http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 03 May 2010 17:19:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tip of the Week - Does Your Family Know What You Do I have a sister who works for a growing local company as a technical sales professional. Last week I was talking to her and she asked me about the Austin Tech Happy Hour. I told her it was ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=188 Tip of the Week - Reclaim Your Power Reclaiming Your Power I've had a lot of examples over the last 2 weeks where I have encountered people who are filled with what I call "headtrash". They are so focused on the ways that the job search has failed them. They don't believe ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=179 Once I started hiring people, I was struck at how differently I perceived the process. As a job seeker, I was so focused on networking, making my resume perfect and doing practice salary negotiations that I never thought about it from the other side. So I have learned some things ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=161 Tip of the Week - Stop being Schizo I hear people tell me all the time "I have a wide variety of talents", "I don't fit into just one job title", "Companies think I would get bored easily", "Companies don't know where to put me" or a wide variety of other ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=176 Tip of the Week - Jobs vs Dating It occurs to me frequently that the Job Search is so much like the Dating process. Sometimes I see it in my work as a Career Coach and sometimes I see it in my single life looking for my own match. Here's how I ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=173 Tip of the Week - Storytelling Within the Job Search, you must learn to master the art of storytelling. You use storytelling for: Introducing Yourself Asking for Help Creating your Resume All of your Interviews Frequently the best storyteller is the person who will receive the job. How good of a story teller are you? Do you know ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=170 From: katie edwards [mailto:kedwards_hr@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:12 AM To: Kim Brushaber Subject: Re: Executive Networking Tomorrow Here is an article from today's WSJ. I tried to put it on our linked in page as a discussion article but it was too big. Can you somehow share it? Thanks Standout Letters to ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=159 Tip of the Week - Know What You Want If you don't know what you want to do, how is anyone supposed to be able to help you? There are many job seekers who are out there and really don't know what they want to do. Or if they do know what ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=167 Tip of the Week - You Never Know You Never Know when the conversation that you are currently having might lead to your next great job opportunity. Months ago, I contacted a VP of Client Services who knew a friend of mine. The company that he worked for was hiring a Project ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=164 I've been talking to a lot of job seekers about what to do when you are in the interview stages of your pursuit of the job. Frequently people are left wondering in silence hoping that they will go onto the next interview. Let me help to explain what is happening ... http://www.bridgeatx.com/blog/?p=156