Rob Taub, Credentialed Career Master, is a 25-year veteran in the career consulting field, Principal at RésuméPro Plus resumeproplus.com, creator of the blog, Job Search Corner: "Job Searching with Rob” bit.ly/18wCkO and is a CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert and LivePerson's Online Expert for Career C...
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Ten Ways To Treat Your New Job Like a Product Launch by Rob Taub - Nov, 2009 Securing a new job is akin to a success product launching! All the time spent running a well-organized marketing campaign and now the product is in the market. Well...You’ve landed your new job! As in the product launch, you want to countinually work on product positioning and posturing for long term success, right? Likewise, you want to do so for your long term career success. 10 Rules For Starting Your New Job On The ... |
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Tell-Tale Characteristics of Company Culture by Rob Taub - Nov, 2009 Many companies today promote building teams over individuals; respecting the entry-level mailroom clerk and the top salesperson equally; consider failure the beginning not the end of developing talents and careers; and where ‘Values’ are not fads. Still in other companies you will find a lack of esprit de corps where departments operate as fiefdoms not work in partnership with one another; where leadership is assigned not earn... |
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Seven Steps To An Open Door by Rob Taub - Nov, 2009 The best way to introduce yourself to a company that doesn’t appear to be actively looking is to know the “What, where and how you can help the company”. I can give you a better-than-even chance to get the door to open to be able to introduce yourself, perhaps even create a job that is just right for you. It will take time and careful preparation but it will pay a dividend. Step 1 – Functional strengths: Begin by listing al... |
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It Pays To Groom Your References by Rob Taub - Oct, 2009 Grooming your references is essential; knowing exactly where you stand and avoiding surprises can be the make-it or break-it in a search. A little time with a reference can result in great returns. 10 Steps (yes, another “10-Stepper”) for preparing your references to work for you: 1. First phone or visit your references. Demonstrate the importance of your request my investing your time. 2. Ask for their permission eve... |
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Ten Ways to Overcome Job Search Phone Phobia by Rob Taub - Oct, 2009 Job search phone phobia is very common. Here are some ideas that could turn your phone into the feather-light tool it should be and not a 500 lb weight. There are many types of phone calls. The calls that give people the most trouble are the “Introductory Calls”. The purpose of the call is to make you known. The goal is to get an appointment or at least another call of longer duration. This type of call is infamously known ... |
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Four Tips to Answering Tough Interview Questions Correctly by Rob Taub - Oct, 2009 From blatant “Greatest weakness”; “weakest attribute”; “most significant failure” to soft “what might your previous employer say?” even softer “you certainly seem to have a lot of strengths, but we understand no one is perfect” The question will come one way or another, everyone knows it, yet still befuddled by it. There have been many Rules of Thumb (R.O.T.) developed over the years, from making light of the question with ... |
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Is My Job Search Doomed If I Don't Have A Network? by Rob Taub - Oct, 2009 You're job search is not doomed but without networking you are doomed to suffer a longer more difficult one. Although networking is important it is only one piece in a multiple-channel job search marketing strategy. You help yourself best by working ALL your channels. Some other channels are, · Online networking portholes such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and MySpace · Recruiters and Search Firms · Job sites such as Massachu... |
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Ten Tips to Overcome Fear of Cold Calling by Rob Taub - Oct, 2009 Job search phone phobia is very common. Here are some ideas that could turn your phone into the feather-light tool it should be and not a 500 lb weight. There are many types of phone calls. The calls that give people the most trouble are the "Introductory Calls”. The purpose of the call is to make you known. The goal is to get an appointment or at least another call of longer duration. This type of call is infamously known ... |
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If You Feel Like a Job-Search Failure...Go Underground! by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 "I Feel Like a Failure at Job Search. I've done everything I know to do, from everything I've read about job searching and from all the advice from friends, my schools career office and online sites...it's been months and I've been to all the career fairs and applied to every opening I could find in 6 New England states, NY and NJ and I'm still jobless seemingly going nowhere." HAVE you done everything...REALLY? Aside fr... |
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Workplace Marketability Can Be Age-Neutral: It’s Really Up to You! by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 Yesterday’s Baby-Boomers, today’s mature workers, may be facing for the first time a bias towards younger workers. Good News! They don’t have to. Is there a bias towards the younger worker? If so, then our one-time “Baby Boomers”, today’s mature worker, may for the first time be facing age discrimination, yes? Well...only if you can prove it. The question then becomes ‘what good would it do you if you did...a job with t... |
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