Career Planning

• How to Get a Job While Being Overqualified (Biron Clark)
  One of the toughest obstacles to getting hired: Being overqualified, or being told you’re overqualified by employers. You might hear it in rejection emails after applying for a job, in an interview question, or when you get feedback after your interview.
• When to quit a job you hate (Alina Dizik)
  
• Changing Careers - Basic Preparation (Carole Martin )
  Changing careers could be one of the best decisions you make in your life. It may also be one of the more difficult things you will do.
• Steps to Planning a Successful Career Change
  Steps to Planning a Successful Career Change
• Job Fair Tips
  Job fairs, also known as career fairs, are a great way to meet with a number of employers at one location. Here are a few tips to make your next job fair experience a positive one.
• How to Achieve the Executive Position that You Really Want (employmentauthority.com)
  How to Achieve the Executive Position that You Really Want
• How to Manage your Career ('Four Minutes to Job Interview Success')
  To succeed in today's demanding and ever-changing work environment, you must take charge of managing your own career.
• Getting a promotion (Scott Boyd)
  Tips to get you that next promotion.
• Focus on your strengths (Brenda Koritko)
  Taking time to discover or confirm your key strengths and skills will empower you to make important decisions about your career.
• WHY IS CAREER PLANNING IMPORTANT (JEFF ROWE)
  What comes to your mind when you think about career planning? Many people aren’t sure what career planning means. For our purposes we will define career planning as “A goal that you desire to achieve in a selected field or occupation with a well thought
• CAREER PLANNING STARTS WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT (Teena Rose)
  Career Advice for New Graduates and Entry-level Job Seekers

Changing Careers

• How to Decide If You Need a Career Change (Debra Davenport)
  If you're not thrilled with your career, if you don't wake up excited about the day's prospects or if you feel that your work has no intrinsic value, then it's time to get serious about making a change.
• Finding a Job After Self Employment – Tips for Resumes, Interviews and More (Biron Clark)
  When running your own business or launching a startup doesn’t pan out, many people choose to return to a corporate job for more stability and a steady paycheck. But making the transition and finding a job after self employment isn’t always easy…
• Are You Ready to Be Your Own Boss? (Caroline Levchuck)
  
• The 10 Worst Mistakes Career Changers Can Make (Barbara Reinhold)
  Changing careers is never easy.

Cover Letter

• Cover Letter Tips for New Graduates (Kim Isaacs)
  
• Cover Letter Checklist
  Cover Letter Checklist
• 5 Cover Letter Tips
  5 Cover Letter Tips You Can Use A.S.A.P.
• Top 50 Cover Letter Tips  (Teena Rose )
  50Cover Letter Tips
• Writing Cover Letters for Recruiters
  Depending on how you view writing cover letters, this next piece of information may be comforting or disappointing. Recruiters dont look at your cover letter first, and theyll only read the letter if they like what they read on your resume.
• Tips for Writing Email Cover Letters
  Writing email cover letters is subtly different from writing a standard letter. The basic principles are fairly similar, but youll need to modify and add to an email letter in certain respects.
• Avoid these 5 Common Cover Letter Mistakes
  Avoid these 5 Common Cover Letter Mistakes
• Your Cover Letter
  How to do your cover letter.

Interview Advice

• The Behavioral Interview
  The Behavioral Interview. Learn How to Handle This
• 8 Ways to Stand Out in a Job Interview (Biron Clark)
  It’s common for employers to interview 15 or more people for a single job opening, so getting noticed and getting the job offer is not easy… However, there are some ways to stand out and get hired faster. I’m going to share 8 tips for how to stand out i
• 9 Things That Interviewers Really Want To Hear From You In The Interview ( Jack Kelly)
  9 Things That Interviewers Really Want To Hear From You In The Interview
• How to prepare for behavioral questions in an interview (Ali O' Reilly)
  How to prepare for behavioral questions in an interview Start by thinking about how you came to achieve some of your proudest accomplishments, and figure out how to turn that into a story.
• Do Your Research Before a Job Interview (Charles Purdy)
  Research the company before you go into a job interview
• Illegal Interview Questions
  Sad but true...illegal interview questions are often asked by hiring managers because they haven't received proper training on this subject. Have you ever gone on a job interview and been asked a question that made you uncomfortable?
• How To Ace An Interview - The Checklist (Deborah Brown-Volkman )
  A job interview is a screening tool. For you, it's an opportunity to assess whether or not you want to work for a company. For the employer, it's an opportunity to decide whether or not they want to hire you. Both sides are looking for a match.
• Interview Tips & Tools - Before and After the Interview
  Interview Tips & Tools - Before and After the Interview
• Dont just Answer Interview Questions - Ask Them Too
  In many interviews, the last question youre asked is something along the lines of do you have any further questions? Answer that with a no, and you risk losing points with an interviewer, no matter how well youve done up until then.
• Interview Tips for Older Job Seekers
  Interview Tips for Older Job Seekers
• Tips for Successful Phone Interviews
  Many of the techniques that job hunters use to prepare for face-to-face interviews can also be applied to phone interviews youll need to be prepared to both answer and ask questions.
• Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
  Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
• Tips for a Successful Interview
  After making your way through the maze of job openings, the next stage is the most critical for job seekers the interview. Interviews can be made or broken within the first few moments. Here are a few suggestions that will help you stand out.
• Interviews: Remembering it’s a 2-way process (Richard Boyd)
  Interviewing Tips
• When Bad Interviews Happen to Good Candidates (Linda Matias)
  Going through the motions of a bad interview is like peeling back the layers of an onion. Sally learned this lesson the hard way, hands-on during an interview that should have been a piece of cake. Sally applied for a position that fit her qualifications

Resume Advice

• Five Steps for Updating Your Resume (Caroline Levchuck)
  
• How to Decide on Resume Length (Kim Isaacs)
  "How long should my resume be?" is one of the most commonly asked questions about resumes.
• How to Write a Resume Career Summary (Kim Isaacs)
  Generate Interest with a High-Impact Summary Statement
• Common Resume Blunders (Kim Isaacs)
  Make sure your resume is in top-notch shape by avoiding the top 10 resume blunders:
• 8 Résumé Editing Tips ( Jennifer Anthony)
  Depending on how it's written, your résumé can make or break your job search.
• Resume Action Verbs & Keywords
  If your resume is scanned electronically by a potential employer, the computer scanner will pick up on these keywords.
• Building a Strong Resume
  A strong resume is vital to finding a job. Think of your resume as a marketing tool that grabs the attention of a hiring manager and gets you in the door of the company to make your sales pitch.
• Common resume mistake (Killer Resume)
  Be sure to avoid these mistakes when writing your resume.

Salary Advice

• Is that your best offer? (Debbie O'Halloran)
  Dealing with the salary question is often the most difficult interview question facing job seekers.

Thank you letter / e-mail

• The Power of a Simple Thank-You Note (Peter Vogt)
  It seems amazing, but it's true: A simple thank-you letter after an interview can wield considerable power and influence, and reflect very favorably on your candidacy for the position.
• Sample Interview Thank-You Letter (Kim Isaacs)
  Even if you think an offer is in the bag, you can always improve your chances of getting the job if you send a thank-you letter.
• Thank you Letter Tips
  Thank you letter / e-mail tips

Unemployment

• 5 Things You Should Be Doing If You’re Unemployed
  
• Terminated from Employment Now What?
  Terminated from Employment Now What?
• How to Prepare for a Layoff
  How to Prepare for a Layoff