has coached executives, managers, and other professionals with diverse backgrounds. Wayne delivers inspirational workshops and services to clients seeking career and professional development solutions in all sectors of business.

Are you intimidated by interviews? Are you tired of losing out to your competition? Would you like to be absolutely confident with your next interview? Have you ever been asked to make a presentation at an interview, and you got cold feet? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to hear from Eric Kramer, creator of InterviewBest. Eric Kramer is a “serial careerist” having held 8 jobs in six distinctly different careers. He started his professional career as a clinical psychologist, has managerial experience in both large and small companies, owned a software development company, worked as an IT project manager, and sold large-scale mental health management software. Eric also worked as a Career Consultant and Career Center Manager with two of the country’s largest job transition firms. In these positions, Eric worked with hundreds of job searchers individually and in groups helping them develop career visions, teaching job search skills and coaching them through interviews. Join Eric and I on Thursday April 16, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. EST when he'll discuss different interview strategies and help you win at your next interview.

Are you tired of the job search? Are you an aspiring entrepreneur under 30? Do you have a business idea and would like to find out how to raise capital to fund the business? Would you like to hear from someone who created a job for herself rather than work for someone else? If so, join me on my radio show, The Career Achiever, on Wednesday March 25, 2009 at 3:30 pm, when I will be interviewing the Founder and Principal of Lemonade Capital, Prerna Chandak, a young woman who took a giant leap to move her career forward and start a venture capital and business consulting firm working with SMEs and young entrepreneurs across Canada. Prerna was honoured as one of Chatelaine Magazine's 80 Amazing Women to Watch in Canada and in 2007, was a recipient of the National Top 20 Under 20 award by Youth In Motion.