Tips for job seekers

If you are unhappy in your job for whatever reason, you need to either learn to love it and be happy, or move on. If you are afraid to move on due to the fear of the unknown, that’s totally normal. Over come this fear and face it and make a move. You’ll feel like…

“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top…

I have to post this again. I’ve stressed this over and over to people, especially the younger kids. Do NOT put things on your social media that will cost you a job. It just happened again to one of my candidates last week. The employer looked at their Facebook profile and ruled them out based…

“Take your heart to work, and ask the most and best of everybody else too.” Meryl Streep

When doing a resume, please avoid using words and phrases that really are just claims on your part with nothing to back it up. Thing like “self-starter” or “detail oriented” are really generic terms that mean absolutely nothing. “Results oriented” is another one. Please give specifics. Anyone can say they are results-oriented! Let’s hear some…

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle. As with…

As a recruiter, I am most interested in know what your motivations are from a professional and personal standpoint. I want you as a job seeker to be crystal clear about what you are looking for in your next job, why you want to leave your present position, and why NOW is a good time…

“ A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future.” Howard Schultz (1953 – ) American businessman, chairman of Starbucks

To all of our clients and candidates that we have been so fortunate to work with, we at True North Consultants wish you peace, good health and prosperity.

As a recruiter I will tell you that we receive hundreds of resume each week. Reviewing resume has to be a fast process, and we have to make decisions to either trash a resume or take a closer look in about 5 seconds, literally. So knowing this, make sure your resume is clear and concise…