Archive for the ‘Career Tips’ Category

How to Maintain Your Current Contacts and Reconnect with Old Ones!

When it comes to networking, going out there and meeting other professionals may play a big part, but it’s actually maintaining and keeping track of those contacts that will be most important thing you can do. Whether you are already employed or looking for a job, you never really know when someone in your network [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on September 1st, 2010 under Business, Career Tips, Job Search, LinkedIn, Social Network Tags: , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Tips on Tuesday: Ask-a-Recruiter

Our series, “Ask a Recruiter,” gives all of you out there the opportunity to ask all of the questions you’ve always wanted to ask about hiring, interviewing, the job hunt, recruiters, career tips and more! In return for your questions, one of our experienced recruiters will answer them on our blog each week.
This week’s question [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 31st, 2010 under Ask a Recruiter, Career Tips, Interviews, Job Search Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Tips on Tuesday: Ask-a-Recruiter

Our series, “Ask a Recruiter,” gives all of you out there the opportunity to ask all of the questions you’ve always wanted to ask about hiring, interviewing, the job hunt, recruiters, career tips and more! In return for your questions, one of our experienced recruiters will answer them on our blog each week.
This week’s question [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 24th, 2010 under Ask a Recruiter, Career Tips, Job Search Tags: , ,  •  4 Comments

8 Habits Job-seekers Can Learn from Great Salespeople

By Andrew C. Abraham
I was always very ambivalent to the advantages of entering into a sales position upon graduation, but I soon realised how these skills are applicable to all aspects of my life. I remember shortly after being promoted to sales manager, I was training a group of newbies on the sales methodology of [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 19th, 2010 under Career Tips, Job Search Tags: , , ,  •  6 Comments

Parenting and the Workplace: Introducing Your Pregnancy

Our new series, “Parenting and the Workplace,” will cover a wide array of workplace challenges and triumphs faced by professionals balancing family life with career. From introducing your pregnancy to co-workers to balancing travel for business and family vacation time, we’ve got it covered. Series narrated by SkillStorm employees from our SkillStorm offices around the [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 16th, 2010 under Career Tips, Hot Topics, Parenting and the Workplace, Work/Life Balance, Workplace Tags: , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

A Special Ask a Recruiter: Tips for College Grads from a Recent SPEED Grad!

Our series, “Ask a Recruiter,” gives all of you out there the opportunity to ask all of the questions you’ve always wanted to ask about hiring, interviewing, the job hunt, recruiters, career tips and more! In return for your questions, one of our experienced recruiters will answer them on our blog each week.
This week’s question [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 11th, 2010 under Ask a Recruiter, Career Tips, College Training, Employment, SkillStorm  •  2 Comments

Managing Your Job References

By Phil Rosenberg
Most job seekers leave their recommendations up to chance when careful planning can help you tell the most important parts of your story to a potential employer.
The extent of most candidates’ reference planning stops at asking prior bosses, peers and clients to give a reference. While it’s polite to ask your reference first, [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 6th, 2010 under Career Tips, Employment, Job Search Tags: , ,  •  9 Comments

Tips on Tuesday: Ask-a-Recruiter

Our series, “Ask a Recruiter,” gives all of you out there the opportunity to ask all of the questions you’ve always wanted to ask about hiring, interviewing, the job hunt, recruiters, career tips and more! In return for your questions, one of our experienced recruiters will answer them on our blog each week.
This week’s question [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on August 3rd, 2010 under Ask a Recruiter, Career Tips, Employment, Resources  •  1 Comment

The Six People You Will Meet at Your Next Networking Event

Have you attended any networking events this summer? I just RSVP’d for an upcoming networking event in my area and I have to say, I always get excited at the prospect of meeting new people at events like these. Different people go to networking events for different reasons. People may attend networking events because they [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on July 29th, 2010 under Business, Career Tips, Hot Topics, Work/Life Balance Tags: ,  •  3 Comments

Tips on Tuesdays: Ask-a-Recruiter (FEATURED)

Our series, “Ask a Recruiter,” gives all of you out there the opportunity to ask all of the questions you’ve always wanted to ask about hiring, interviewing, the job hunt, recruiters, career tips and more! In return for your questions, one of our experienced recruiters will answer them on our blog each week.
This week’s question [...]

Posted by SkillStorm on July 27th, 2010 under Ask a Recruiter, Career Tips, Employment, Job Search, Recruiting Tags: , , , ,  •  6 Comments