Archive for Career Coaching

Career Coach News: How to be Prepared for an Interview

Have an interview coming up soon, but you’re not ready? Don’t worry. We know interviewing can be a stressful and daunting process, but it doesn’t have to be. With these tips, you’ll learn how to be prepared for an interview, become more confident and assertive and land the job you want. The interviewing process is [...]

Career Coach News: Resume Advice Tips, Part 2

Resume Advice Tips Don’t Make These Job Search Mistakes Career expert Donna Svei of AvidCareerist.com has 23 years of experience in the employment field. She shared some resume advice tips with the Institute for Coaching last week. Here are some more of the most common mistakes she sees, as well as some more resume advice [...]

Career Coach News: Resume Advice Tips, Part 1

Resume Advice Tips Don’t Make These Job Search Mistakes If you’re looking for a job, there are some big mistakes you could be making with your employment search — without even realizing it. Career expert Donna Svei has some resume advice tips to help you. Svei, the founder of the popular job advice site AvidCareerist.com, has [...]

Career Coach News: Getting a Promotion – What to Look For

You may be positioning yourself for a promotion, but is it what you really want? That’s a question you need to ask yourself, says Seth Kaufman, psy.d, Certified Career and Life Purpose Coach with the Institute for Coaching.  He says you need to ponder whether the new job is ”something that you want ” or if it [...]

Career Coach News – Do Entrepreneurs Need an MBA?

One of the big decisions entrepreneurs face is whether they need to go for a Master’s in Business Administration. So is it necessary? It depends, says Seth Kaufman, psy.d, Certified Career and Life Purpose Coach with the Institute for Coaching.   “Sometimes you do, sometimes you don’t,” says the coach. He says the additional education [...]

Career Coach News: How to Schedule an Informational Interview

No matter how technologically advanced society gets, making a personal connection is still the top way to get a job, says Seth Kaufman, psy.d., Certified Career and Life Purpose Coach with the Institute for Coaching. Instead of spending all your time submitting your resume to online job postings, Dr. Kaufman proposes that you spend some [...]

Career Coach News: How Passion Is the Best Fuel for the Entrepreneur

If want to succeed as an entrepreneur, says Seth Kaufman,  psy.d, , Certified Career and Life Purpose Coach for the Institute for Coaching, you need to “marry purpose with what people want to purchase.” This pithy expression contains some important entrepreneurial advice.   Dr. Kaufman says you need to have a strong idea of what [...]

Career Coach News: How Clarity Can Change Your Job Search

If you want to get a new job, you have to know what it is you’re looking for, and why, says Seth Kaufman, psy.d, Certified Career and Life Purpose Coach with the Institute for Coaching. Dr. Kaufman emphasizes “clarity” as an important part of any successful job search. He says you have to know “exactly [...]

Eight Tips to Help You Excel in a Job Interview

Peter Bell of Peter Bell & Associates, LLC, one of New York’s top executive search firms, has some advice on how to impress in a job interview: * Arrive early: If you get to the interview site a few minutes early and take a look at the office environment, Bell says you may be able [...]

Career Coach News- How to Use LinkedIn Effectively, Part 2

Career expert John Crant says that using LinkedIn is one of the most powerful tools out there for job seekers. Here are some of his tips for using the business networking site more effectively: * Show your face: Crant recommends using a professional-looking headshot for your profile. It makes it more likely that others will check [...]