Written by: Brian Horvath | Reading Time: 4 minutes
LinkedIn is a vast universe of opportunity and has experienced rapid growth year over year since its launch in 2003. When I first began coaching professionals to use LinkedIn in 2013, there were 130 million people on the social media platform. As of today, there are over 850 million people in over 200 countries using LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a tremendous …
When you are seeking a new job or networking to enhance your opportunities, you should always put your best foot forward. One of the ways you can do this is through thinking through the elements of a: Complete Communication Package. Last week we talked about the elements of this package, which included identifying your Market, Message, and Media as you …
One of my best friends moved to China 20 years ago and recently returned to the U.S. to care for his aging parents. With no job waiting for him, and only a few active contacts with whom to network, he asked me to help him write a resume. While your situation may be different, it may be as equally challenging. …
Matthew 7:12 tells us: “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” We often refer to this as the “Golden Rule” as we encourage people to treat others as they would like to be treated, and nothing could be a better truth to put into practice …
Congrats! You’ve landed the new job in a remote environment! NOW, what do you do? On one level, like any other new job, you’ll want to take definitive steps to make a good impression, get grounded in what needs to be done, and perform the work expected in a way that’s wildly successful! We address many of those areas in …
Over the decades I’ve been involved in reviewing, making, approving, and coaching job offers, I can count on one hand the number of times when the person receiving the offer wasn’t glad to have received it. They may not have liked the terms of the offer, but most people experience a huge relief in finally having received one! At this …
Like many areas of life, fundamentals will take you a long way, but there’s still a need for specificity to fine tune the nuances beyond those fundamentals. For example, John Wooden, probably one of the most famous college basketball coaches of all-time leading UCLA to a record-setting 10 NCAA championships over a 12-year period, is noted for having his players …
Here we are…just over two years after Covid-19 changed the face of the workplace forever. Companies that hadn’t ever explored remote work suddenly were forced into the situation of figuring something out or close their doors. Most figured something out. Companies that had pushed off remote work considerations as too difficult also came to realize that it wasn’t because …
Written by: Crossroads Career | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Several years ago in our men’s Bible study, one of the guys shared some fascinating information regarding Jesus’ life on this earth. The Scriptures record that Jesus asked over 300 questions, and we’re also told that while He was asked over 180 questions, He only directly answered 3. Many times, He actually answered questions with questions of His own. Dale …
Many years ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Nope, actually just a few years ago when I was coming out of college and looking for my first job, the common advice was to have “at the ready” at least three references. I was advised to have these references on a separate sheet of paper with the people’s name, address, …
