Why Understanding Behavior Supercharges Your Job Search
Most job seekers focus on resumes, keywords, and online applications. Those matter, but the real leverage comes from understanding behavior: your own patterns and preferences, and the way other people make decisions. When you pair that self‑awareness with genuine human connection, your job search becomes more focused, more confident, and far more effective.
Working After 62: You’re Not “Too Old” to Be Hired
If you’re over 62 and wondering whether anyone will still hire you, you’re not alone and you’re not out of options. Older workers are one of the fastest‑growing segments of the workforce, and the share of workers 65+ has more than doubled over the past two decades.
Hope is not a strategy for entry-level candidates: How to get off the application carousel
The Bloomberg/Greenhouse chart in this recent Bloomberg article shows how dramatically competition for entry‑level roles has intensified: between 2019 and 2025, the average number of applications per posting more than doubled, with 2025 hitting a new high.
When the Job Market Punches Back: Why Every Career Plan Needs a Contingency Strategy
Mike Tyson’s famous quote goes, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” It’s a blunt reminder that no matter how well we plan, the real test begins when things don’t go according to plan.
In today’s job market, those “punches” come in many forms: hiring freezes, economic shifts, organizational restructures, or a sudden slowdown in interview responses. Even the most prepared professionals can find themselves dazed when momentum stalls. The key is not to avoid the hit, but to know how to recover and adapt.
When is it okay to leave a job without another one lined up?
“Don’t leave your job without another one in hand.”
It’s advice nearly everyone has heard and, in many cases, it’s sound guidance. Today’s workforce dynamics make it even more pressing: hiring cycles are slow, terminations can happen quickly, and the job market is shifting like quicksand.
Build a resume that showcases your achievements and tells a story
The job market is flooded with resumes, and many of them are poorly written, hard to read, or overly designed. A resume like that is easy to ignore. A resume that is clear, focused, and aligned to a specific role is much harder to overlook.
Are you ready to job search?
Most people start a job search by updating a resume and firing off applications. A few weeks later, they feel stuck and discouraged. Often the problem is not effort, but readiness.
Accessing The Hidden Job Market
In today’s market, up to 80% of job openings are never posted publicly. These “hidden jobs” get filled by connections who network, build relationships, and ask questions before positions officially exist. Want to access this huge segment? Learn how to reach beyond the job board and get noticed before the listing goes live.
Your Work-Related Values
Your personal values play an important part in your job search and eventual job choice. Reviewing your work-related values now and throughout your search can help you make the best decisions.
Finding Work That Fits
In today’s competitive job market, success isn’t just about what you know or the experience you bring. It’s also about how you work, your communication style, and approach to challenges. Understanding your natural behavioral style can be a powerful advantage in finding and securing work that truly fits.
Developing A Constructive Attitude
Your attitude is your most important asset in the job search campaign. Unfortunately, your attitude is also your most vulnerable and obvious feature. If you are in a negative space, you’re competing against yourself and other job seekers. Also, other people are quick to detect any signs of negativism or defeatism and may feel reticent in helping you.
Treat Your Job Search Like A Campaign
Until you get your next job, consider yourself a full-time marketer. Your product is you, the most important product in the world at this point. Finding a new job requires a major effort on your part—an effort large enough to call it a campaign, such as a military, sales, or political campaign.
Connecting, Not Applying: How Most Jobs Are Landed
Individual contacts are the best source of job leads. Most jobs (nearly 80 percent) are found in some way through contacts. Also, better jobs are found through contacts and the best jobs, the ones with the highest pay and affording the greatest satisfaction, are most apt to be surfaced in this way.