Distributing your new and nicely formatted resume is only part of a fully functional and effective job search. Getting your world ready for the search is an important part of staying efficient, presenting yourself the right way and composing all of the proper tools to make sure the search takes as little time as possible. Being unprepared is not an option. After all, every day you are out of work means lost wages. Additionally, the longer you are out of work, the more employers fear you are unemployed for some reason they may not know.

This section of Career Management U. is designed to provide you information that will help you to build the infrastructure necessary to run a tight and efficient job search.

18 11, 2016

Building a LinkedIn Profile that Gets Attention-Part 2

William Mitchell, CPRW2024-09-23T12:45:56-05:00Career Management Help, Job Search Preparation, Resume Writing Help|

Make no mistake, the value of building a LinkedIn profile of quality is only going to get more important as we get deeper into the 21st century. If you haven’t at least opened a basic LinkedIn account, then you should do so as soon as possible. In our first installment of “Building a LinkedIn Profile [...]

15 11, 2016

Building a LinkedIn Profile that Gets Attention-Part 1

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-12-21T15:38:11-06:00Career Management Help, Job Search Preparation, Resume Writing Help|

When LinkedIn first launched in 2003, many (including myself) wondered if the platform would be one of a long list of here-today-gone-tomorrow websites. Would it burn hot for a while and then faded away? Well, more than a decade later, building a LinkedIn profile that captures attention is an important part of career management. LinkedIn [...]

13 08, 2016

Personal Branding: Your Key To Improved Job Security

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-09-23T21:20:45-05:00Career Management Help, Job Search Preparation|

We all look to stay as employable as we possibly can. Not necessarily “employed”, but “employable. Being employed is always good. But being employable comes in handy when you happen to find yourself unemployed. As part of your career management strategy, ensuring an optimal skill set should not be the only item on your “To [...]

7 08, 2016

Online Career Management: Is Social Media No Longer Optional?

William Mitchell, CPRW2024-09-23T12:45:55-05:00Career Management Help, Job Search Preparation|

I can remember back in the late 90s when I ran across the first person I knew who had no home landline phone. He was a cell phone only guy. It thought the guy weird. But dude was just ahead of his time. At some point, the weird looks began to be reserved for those who didn’t have a [...]

9 07, 2016

Is Hiring a Resume Writer Misrepresenting Yourself?

William Mitchell, CPRW2024-09-23T12:45:55-05:00Job Search Preparation, Resume Writing Help|

Every now and then, the subject comes up at to whether or not hiring a resume writer is considered perpetrating a fraud upon the reader. Usually, those who are asking the question do not truly understand the hiring process is supposed to achieve. Or just not thinking about it. Let's use an example to illustrate [...]

2 07, 2016

3 Ways Political Campaign Volunteering Can Help Your Career

William Mitchell, CPRW2024-09-23T12:45:55-05:00Career Management Help, Job Search Preparation|

We are head-long into the meat of an election year. The mud is being slung and the posturing has begun. But did ever consider how this time of year is a great opportunity to help your career management efforts? Whether you are out of a job and looking, holding down a great job, or a [...]