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Comment on What Other Experts Are Saying – Cover Letters, Resume Action Words & Strategy by Tim Wright

Tim Wright — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:38:04 +0000

Angela and Jay,

Wheatman’s article (http://tinyurl.com/3jwrfrf) presents good basics for finding your hiring manager’s name.

An additional tactic is checking out the website of the local chapter of the relevant professional associations. You’ll find the names of officers, committee chairs, and key volunteers. These are the most active networkers. They may be the most likely to know the hiring manager in your targeted company.

Of course, it’s easier to have them help you connect if you’re an association member. But that’s not essential.

Comment on What Other Experts Are Saying – Using Social Media for Your Job Search by Angela Loëb

Angela Loëb — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:36:19 +0000

My pleasure, Meg – I appreciate the great advice you gave in your article.

Comment on What Other Experts Are Saying – Using Social Media for Your Job Search by Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:19:29 +0000

Hi Angela,

What a great idea for a weekly roundup post – What Other Experts Are Saying!

Thanks so much for including my post about LinkedIn invitations in your first in this series. I’m honored.

Best,
Meg Guiseppi

Comment on The Basics of Blogging, An Advanced Job Search Strategy by Jim Adcock

Jim Adcock — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:16:07 +0000

Thanks for the mention and the kind words!

In addition to blogging about my career (both in terms of my profession and managing my career, aka the job search), I have a second blog focused on becomming a better, more effective blogger.

How do you promote what you have written without being spammy, scammmy, or scummy? How do you decide what to write about? You can read about these subjects and more at my “other” blog, The MetaBlog Blog http://metablogblog.wordpress.com/

Comment on The Basics of Blogging, An Advanced Job Search Strategy by Angela Loëb

Angela Loëb — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:48:19 +0000

Thanks, whilldtkwriter… checked out your article and you give some great tips, too!

Comment on The Basics of Blogging, An Advanced Job Search Strategy by whilldtkwriter

whilldtkwriter — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:30:40 +0000

Good points about blogging. I know Jim also and had met him through LPJC meetings. I myself started a blog in September 2009, primarily to keep up and improve my writing skills while on hiatus as a technical writer. My own article about blogging is available at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-blog-article-methodology.html. Please visit it to compare and contrast the approaches between Jim and me. (My blogsite theme is
“whilldtkwriter site 4 ayes
writing mostly for language enlightenment, entertainment, and a-muse-meant”.)

Comment on Age Discrimination: Job Search Advice For Those At Age 60+ by Angela Loëb

Angela Loëb — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:47:57 +0000

It’s funny you should say that, Marc, because I had a conversation with a client moments ago about this very thing. He’s a highly-qualified gentleman only a couple of years away from official retirement age, and he is actively interviewing for full time opportunities. In fact, he has an interview tomorrow with a well-known high-tech company. We discussed the age barrier question, and I told him that the 2 things I’ve observed over the years (and that hiring managers have brought up as concerns to me personally when I was a recruiter between 1994 and 2008) is the concern over an older person’s technical savvy (which has now been rendered a useless argument since our workforce has spent so many years being immersed in technology) and the perception that an older worker lacks the energy and stamina to keep up in fast-paced, high energy environments. Ultimately, it is the candidate who projects the energy. It can be negative energy, confident energy, low-key energy, high energy, etc. I’ve met many high-energy individuals over 60 who can run circles around younger folks. People of all ages will project whatever energy they feel. I think the deeper question is whether the person who is older will be perceived as maybe not as committed to doing what it takes to build something. So is it the energy level itself or is it the energy to continue building a career in question? Being driven to build a career is valued by those who are in a different cycle in their lives, i.e. younger than the 60+ year old. Frankly, when those hiring are vastly younger than the hiree, there are often too many assumptions being made. The hiree or candidate needs to be alert to these possible concerns and then be ready to “answer them.” You may beg to differ, but I believe we are not so far apart after all. I never have denied that age discrimination exists. I have seen it firsthand too. There are unenlightened people making unfounded assumptions all the time in all sorts of categories such as gender, national origin, etc. Even though it’s illegal, it does happen. I’m of the opinion that older workers need to be ready and do what they must to change assumptions made about them. Likewise, older workers aren’t going away – they are not leaving the workforce like they were expected to – and those doing the hiring will need to wise up about this group very soon.

Comment on Age Discrimination: Job Search Advice For Those At Age 60+ by Marc Miller

Marc Miller — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:40:56 +0000

Angela,

I beg to differ with you on this as I have seen it first hand with my own management team. This particularly acute in high tech startups where it is assumed that you will not work hard or long enough. I personally saw a candidate rejected because he did not have enough “energy”.

Comment on Take This Job And Shove It… by Raghu George

Raghu George — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:11:30 +0000

Very important advice for people wanting to have a strong finish and have a graceful exit.

Comment on Yes, Absolutely, Get On LinkedIn by Solomon Reid

Solomon Reid — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:04:14 +0000

Angela,
I love your blogs! You give such great advice and insights that I would have never thought about, one of them being LinkedIn. Since reading this post I registered, completed my profile, and found a handful of great job openings! Thank you so much for taking the time to educate all the job-seekers about these crucial actions. For any other job-seekers looking for more information about actions you should take on LinkedIn check out thisExecutive Recruiting BlogI found. Thanks again Angela!
-Solomon