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Chandlee
Seasoned career coach and professional resume writer offering private clients the best of the Ivies and Web 2.0 job search strategies with the resourcefulness of a New Englander and the warmth of a Southerner.
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Megan,
Love your tip about learning to master one site very well. So much easier than trying to be a jack of many "sites" master of none.
This is a great piece to share, thanks!
Expat & International Careers: Social Media is Potentially 6 Times More Influential than a CV or Resume in Hiring
How important is social media to people building expat or international careers? Very. Back in August of 2009 I blogged about the fact that social media is not a fad - its here to stay. It's not only changing the way that we communicate, it's changing how we manage our careers and run and market...
Sital, couldn't agree with you more. Well said!
Andy Gray’s Sacking: 3 Career Lessons For Us All
Yesterday saw the sacking of one the highest profile football/soccer commentators on UK television. Andy Gray was dismissed for making a sexist remark during, what he thought was, an off-air conversation. With rumours of yet more footage to be aired by the tabloid press, his employers, Sky Tel...
Megan, this is outstanding. These strategies aren't only good for career experts but also for those of us who work in the industry. I'm retweeting this post and will be crediting a few of these suggestions when I give a talk on Friday. If you hear the Liberty Bell ringing in your ears later this week, you'll know why.
Thanks!
Chandlee
Expat Careers: 3 Resources for Job Seekers to Share their Expertise and Increase their Visibility
Career Collective is a group of top career professionals who blog monthly on a designated topic for careerists and job seekers. Today’s topic is Resources for Job Seekers. Our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective. RESOURCES FOR JOB SEEKERS When I first thought about writing a post about r...
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Sep 27, 2010
Rosa,
This is a great list of go-to resources. Thanks especially for the hotline number. I will share with my job seekers group.
Best,
Chandlee
Jump Start Your Job Search Now!
Part of the Career Collective series. Please see end of this post. Right now, at this very moment, you can begin to take action and fire up your job search by leveraging tools and resources that will help you outdistance other job seekers. Sounds too fantastic? Take a look at the following reso...
Thanks, Peter! I really appreciate it.
All the Best,
Chandlee
Free e-book (Collective Wisdom for Share)
In my spare time, I've been spending time with Narativ, a Manhattan-based organization that helps people tell stories. Not stories as in fibs, but personal storytelling. Narativ teaches the mechanics of storytelling. Take one of their classes, and you'll learn how to nail an interview question, ...
Thanks, Julie...Yes, the lawnmower invites reflection. There seem to be quite a few of us experiencing these life lessons and dilemmas. Thanks for the comments and I hope to see you again in person soon!
The Year in Review (or Lawn Mower Lessons Part II)
I've lived in Manhattan for almost three years now, but I'm still in a long-term relationship with a lawn mower in New Hampshire. We have known each other for seven years now--and for the past three years I've gained a gradually greater appreciation for this--my personal Yoda. W ho knew that a r...
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Mar 15, 2010
Isao,
Thanks for the comment. Yes, professors--and their connections--can help you land your first job, too. In general, career centers don't like it when professors recommend one student over another for a job because it violates NACE guidelines on ethics for hiring--which say that all students should be notified about jobs and have the opportunity to apply individually.
My favorite resource for positions in scientific research in university labs and the academic job search is the Academic Job Search Handbook by Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer Furlong. They also provide great information for grad students and post-docs in their column in the Chronicle for Higher Education. Both Julia Vick and Jennifer Furlong work in Career Services offices--if you take their advice in tandem with faculty it can be helpful.
Career centers can also help students on navigating situations with faculty. For example, if you've worked with a professor for three years and she leaves your school without providing a recommendation for you, or if you are a Ph.D. student and are having trouble with an advisor--they can provide you with resources and help you explore your options.
I hope that is helpful.
Thanks again for the comment,
Chandlee
How Campus Career Centers Work & Why Most Use a Standard Resume Format
This is Part II of my response to Penelope Trunk's post on “How to Manage an Education.” In my last post, I talked about why you shouldn't count campus career centers out. Today, I want to address Penelope's assertion that career centers cater to companies not candidates, and that one of th...
Comment received from Penelope Trunk:
Hi, I tried to post a comment via open ID, but I think it's broken. So I'm emailing you the comment.
I like your insight about how things are working from the career center perspective. And I agree that alumni networks are very powerful when it comes to managing a career.
That said, there are two things in your post that say a lot about the situation.
1. That you have a lot of great insights on this topic, but you left career center life to start your own business.
2. That you said career centers are taking the lead starting alumni groups on LinkedIn. But LinkedIn is actually set up to work fine for alumni networks without a career center taking charge. The architechture of LinkedIn for alumni groups is very effective at a grassroots level. And this is a great example of career centers constantly being a little bit off the mark.
