You probably see job search advice and reports on the state of employment in the media all the time. How do you know if the information is truly helpful or just clickbait?

The job search is tough. To add to this stress, there are scams. Here are the 4 most common and recent ones you want to know about.

Trusting a career advisor at first is a difficult subject.

Unless you’ve gotten a specific recommendation based on someone else’s success, it’s a tough choice on who would provide the best results for you—or if you even need that help…

On a whim, and to experience applications to help my clients, this past week I decided to apply to a job that I am not totally qualified for…

You are interviewing the company just as much as they are interviewing you. Which means that you are making sure you want to work there just as much as they are making sure that they want to hire you.

Companies do post so-called ghost jobs. They exist. There are three hiring scenarios that can be considered ghost jobs…

I tuned in to a webinar and heard: “What do recruiters look for on resumes?”

And the recruiter answered: “Skills.”

I really disagree with the recruiter’s answer. In fact, I was pretty shocked by the answer. “Skills?” That’s it?

These are in no particular order, but #1 and #2 are very common…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new craze. Job seekers are almost obsessed with using AI to make their job search easier…

I’m a recruiter and a career coach. These are two very different positions…

A client told me that she saw a job posting that indicated 14,000 people had applied…

If your resume doesn’t include a summary section at the top, I recommend that you add one…

One of my clients insisted that he knew the way around job descriptions… Except he wasn’t landing interviews at all.

If you're not a natural on camera (like me), what do you do about video interviews?

I get asked all the time to evaluate and review AI. These systems range from simulated ATS programs to outreach multipliers to resume writing…

Are you aware of the most common job search errors?

Are you worried about any gaps in your employment on your resume? One year? Six months? One month? Clients come to me nervous because they have some kind of a gap in their employment from when they were between jobs. The reasons vary.

This is a cautionary tale. I do not want you to have to go through what she went through…

I always test out new software and new resources to help my clients. I also apply to jobs sometimes so I can experience applications first hand and so I can keep testing out my job search methodology…

I want you to understand what’s it’s like on the hiring side of the desk…