The Job Dog: Career Tips & Coaching

By The Job Dog

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The Job Dog's career tip curriculum provides free, quick, and smart career coaching guidance from a career and executive coach with 35+ years in guiding job seekers to their next career step. To get started, visit TheJobDog.com.

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The Job Dog: Career Tips & Coaching episodes:

08.18.2022
Career Tip 33: Win the Day – The Day of the Interview
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip33 A recent article advised, "During a job interview, you’re being evaluated by everyone from the receptionist to the executive who may be walking through. Your interview really begins when you step into the office." Here is The Job...
08.18.2022
Career Tip 32: Be Likeable – The Most Critical Interview Factor
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip32 During an interview, be likeable. Quickly. If you don’t, nothing else much matters. Hiring managers consider your likeability, or how well you may fit with the team, as much—and perhaps more—than any other singular hiring factor. --- Send in...
08.18.2022
Career Tip 31: Be Prepared – Predictable Interview Questions
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip31 A well-written resume is actually the first step in answering predictable interview questions. It is straightforward. If you know what an interviewer will ask, then weave those answers into your resume. This Tip ensures you are highly prepared—on...
08.18.2022
Career Tip 30: Be a STAR – STAR Responses for Inevitable Behavioral Interview Questions
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip30 Let’s begin with what you need to know about behavioral interview questions. Behavioral questions are the primary type of questions used by professionally trained recruiters. Actually, the more sophisticated the organization, the greater the likelihood you will encounter...
08.18.2022
Career Tip 29: Get in the Know – Preparing for the Interview
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip29 They called. They invited you for an interview. This is the job you really, really want. What do you do to prepare? People often overlook the following three essential areas of preparation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
08.11.2022
Career Tip 28: Listen Up – Networking is about Listening
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip28 As The Job Dog, I spend most of my day coaching clients. Let me tell you something important that I have observed: most people do not know how to listen. You may think you don't need to read...
08.11.2022
Career Tip 27: Be Persistent – Times 7 Strategy
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip27 Highly successful sales professionals are willing to contact customers at least seven times before they expect to make anything happen. This is known as the Times 7 Strategy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
08.11.2022
Career Tip 26: Guerrilla Networking – Expand Your Network
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip26 There are two basic ways to find a job: 1) seated (behind a computer) and 2) feeted (put on your shoes and go meet people). While others wait for a job posting to appear online, the guerrilla networker...
08.11.2022
Career Tip 25: Strengthen Your Web – Gathering Networking Information
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip25 A common question is, "How do I keep a networking conversation going? Inevitably, things go silent, and I do not know what to say." The Job Dog understands that networking can be stressful. A common reaction to such...
08.11.2022
Career Tip 24: Make Networking Cents – A Straightforward Primer
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip24 Are you lost in the maze of Internet job boards? Do you need help getting out? But, help from whom? To quote a Beatles song, "… gonna try with a little help from my friends." If a little...
08.04.2022
Career Tip 23: Respond to Desperation – What to Do When You Don’t Know What Else to Do
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip23 If you are feeling desperate, remember: Action Produces Results. This is the Tip that The Job Dog uses 100% of the time to help those feeling lost in their job search. Read the research topics below and select...
08.04.2022
Career Tip 22: Get Unplugged – Control Internet Time
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip22 This is the age of online job boards. Nearly everyone begins a career transition by first turning to the Internet. It is as natural as coming home from work and turning on the TV. It is safe, comfortable,...
08.04.2022
Career Tip 21: Be Present – Connect Face-to-Face
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip21 The question you may want to post on your computer screen as you undertake your job search is, “Who can I go see?”. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
08.04.2022
Career Tip 20: Create Your Web – Significantly Increase Your Market Reach
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip20 The preceding Tip encouraged you to locate and research potential opportunities before they become a job posting. This Spider Web Diagram© Tip will help you sustain and advance that research. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
08.04.2022
Career Tip 19: Explore Relentlessly – Keeping Job Opportunities Alive
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip19 You can create and nurture job opportunities using a counterintuitive thought process. To do so, train your mind to first think how an opportunity can work instead of how it won’t. To create opportunities, practice responding “I am...
08.04.2022
Career Tip 18: Climb Many Ladders – Discover Opportunities
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip18 In The Job Dog offices, it is common for us to have people contact us after fruitless months of applying for jobs online. The fact is people do find opportunities online. However, the greater truth is that the...
07.28.2022
Career Tip 17: Use Your Resources – Using References Throughout Your Search
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip17 It is just this simple: your references have positive things to say about you. You should stay connected throughout your search to remain at the forefront of their minds. This tip includes specific steps for preparing your references...
07.28.2022
Career Tip 16: Line Up References – Get Started Now
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip16 When a potential employer asks for references, you want to be organized and prepared. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
07.28.2022
Career Tip 15: Manage Your References – Ensure They Work for You
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip15 For high priority jobs, use The Job Dog's hardest hitting cover letter. Using this approach demonstrates you understand the job well to write a precise cover letter that connects to critical job requirements. It also establishes that you...
07.21.2022
Career Tip 14: Hit Harder – Create Your Hardest Hitting Cover Letter
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip14 For high priority jobs, use The Job Dog's hardest hitting cover letter. Using this approach demonstrates you understand the job well to write a precise cover letter that connects to critical job requirements. It also establishes that you...
07.21.2022
Career Tip 13: Tell Your Story – A Quick Cover Letter
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip13 Cover letters are an advertising tool, and we follow only one advertising rule: if it prompts a recruiter to identify you as a "yes" candidate, then it is a good advertisement. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
07.21.2022
Career Tip 12: Power Up – A Power-Packed Resume Checklist
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip12 Here’s how to construct a well-crafted resume that demonstrates your ability to manage details correctly. Details always matter, and using the information in Tip #12 will make your resume a standout, and make you look like the polished...
07.21.2022
Career Tip 11: Show Your Teeth – Create a Resume with Bite
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip11 Search Google for the word resume, and you will find 168 million online sources. So where do you go? To The Job Dog, of course! What makes our resumes unique? One thing: our approach provides content in a...
07.21.2022
Career Tip 10: Assemble Resume Details – Begin with the Interview in Mind
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip10 Creating your resume and preparing for an interview are so interrelated as to be the same activity. Assembling the details of your employment history, skills, and accomplishments is the first step in the construction of your resume. This...
07.14.2022
Career Tip 9: Dress for Success – Updates and Upgrades
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip9 All too often, people only focus on attire for an interview. Yet, during a career transition, you are always networking. Who knows who you will meet and when you will meet them? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
07.14.2022
Career Tip 8: Elevate Yourself – Create an Elevator Statement that Elevates You
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip8 An elevator statement or, more simply, "elevator," is one or two engaging sentences used to tell someone you just met about your career focus or goals. The word elevator reflects the idea that you could complete your introduction...
07.14.2022
Career Tip 7: Find Your Peak – Build on Your Strengths
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip7 Many people focus energy and attention on strengthening weaknesses. They think making their weaknesses stronger will provide the missing key to success. This is one of life's biggest fallacies. The Job Dog's experience, from decades of coaching knowledge,...
07.14.2022
Career Tip 6: Define Your Message – Qualifiers and Differentiators
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip6 As you write your resume and prepare for interviews, you can opt to slug it out with many others who are equally qualified, or you can identify and market your uniqueness. To achieve the latter, two concepts –...
07.07.2022
Career Tip 5: Find a Coach – What Headhunters and Company Recruiters Won't Tell You
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip5 The Job Dog often has clients who want to get beyond the cliche feedback from a recruiter that other candidates were more qualified. Here is what you need to know about the truth behind that statement. --- Send in...
07.07.2022
Career Tip 4: Be Your Best – Presenting the Best Version of Yourself
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip4 Continuous self-improvement – inside and outside – is an important factor during your job transition. The recommendations in this Tip are resume enhancements that can improve your interview performance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message
07.07.2022
Career Tip 3: Get Your Wheels Turning – Thought and Action Leads to Success
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip3 The Job Dog finds that a client's overall balance between action (explore) and thought (evaluate) is highly predictive of career transition success. Action is anything accomplished on your feet: going, seeing, or meeting. Thought is anything you accomplish...
07.07.2022
Career Tip 2: Work Harder – Maximizing Efforts for Maximized Success
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip2 What you will discover if you talk to anyone who has had a measurable amount of success is that the difference that got them beyond average, and for some, to the top of their field, was simply plain...
07.07.2022
Career Tip 1: Take Control – Possibility Thinking
Learn more: thejobdog.com/tip1 Begin your job search by taking control. Stop thinking about what may be impossible and start thinking about what is possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejobdog/message

