"Help Me Find a Job!" Emails to Send to Your Network

 

You’ve updated your resume, perfected your LinkedIn profile, and honed in on your target positions. And now, you’re ready to reach out to your network.

Which, let’s be honest, can be sort of daunting. Who do you reach out to? Where do you start? And, um, isn’t it sort of awkward asking people for help?

Forget Your Title: Here's How You Can Find Meaning in Any Job You Do

Some jobs just scream “saving the world!” As a culture, we tend to respect people and companies with a strong mission to bring greater justice, quality of life, and equality into the world over those that only care about their bottom line.

How to Find Meaning in a Job That Feels Meaning-less

By Stacey Lastoe

“You can find meaning in any job—even if it sucks,” explains Adam Smiley Poswolsky, author of the new book The Quarter-Life Break-Through.

5 Tips for Non-Awkward Informational Interviews



Maybe it’s because the name itself conjures images of your career counselor in high school. Or maybe it’s the fact that most of us have only been on the interviewee side of the table, and never the interviewer. Either way, if you haven’t done them before, informational interviews can be one of the more awkward aspects of your job search.

How to Ask for an Informational Interview (and Get a “Yes”)

The informational interview is the secret tool everyone should have in their back pocket. A hybrid of an amazing networking opportunity, an info-session, and a job interview, it can give anyone looking for a job or pondering a career change insider scoop (not to mention a much-needed morale boost).

3 Ways to Shine When Asked "Tell Me About Yourself"

 

The hour of your big interview has arrived, and you know you’re going to nail it. You’ve done your research and memorized your talking points. At this point, you could talk about the company in your sleep—right down to where the interviewer attended undergrad and the exact number of Guardian Newspaper mentions the company has had in the past six months.

How to Ask for Job—Without Asking for a Job

Whoever came up with the old saying “searching for a job is a full-time job” wasn’t kidding around.

For most job seekers, finding employment means submitting applications until your fingers ache from typing and your brain hurts from churning out search terms. It means job fairs, countless applications disappearing into cyberspace, and listening to hours of unsolicited advice from friends and family, many of whom probably tell you that you need to be more aggressive in your networking.

4 Talking Points Every Introvert Needs to Memorize Before an Interview

By Katie McBeth

Job interviews are the worst.

If you’re anything like me, you change jobs every few years, and each time, you’ve had to go through a lot of awkward interviews before you landed something solid. And those interviews are stressful and uncomfortable, to say the least, because they put you in the hot seat. You—the introvert—who avoids the spotlight whenever you can.

5 Keys to Champion Your Informational Interview

Whether you’re a recent grad exploring career paths or you’re looking to switch positions in your current field, informational interviews are one of the best tools you have in your job search arsenal. You’ll add useful contacts to your network, get valuable information about the companies you’re after, and learn more about the path you think you want to pursue.

4 Rules the Most Successful Leaders Live By

By Stephanie Walden

The old adage states that rules are meant to be broken. And, in fact, many of today’s most revered leaders echo this time-tested mantra: Sir Richard Branson once uttered the sage advice, “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”