The Career RelaunchBlog

With the start of the new year, you may be thinking about making a career change. According to Glassdoor, January is the month employees are most likely to think about changing jobs, likely resulting from a combination of hiring managers who have refreshed their budgets and job applicants reconsidering where they want to take their […]

There’s something incredibly satisfying about smugly sitting down, clicking through to your Outlook settings, and switching on your out-of-office autoresponder. First, you get to decide on dates. Let’s see. Should you include the weekends as part of your out-of-office date range, signaling just how many vacation days you’ve earned through all your hard work? Or […]

In 2000, I bought my first mobile phone (a Sprint PCS Touchpoint 2200), the week I moved to Hawaii after graduating from college. I wanted to have a way to more easily contact landlords when finding a place to rent in Honolulu. I loved having it. It made staying in touch with family and friends […]

How to craft a winning LinkedIn profile that stands out to recruiters and hiring managers. 100 recruiters share their advice on what to include (and exclude) in each section of your LInkedIn profile.

One question I often get from candidates with non-traditional, unconventional career paths is how to position yourself as a viable candidate for a role in which you’ve had no direct prior experience. On the surface, someone who’s changed career paths would seem to stand no chance against a sea of well-qualified candidates who have all […]

Identifying and communicating your niche can make the difference between you being sought after or overlooked. Take the time to define your unique positioning so you can stand out and differentiate yourself from others.