The days of scouring ads for your next role are over — 85 percent of jobs are now filled through networking. If you’ve been treating LinkedIn as your resume in digital form, it’s time to re-think your strategy. The professional networking platform is a universal database for search firms that is the very key to […]
Thank you for joining us at Re:Work 2015 on Oct. 14, and thank you to our outstanding lineup of speakers. Below, find links to our speakers’ websites so you can connect with them during your job search. Good luck! Sheila Nielsen, Nielsen Career Consulting Session: Getting Hired: The Insider Advantage to Building Your Personal Network Theresa […]
For a person going back to work after several years off, there may be nothing more anxiety producing than putting together a LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn has become the defacto way for professionals to showcase their career paths and network with one another – and it is critical to have a profile if you’re re-entering the […]
Have you taken a break in your career to raise children? Are you considering moving into a new industry or reinventing yourself professionally? Then you need to mark your calendar for Wednesday, Oct. 14! That is the date of Make It Better’s seventh annual Re:Work – an informative and inspiring seminar for women who are re-entering […]
Changing careers or re-entering the workforce after time away can be daunting. For the fifth year in a row, we hosted a series of workshops designed to ease this transition. The program, RE:WORK V, presented expert speakers on topics like marketing yourself, resume writing, social media and interviewing. Here are their 15 best tips for […]
Given the 7.5 percent unemployment rate in the Chicago area, searching for a job can be a daunting task. It can be challenging to find reliable sources among various recruiters, bloggers and social media platforms. Trustworthy outlets are difficult to distinguish from those that waste a job seeker’s time. Last year, CareerBuilder conducted a study […]
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