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Video: Hidden Workers

Video: Hidden Workers

Are You A Hidden Worker?  Don’t let employers’ technology hide you from your dream opportunity. Our free ebook can help you reveal and showcase your talent to get the job you want! Just complete the short form below, and we’ll send it to you. No...
Video: Job Hunting? Get Passive Aggressive Like An Expert

Video: Job Hunting? Get Passive Aggressive Like An Expert

Passive is the new active! We have a free ebook available to show you how to get started! Just fill out the form below, and we’ll send it to you. There’s also an inexpensive masterclass with step-by-step guides to help you get aggressive with your passive...
Video: Is There An Expert In The House?

Video: Is There An Expert In The House?

Job seekers! Learning how to be your own expert is easy and free with our ebook! There’s also an inexpensive masterclass with step-by-step guides to get you going on the path of being your own expert...
Video: Talent Shortage?

Video: Talent Shortage?

Some industries experienced a talent shortage before the pandemic, but others did not. Don’t wait for another pandemic to choose your path.   Sign up for the free ebook below to start charting your course on your terms! There’s also an inexpensive...
Video: Advance Like An Expert

Video: Advance Like An Expert

Finding opportunities to advance your career may be easier than you think! We can help you with a plan so you can go for it! We have a free ebook available to show you how to get started! Just fill out the form below, and we’ll send it to you. There’s also...
The Reality of Egality

The Reality of Egality

 Egality:”represents an extreme leveling of society,” or “a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced. Throughout the history of the United States, employers and laborers have engaged in constant negotiation about work, working...
Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers

Stranger Danger! Talking to strangers is stressful and uncomfortable. Stranger Danger is part of kids’ safety education. From a very young age, they’re taught to stick with folks they know. Studies have shown that the fear of strangers is common across...
Adding Soft Skills To Your Resume

Adding Soft Skills To Your Resume

Writing soft skills into your resume is one way of communicating fit to a potential employer, but we live in the Information age now, and communication is getting an upgrade. The new standard is candidates sharing their soft skills in support of their resume through...
Mehrabian’s Communication Theory

Mehrabian’s Communication Theory

Landing your dream job requires successfully communicating your value and fit. In other words, your messaging should inspire 100% positive feelings and attitudes from your prospective employers. In Professor Albert Mehrabian’s Communication Theory: 7% of messaging...
Temerity

Temerity

Everyone knows recruiters and hiring managers are busy, and scheduling interviews can be tricky. But job seekers are active too. They have kids and life events and other stuff that doesn’t stop because of employment status. Some recruiters will request a 2-hour window...
Mount Your Own Defense

Mount Your Own Defense

When you use a video interview to support your resume, networking, and job search your messaging can help recruiters get to know you better faster, but you also give them the language they may need to defend you as the choice for the job. Your well-executed answers...
Go Private with Pointe Profile®

Go Private with Pointe Profile®

Most folks assume that using video in their job search means posting it in a public place for public consumption. This is because most videos are posted on social media sites like YouTube or Facebook, which are not private or “secure.” Why broadcast your best talent...
Strangeritis Maxitosis

Strangeritis Maxitosis

I think many video conference interviews suffer from what I call “Strangeritis Maxitosis.” This condition is a largely ignored social phenomenon that occurs when strangers meet and attempt to do important business before becoming familiar, and then falsely attribute...
Get Your Credit Where It’s Due

Get Your Credit Where It’s Due

Experts are starting to recommend that credit rating shouldn’t have anything to do with insurance rates. Higher premiums are disproportionately applied to people of color with lower credit ratings or no credit history – even when they represent a lower risk on...
The Great Resignation

The Great Resignation

According to Forbes, CNBC, and several other publications, up to 11.5 million people left their jobs in April, May, and June. 4 million more quit in August alone! Reasons for this mass exodus from the office are varied and personal and may indicate the American...
Playing Career Jeopardy

Playing Career Jeopardy

I absolutely love reading articles on themuse.com. There is so much practical, immediately actionable advice over there that anyone in the job search (or on the job!) can learn something fast and put it into practice even faster. There are a few articles I read lately...
Tools to Build Mind-Blowing Multimedia in Your Pointe Profile®

Tools to Build Mind-Blowing Multimedia in Your Pointe Profile®

Video is fast becoming the norm for digesting information. It’s fast, easy to consume, and capable of telling big stories in a short amount of time which makes it perfect for supplementing a regular old resume. Your Pointe Profile® consists of three categories for...
Top 10 Tips for Video Interviewees

Top 10 Tips for Video Interviewees

Video interviewing is no different than a face-to-face interview. But, if you’re new to video interviewing there are a few tips that can help you prepare, so you feel confident and ready to get that dream job!Be Prepared All of the other tips in this post rely on this...
Good Habits: Keeping Track of Your Own Accomplishments Should be Ongoing

Good Habits: Keeping Track of Your Own Accomplishments Should be Ongoing

What’s In Your Future? Most people don’t know when they will be laid off or terminated. It’s usually a surprise. Don’t be left holding the unemployment bag because you didn’t keep track of your projects, accomplishments, and experience. You haven’t kept up with...
They Think You’re Awesome! Why Video Testimonials Are Jaw-Dropping Inspiring.

They Think You’re Awesome! Why Video Testimonials Are Jaw-Dropping Inspiring.

Video is the New Standard. Which do you think has more impact? A letter from Mark Zuckerburg stating you’re a great employee? Or, a video from Mark Zuckerburg saying you’re a great employee? A letter is great, but a video is awesome! You can tell a recruiter or hiring...
Never Say the Words “Video Resume” Again

Never Say the Words “Video Resume” Again

“Video Resume” is a Dirty WordVideo is taking over the internet. It isn’t easy to find an area where a video hasn’t impacted businesses’ online presence and branding. In recruiting, however, the jury is still out on whether a “video resume” is a good idea or...
I’m A Student With Limited Experience…What Do I Highlight?

I’m A Student With Limited Experience…What Do I Highlight?

Just because you’re a student or have limited work experience doesn’t mean you don’t have content for your Pointe Profile®. There are plenty of activities you’ve participated in that contributed to your personal and professional growth that...
Finding Job Candidates That Are a Cultural Fit

Finding Job Candidates That Are a Cultural Fit

First, let’s identify “cultural fit.” Every organization has a set of operational values, standards, and norms. Mainly, it’s the group’s behavior as a whole that includes structure, values, processes, or, to put it simply, how the team...
Show Us the Numbers On Your Resume

Show Us the Numbers On Your Resume

Imagine that you’ve unexpectedly lost your long-held job, and now you’re wondering what you’re going to do next. Your resume isn’t up-to-date if you even have one prepared. You’re not sure what to include, and amid this mess, you...
Using Video to Show How You’re a Great Fit

Using Video to Show How You’re a Great Fit

Most people are hired because of their skills and fired because they don’t fit in the company.A 2-page resume can only provide a brief insight into your experience and skill, and most interviews focus on learning about your capability and not about your fit with...
Less is More and More is Less

Less is More and More is Less

Connexion Pointe® was created and designed to encourage employers to lower costs by allowing candidates to screen themselves and present their best attributes in an easy-to-use format. Translation for HR professionals: less work for more high-quality information for...
Become A Career Advocate

Become A Career Advocate

Just a few years ago, we heard about an alarming number of active and passive job seekers. However, times are-a-changin’. Thanks to technology, Peter Weddle reports, active and passive job seekers have evolved to Career Activists or “always-on”...

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