Okay. Still. There must be hope in this regard because career centers have to get better. Too many people are thinking too hard about the problem for things not to change.
Penelope
On "Useless" B.A. Degrees & "Incompetent" Career Centers
This is my first response to Penelope Trunk’s commentary on “How to Manage an Education.” I’m going to write several pieces about Ms. Trunk’s opinions because I think she ignites a very important debate here—and one that is worth examining in the sunlight with the opinions of many others. If...
Meg,
I couldn't agree with you more...One of my clients recently got reconsidered--and hired--after sending a follow-up post rejection for the job.
Your son's story is an inspiration. Thank you for sharing.
Best,
Chandlee
The Art of Being Gracious: Much Needed in Today's Job Search
"Being gracious in life will carry you far," espoused Ted Kooser, a Pulitzer Prize winner who served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 - 2006. When my son graduated from college in 2004, I had the honor of listening to this wise man deliver ...
Megan,
Great tips. I stopped by the Roger Smith Hotel in New York on Sunday. Rumor has it you practice what you preach--the staff there really enjoyed their visit with you!
Clearly, you have the ability to network effectively across "ponds." Any cross-cultural essentials for job seekers attending holiday gatherings in a foreign country for the first time?
All the Best,
Chandlee
Expat Networking: Holidays are a Great Time to Nurture and Grow your Network
December and January are usually some of the slowest months of the year for companies hiring across the globe. In some countries, very little business is done at all in December. As a result it is often said that you can't make much progress in a job search during the holiday season. Given that...
Rosa,
What a unique approach to talking about the job search, great perspective.
Love how you take the procurement approach here. One of my current clients is a sourcing consultant; she's going to love this!
I look forward to getting to know your work!
Best,
Chandlee
Being a Cookie-Cutter Job Seeker is a Misfortune
By Rosa E. Vargas. As a member of a new community of resume writers and career coaches called the Career Collective, this post is one of many responses to the question, "Are you a cookie cutter job seeker?" I encourage you to visit other members' responses, see links at end of this post. Please ...
Megan, Great post. Your advice on the importance of cultural understanding for the expat job search is "spot-on." It's like baking in a different altitude: you have to adjust the recipe for your environment!
All the Best,
Chandlee
Ongoing Career Management is No Longer Optional for the Expat in Today's New World of Work
Recently I was honored to be asked by fellow career and resume specialists Miriam Salpeter and Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter to join a community of career bloggers called "Career Collective". Their brainchild came from their desire to build a strong collective of career expert voices and a sustain...
Thanks, all! I think we are all on the same page here...It's great to see so many different perspectives on Career Collective. Many different approaches but not too many cooks in the kitchen!
On the "Cookie Cutter" Approach to Job Search: Do You Need a Recipe?
This is my first post as part of new online initiative of over 20 career experts called the Career Collective. Through the Collective, career professionals share their individual perspectives on a common question. We will do this once a month. (Many thanks to Miriam Salpeter and Jacqui Poindexte...
Sital,
This is an excellent post and very inspiring. The improv analogy is a great one--may give that a "go" sometime myself...
I agree with you that sometimes a deep breath is all you need to launch.
Thanks for continuing to share your adventures from "across the pond" with us.
All the Best,
Chandlee
Be Average And Have Lots Of Goes
One of my hobbies is comedy improvisation - i.e performing short sketches on stage without a script. When people come and see me perform in improv shows they often say "Wow, I can't believe you get on stage and perform without a script - that looks so scary!" Yes it's scary, but it's also excit...
Hi Tom,
Back in March, I created, Many Career Minds. This is a group of career experts (resume writers, coaches, recruiters, and authors) to Tweet under the hashtag #mcm
It's a bit quieter now, but there is still traffic under the tag.
I hear you on spam. I wrote a "birthday" blog post on Spam last week:
http://bit.ly/Ih5bL
Let me know if I can be of help to you.
All the Best,
Chandlee
#Hashtag Asshats
Forgive me if this post reads like a rant... I'm tired and well, it is. One of the greatest things about twitter is the ability to create 'chat rooms' around hashtags. I admit, I don't get to play along as much as I'd like but whenever I can, I try and participate in @Mark_Meyer's #SocialMed...
Thanks for your thoughtful comments.
Andrea: Great tips. I, too, think being specific about what you've done and impact is very helpful.
Tim: According to the latest ExecuNet research on Digital Dirt, 86% of employers now research employees online. I think it's great that you are blogging and sharing your expertise--make sure you advertise those posts on Twitter with a TinyURL!
Wishing you both success,
Chandlee
Lessons Learned from a "Hire Me" Campaign
We've all heard the stories of job seekers who choose to go "bold" with a public search strategy. This is an evaluation of one such "hire me" campaign from the job seeker's perspective. This post is also a follow-up to my March piece, "A Tale of Two Hire Me Campaigns," in which I compared two ...
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