"Those who understand how the job search has changed over the years have turned their career ship around so it's headed in the direction of creating value for others", writes founder of human resource and career management firm R. William Holland Consulting, LLC, R. William Holland, in his straight talking and results oriented book Cracking the New Job Market: The 7 Rules for Getting Hired in Any Economy. The author describes how the job finding techniques of the past are outdated and no longer work. Instead, he recommends a fundamental shift in thinking from what a person has done in the past to what value the employment seeker will create for the employer in the future.
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Last Thursday I had the honor and privilege to sit on a panel at a local Minnesota PRSA event around networking and the job search. Sitting on the panel with me were friends and colleagues Anna Liewicki-Long, Gillian Gabriel and Paul Macabbee.
The panel focused on questions around the job search. We tackled everything from the best questions to ask in an interview to what skills employers are really looking for right now (video editing came up time and time again–remember my media producer post from a couple week's ago?).
Sometimes they e-mail me out of the blue. Other times they come up to me after a speaking engagement. They always seem so appreciative that I would help, but to me it is just giving back...
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