With focused effort and a positive attitude, you can effectively communicate your strengths and skills, building confidence and trust with the interviewer and ultimately increasing your chances of landing the job.

Career changers can access knowledge, experience, and skills in many ways. Employers make a priority those candidates with relevant experience. By taking advantage of online courses, books, projects, mentoring, volunteering, and other self-study methods, career changers can demonstrate their commitment to their new path and increase their chances of success. 

Your resume is often the first contact between you and a potential employer, and it's important to ensure that it is free of common mistakes that can hinder your job search. From old format elements to overemphasizing responsibilities and not highlighting accomplishments, these mistakes can be the difference between landing an interview and being passed over. 

One complaint that job seekers often have about the hiring process is that they don’t often get feedback from their interviews. If rejected, they rarely hear why; if they do, it is often a vague statement that others are more qualified. This leaves job seekers wondering how they are more qualified. Without specific feedback, candidates are left wondering if they could have said something different in an interview to change the interviewer’s mind.

LinkedIn rolls out many new features throughout the year. Yet, because communication about them is not easily found, it is very easy to miss them or stumble on something and say to yourself, “is that new?”

For job seekers, some great new tools were introduced in 2022 that may help you as you seek work. Here are some of the best new LinkedIn features for job seekers to use.

There is a lot of lousy career and job search advice out there. Vet who is giving you this advice and where it is coming from. If the person doesn’t know, or it is only one person's experience, it pays to be skeptical.

What should you do if you feel like you fumbled an interview? It happens. Sometimes your nerves overtake you, and you say something you wish you could take back or even start rambling. You can’t get a “do-over,” so what should you do?

Answering all 11 of these questions is crucial for a successful interview. You know they are coming, so be aware of why they are asked, so you can strategize on the most compelling answers you can provide. That way, you can demonstrate that you are competent and confident, a winning combination for any job seeker.

Interviewees often run into the same problem. They want to tell a story that is meaningful to them, but they forget what the assignment is. You have to understand what is important to the listener and tell your story in a way that they get all the information needed to understand and remove extraneous detail, so it does not run on too long.