I get a lot of questions from clients about whether they should apply to a position they see on LinkedIn - or go directly to the company’s website. I give the pros and cons for each, as well as best practices for increasing your chances for getting a closer look by the humans at the other end.

As a small business owner, I think a lot about the fact that a person has to know, like, and trust me in order to decide to work with me. This is applicable to job seekers as well- you are selling a product, and that product is YOU. In this episode, I break down know, like, and trust with tools and strategies to help you build a relationship with a potential buyer (an employer).

Today’s topic is how to become a thought leader on LinkedIn. In this episode, I talk about the reasons you might want to become a thought leader, what constitutes thought leadership on LinkedIn, how much time you can expect this to take, and how to structure that time for maximum efficiency.

If you are planning to job search this year, there are some important things to know, especially if you haven’t been in the job market for a while. I want to focus on 5 things I think are important for you to understand about the current job market and hiring process.

I can’t believe this is episode #300! In honor, I am offering My Best Career Advice, Academy Award style, in each category I cover.

With so many people job searching right now, I wanted to do a deep dive on a particular aspect of the job search. We’ll start by comparing some networking strategies: “The Tommy Gun Approach” and “The Bow-and-Arrow Approach.” This leads us into a conversation about what might be important to you in a company while you’re job searching so you can set up tiers based on your non-negotiables. This strategy will help you be more intentional in your job search while also providing you a more organic approach to getting your foot in the door.

Today, we’re talking about researching an employer who has sought you out for an interview. However, it is important to research employers BEFORE you apply for a job. In this episode, we’ll be covering answers to questions like: Where should you look for this information? What should you be looking for? How do you analyze the information you garner to make a decision as to whether you should apply to that company?

I talked in episode #268 about leading through a reduction in force — today I want to talk about the signs that your company might be about to do a RIF — and how to be prepared. We’ll discuss ARFO, some signs to look out for, and the red flags that tell you to look somewhere else immediately.

Today, we’re talking about organizing your job search. For some of you, this may be a foreign concept – why would I need organization to look at job boards? I just look at them and apply to as many jobs as I possibly can – right? Wrong. I’m not going to go into detail with specific job search strategies – I covered that in multiple other episodes. Rather, what I want to cover today is the structure of your job search…dedicating time for your job search and using that time to your best advantage.

Not all job searches should look alike — and the important thing is that you launch the type of job search that makes the most sense for you. Today, we’re breaking down passive and active job searching, and how to split up your time based on the time and urgency of your job search.

The usual cadence of hiring is this: The biggest push of the year occurs mid-January through March; the second-biggest push occurs after Labor Day until early- to mid-November. So let’s go with there being one more chance to get hired in 2022. This episode will help you get in good job-searching shape for if you’ve been searching for a while, or even if you just started looking, by providing some active job search options you can throw into your search strategy.

The Hidden Job Market doesn’t mean employers are trying to hide from you. Instead, one of the best ways to expand your network is through LinkedIn. In this podcast episode, I explain how to utilize LinkedIn to expand your job network and connections.

After Labor Day through the end of November is the last big hiring push of the year. In this podcast episode, I want to talk to those of you who haven’t yet started a job search, but plan to launch one in the new year.

Want to know how to navigate and stand out as a strong candidate in the workplace? In today’s podcast episode, I share my top five career management tips to succeed in the workplace.

In today’s podcast episode, I share my top eight tips for being ARFO (Always Ready For Opportunity). When you’re ready for opportunity, you can take advantage of those opportunities when they come along.

LinkedIn shouldn’t be a cut-and-paste of your resume. While still a business conversation, it should be less formal than your resume. In today’s podcast episode, I’ll be sharing five ways to articulate your brand on LinkedIn.

This week’s and next week’s podcasts will focus on a Q&A session I had with two college students. They fired questions at me that are on their minds, as well as career-related questions their friends wanted to ask.

This week’s podcast episode is part 2 of my Q&A session with two Florida State University students, Melizza Black and Jolana Alonso.

Searching for the right job is tricky for any person, especially if they’re thrown into the real word right out of college. There are three main perspectives I want to share in today’s podcast episode with upcoming (or recent) college graduates related to their first “real” job search.

If you haven’t created a LinkedIn profile yet, that has to be Step #1. We’ll talk in detail about the critical elements of a Search Engine Optimized LI profile in a future podcast, but today, let me give you a few quick pointers.