Career Advice
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Prepare for performance reviews with tips from career experts As the year ends, it’s time to prepare for performance reviews. Whether you love them or dread them, performance reviews provide a valuable opportunity to reflect on your accomplishments, set goals for the future, and gain insights into your professional growth. According to a study published…
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Due Diligence: Advice From 4 CFOs Before Taking a Job Table of contents Importance of Culture Review of Financial Reports Assessing Financial Stability of Private Companies Right Questions to Ask in an Interview Non-Financial Related Issues Dos and Don’ts of Due Diligence Conducting due diligence before accepting a job offer has always been important, but…
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Delayed Job Start: When To Wait And When To Move On? You’ve probably heard of layoff anxiety, but have you heard of hiring anxiety? This is what some new MBA hires at McKinsey and Bain are doubtless experiencing. According to the Wall Street Journal, they have just heard from their employers that some of their…
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What can employees do to help get themselves promoted? A promotion can be a great way to advance your career, gain new responsibilities, and increase your earning potential. Why do employees get promoted? Why was one employee promoted over another? Is it because they are clearly the best? Do they out work or out perform…
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How to Land Your First Chief Marketing Officer Job: Insights From Top CMOs on how they landed their CMO position Today, the role of Chief Marketing Officer has never been more complex. According to Gartner, the CMO role in recent years has undergone a tremendous transformation, taking on most aspects of the Customer Experience (CX),…
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Reduct your anxiety over a layoff with these 6 tips. If you’re feeling anxiety about layoffs, you are far from alone. According to Zippia.com, between June 2021-June 2022 there have been 7.736 million private industry layoffs. Tech has been particularly hard hit, with bad news coming from companies like Netflix, Peloton, Robinhood, and of course…
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Briefcase Coach, Sarah Johnston sits down to interview a client who recently landed a job after a period of long-term unemployment and an active 18-month job search. As a result, they are able to share actionable and valuable advice for other job seekers in the trenches of a search.
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December hiring typically sees a slowdown in new hire postings and job offers but this year trends are different. The fourth quarter is usually filled with thoughts of a year-end wrap-up, holidays and family time, and planning for the new year. HR Departments and recruiters are historically slow in Q4 – not this year. Unlike…
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A job search can be overwhelming and exhausting. Even just the idea of searching for a job can leave you feeling paralyzed. I believe an efficient and effective job search requires the preparation of three key components.
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As a parent and career coach, I often get asked to give book recommendations for kids’ books about jobs and careers. Illustrated books are a great way to introduce children to the concept of career exploration and using their strengths and gifting to find a future job. Top Career Books for Kids 1. Lola Dutch,…
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A famous quote by the philosopher St. Augustine states, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Travel allows us to experience the world by immersing ourselves in it. We broaden our knowledge and expand our horizons. As technology and globalization race forward, the world is increasingly more…
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Searching for a job after military service can feel never-ending. Looking for high-quality career advice after military service but don’t know where to start? Here’s a list of the best resources to help you find the right career after the military. Online Resources for Job Searching After Military Service Hire Heroes USA is a non-profit…
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Are you losing faith in your job search? Things were smooth sailing last January. Maybe you were projecting your best year ever! Then (in what seems like out of nowhere, and now impossible to imagine life without), the pandemic hit and sales halted. Now you’re worried about landing a job during COVID collecting unemployment benefits…
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“Video interviewing” is a whole different ball of wax than a traditional interview. This article covers easy ways to ace your Zoom interview.
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Depressed. Unemployed. No energy to look for a job. Does this sound familiar? Dear Sarah, I lost my job back in June. I knew it was coming— our company had been on the decline for the last year & Covid was the nail in the coffin. Even though I had time to mentally prepare for…
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If you are looking for a new job, it can feel overwhelming. If you “Google” the term “job search,” you will see 23,000,000,000 search results! That’s a lot of content! Luckily for you, I curated some of my favorite career content on the web to help you navigate your job search. A lot of the…
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Informational interviews are an opportunity to informally gather information about a job that you’re interested in, an industry that you’re interested in, or one of your target companies. This article will help you write better emails requesting informational/coffee chats.
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A job search can feel daunting. A job search with the goal of ending up at top tech company like Facebook, Amazon and Google can feel even more overwhelming. Companies like Google get over 2 million applications a year. With only one in 130 applications getting a final offer at the company, you have a…
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Read on to learn about the tactics job seekers are using to stand out in a competitive job market.
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One of the things that people find most difficult to talk about in interviews is… themselves. Yes, it’s harder than you might think. The entire reason for an interview is to see if a potential employee is a good match for a company, but also to understand a person beyond their resume. An interview gives…
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Your job search may be more challenging than students who graduated the year before you, but the lemons you are being served now will make you more successful in your career. College graduation events kick off in May… but thanks to Covid-19 stay home orders, many students will be wearing their cap and gowns alone…
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Looking for high-quality career advice and materials available online, but don’t have a large budget to work with? The Briefcase Coach has compiled a list of the best digital career resources you can access—right now—for every step of your job search. The best part: they’re free. This post walks you through resources broken up in several…