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David Hults - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Since 1987 David Hults, CEO of activ8 career coaching, has helped executives and other professionals develop their careers and implement action plans to make their eight-hour work days work for them. He is an author, speaker and consultant on career and workplace topics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources at Webster University in St. Louis. Hults has worked in human resources, employee relations and recruitment, and training and development at major corporations.
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- Did You Receive a Severance Package? Manage it Well!
[Business:Career-Advice] If you are lucky enough to receive a severance package when downsized, it is imperative that you make a plan for the money and also for your job search. Do you have time to take a vacation? Do you need a stop gap job until you find the right match? Find the answer to these questions and more!
- How to Stay Up When You're Down
[Business:Career-Advice] If you're feeling down and think there is no end to life's troubles, don't be in distress! This month we're going to give you a little breath of fresh air. When initially talking about a loss of a job, I always encourage people to give themselves time to react - feel the shock and devastation - then regroup and move forward. When you've been in the job hunt for an extended period of time, the same holds true. Give yourself time to take a deep breath, decompress, and begin again.
- Career Focus - Building a Resume For Fit and Focus
[Business:Job-Search-Techniques] Finding a job is the ultimate goal for the job seeker. However, to get there without wasting time requires having a real plan with a clear target. Here are some steps to streamline your resume for potential employers or networking purposes.
- Career Facts That Produce the Next Steps For a Targeted Job Search
[Business:Career-Advice] With record levels of Americans facing unemployment, having a targeted job search is as important as ever. Here are three simple techniques to help you get focused and establish a targeted job search.
- Networking Fear Factors!
[Business:Networking] Manage the fear of networking as part of your job search. Learn how to effectively network and what to say to that new contact to qualify them as a contact that can help you.
- Drive Career Results That Are Realistic
[Business:Career-Advice] A career should be the job that makes you enjoy getting up in the morning. Unfortunately, as the market continues to flood with candidates, the competition continues to increase. Career resources are abundant, and everywhere you turn you hear about networking events and job fairs. But in this market of competition, is it realistic to continue the search and wait for that ideal career position? Or should you consider finding a transitional job while continuing to look for your ideal career?
- Career Change Survivor - I've Just Lost My Job - What Do I Do Now?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Career Change - I've just lost my job, what do I do now? What will you do now that you are out of work? Here is your career survival action plan.
- Career Transition - Making a Career Transition at Any Stage of Life
[Business:Careers-Employment] Career transition can occur at any stage of your life. It can be a lateral move, a promotion or a complete industry change.
- Career Development Plan - How to Create a Plan That Works For Your Career Goals
[Business:Careers-Employment] Career development plans, in the past, were outlined for an employee by the employer. Employees began employment in an entry-level position and, with increased seniority and additional training, worked their way up through the organization. Career development plans work differently today.
- Phone Interview Tips - How to Make a Good Impression During a Phone Interview
[Business:Careers-Employment] As the workplace becomes more intense, with more challenges to complete in a shorter amount of time, companies are looking for faster approaches to sifting through the volumes of resumes received for each recruited position. They have found one way to do that with the phone interview. After reviewing the resume for the minimum requirements, they set up a phone interview to eliminate additional candidates and bring the group to a manageable size.
- Salary Negotiation - Can You Walk Away From That Salary Negotiation?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Salary negotiation should start by keeping your bottom line salary in mind. If that salary cannot be met, you must be comfortable walking away from the salary negotiation. To succeed in any type of salary negotiation, you must be willing to walk away.
- Functional Resume Writing Tips - How Jane Overcame Her Wall of Shame
[Business:Resumes-Cover-Letters] The functional resume is most often used in networking meetings to explore markets, to clarify and validate the target market and to position yourself in that industry. Here are four tips on writing a functional resume.
- St Louis Career Counseling - Achieve Clear Results With the Right St Louis Career Counseling Coach
[Business:Career-Advice] Learn how to evaluate the right St. Louis career counseling professional for your career goal. There are six key competencies that every career counseling professional should exhibit before using their service.
- Salary Negotiation Tips With a New Position
[Business:Negotiation] Salary negotiation tips are always handy as salary negotiation can be overwhelming when you do not know the market value of a new position. Salary negotiation can be somewhat intimidating unless you are prepared. In the past, we accepted whatever salary was offered for the position.
- Resume Writing Tips - Taking Aim With Resume Writing Tips For a Chronological Resume
[Business:Resumes-Cover-Letters] The goal of the chronological resume is to showcase your relevant experience to a target market. Here are several resume writing tips for a chronological resume.
- Midlife Career Change - Interview Questions For a Midlife Career Change
[Business:Careers-Employment] Are you considering a midlife career change? If so, the following information on preparing for a job interview and the answer to some tough interview questions will help you in the process. As a rule, we do not get many job interviews in a lifetime, so it is not something that comes naturally for us.
- Job Search - Getting Ready For Your Job Search
[Business:Job-Search-Techniques] Job Search - Those words can create a range of emotions in each of us from excitement to fear. Job search excitement, of course, comes from the potential for a new opportunity and the fact that we are pursing the change. Job search fear, unfortunately, comes from the unknown, a lack of preparation and our feeling that we are not in control of the change.
- Midlife Career Change - Learn 5 Arguments For Making A Midlife Career Change
[Business:Careers-Employment] When we were younger, we heard about the midlife career change or midlife crisis. Now that we're older, we begin to see the reasoning. We've been in the same job or same industry for our entire working life and we're ready for a change.
- Interviewing Skills You Can Use to Tell the Truth Intelligently
[Business:Careers-Employment] Interviewing Skills: How to Tell the Truth Intelligently. Don't get caught unprepared for an interview. Learn the 5 tips that will make a difference in your next interview.
- How To Get A Raise And Getting All That You Deserve
[Business:Careers-Employment] Sometimes, it seems like the only way to get a raise is to quit and go to another company. Employers take their own people for granted. But you can get a raise without having to jump ship.
- Job Description - What To Look For In An Job Description That Will Outline Your Success
[Business:Careers-Employment] Job Description: What you need to know in order for you to succeed on the job. What to do when the potential employer doesn't have a job description. Learn how our success will be measured.
- St. Louis Career Coach Speaks About Finding Your Coaching Support System
[Business:Career-Advice] Choosing a Career Coach is no different in St. Louis than in surrounding cities. The key is do they provide guidance with lasting results! Learn how coaches and personal trainers have a lot in common. Learn more than just tactical approaches to solving your career pain.
- Cover Letters That Grab Their Attention
[Business:Resumes-Cover-Letters] Normally, when sending a cover letter to apply for a published job, you face a daunting task. The boss may have hundreds of similar letters piled on his desk. Your letter will get just a few seconds to pass the screening.
- Career Counselors vs Recruiters, Coaches Offer Hands-On Approach
[Business:Career-Advice] Know when to use career counselors and what they offer. Understand that career counselors and recruiters offer two different services.
- Job Satisfaction, What Do You Do When You Hate Your Job, But Make Lots Of Money?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Job Satisfaction, Escaping the Golden Handcuffs. What to do when you hate our job but make lots of money
- Job Market Value
[Business:Careers-Employment] Job Market Value-what are you worth?
- Applicant Screening, Applicant Screening Tactics
[Business:Careers-Employment] Applicant Screening tactics. Free advice and tips about the applicant screening process. Learn how to ace your phone interview, avoid the traps of revealing your past salary on applications and tactics to manage the online process.
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