Author: Katy Davis

05 Nov What’s The First Step When You’re Ready For A Career Change?

You’ve moved past restlessness into the “Must Switch Gears” phase of your career. You know that if you wait any longer, you’ll become bitter and jaded. It’s time. People stand on this precipice thinking that their next move is a leap – the more dramatic, the…

05 Nov 3 Reasons Why a Tough Job Interview is Better for You

Many job seekers want to get through the interview process as quickly and pain-free as possible. When your interview process includes hurdles like a skills test, background check and panel interview, it makes sense to wonder if it’s all really necessary. The easiest interview may not…

04 Nov These Resume Cliches Are Keeping You from Getting Hired

At some point in our lives, we’ve all received bad career advice. And often, this tends to manifest itself as a hot mess of buzzwords, catchphrases and meaningless drivel in our career collateral. Perhaps we’ve come to believe they are commonly accepted? After all, everyone else has…

04 Nov How To Write A Cover Letter That Will Get You Hired

Can you write a cover letter that will actually land you the job? They may be unique cases where someone has written a cover letter that has played a major role in their candidacy, but to say that universally, a cover letter could get you…

04 Nov How To Answer 5 Important Phone Interview Questions

Phone interviews are really phone screens. Employers are looking for reasons to cut you from the list of people they’re interested in (because it cuts time and expense from their interviewing process). No matter what career field you’re in, there are several common phone interview questions…

03 Nov 3 Tips For Building Strong Business Relationships

It’s no secret that there’s a lot of competition in the professional world. Sometimes, it seems as if everyone is out for themselves, and that you’ve got to be cutthroat in order to get anywhere in a career. The fact is, however, this is the…

02 Nov 5 Small Work Victories That Are Worth Celebrating When You’re New at a Job

If you’re a beginning runner, you celebrate your first 5K finish. If you’re a rookie piano player, you revel in the first time you’re able to play any song besides “Chopsticks.”  But when it comes to the first few weeks of a new job, there’s…

01 Nov Is Your Body Language Keeping You From Getting Your Dream Job?

They finally called. You’re one step closer to your dream job; you got the interview! You take a deep breath and begin running through a mental checklist of everything you need to know before the big day. You’ve followed some of the best advice for…

01 Nov The 7 Day Plan to Getting a New Job

The job search can be draining, especially when none of your leads come to fruition. So draining, in fact, that you may feel like you lack the fuel to continue your search. But, instead of halting your job search entirely, consider taking smaller steps toward achieving…