Career Success after Layoff: Part III-III Job Hunting and Selling Yourself – Develop These Powerful Personal Tools

By Staingirl Kaye

III. Develop these powerful personal tools.

Finally, throughout all phases of your job search, the following personal tools will help you recognize opportunities that will meet your goals and encourage you to stick to your search when success appears to be the most elusive:

Be flexible. Always keep in mind that [...]

Career Success after Layoff: Part III-II Job Hunting and Selling Yourself – Promote Yourself

By Staingirl Kaye

II. Promote yourself.

Now that you’ve set your goals for employment, the next step is promoting yourself.

Establish a good strategy to promote yourself to people. Develop the 30-second pitch . Design a good business card. Be ready to network. Put yourself out there showing what you [...]

Career Success after Layoff: Part III-I Job Hunting and Selling Yourself – Assess Your Abilities and Set Goals

By Staingirl Kaye

The employee attributes and practices previously discussed in this series My Experience and Attitude and Work Ethic will only help you in any job. Here are some valuable tips I learned while looking for a job back in 2001.

I. Assess your abilities, employment desires, and set goals.

Find a skill [...]