What's The Job Dog: Career Tips & Coaching about?

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The Job Dog: Career Tips & Coaching episodes:

Career Tip 33: Win the Day – The Day of the Interview

Career Tip 32: Be Likeable – The Most Critical Interview Factor

Career Tip 31: Be Prepared – Predictable Interview Questions

Career Tip 30: Be a STAR – STAR Responses for Inevitable Behavioral Interview Questions

Career Tip 29: Get in the Know – Preparing for the Interview

Career Tip 28: Listen Up – Networking is about Listening

Career Tip 27: Be Persistent – Times 7 Strategy

Career Tip 26: Guerrilla Networking – Expand Your Network

Career Tip 25: Strengthen Your Web – Gathering Networking Information

Career Tip 24: Make Networking Cents – A Straightforward Primer

Career Tip 23: Respond to Desperation – What to Do When You Don’t Know What Else to Do

Career Tip 22: Get Unplugged – Control Internet Time

Career Tip 21: Be Present – Connect Face-to-Face

Career Tip 20: Create Your Web – Significantly Increase Your Market Reach

Career Tip 19: Explore Relentlessly – Keeping Job Opportunities Alive

Career Tip 18: Climb Many Ladders – Discover Opportunities

Career Tip 17: Use Your Resources – Using References Throughout Your Search

Career Tip 16: Line Up References – Get Started Now

Career Tip 15: Manage Your References – Ensure They Work for You

Career Tip 14: Hit Harder – Create Your Hardest Hitting Cover Letter

Career Tip 13: Tell Your Story – A Quick Cover Letter

Career Tip 12: Power Up – A Power-Packed Resume Checklist

Career Tip 11: Show Your Teeth – Create a Resume with Bite

Career Tip 10: Assemble Resume Details – Begin with the Interview in Mind

Career Tip 9: Dress for Success – Updates and Upgrades

Career Tip 8: Elevate Yourself – Create an Elevator Statement that Elevates You

Career Tip 7: Find Your Peak – Build on Your Strengths

Career Tip 6: Define Your Message – Qualifiers and Differentiators

Career Tip 5: Find a Coach – What Headhunters and Company Recruiters Won't Tell You

Career Tip 4: Be Your Best – Presenting the Best Version of Yourself

Career Tip 3: Get Your Wheels Turning – Thought and Action Leads to Success

Career Tip 2: Work Harder – Maximizing Efforts for Maximized Success

Career Tip 1: Take Control – Possibility Thinking

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