http://www.upmo.com/blog Get ready. Hunt smart. Move up. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:02:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Getting the job when you don’t check all the boxes You know you're ready to start the perfect job tomorrow. You’re scrolling the latest job postings and a certain keyword catches your eye. As you review the requirements, line by line, you grow more and more alert: “This sounds perfect….” you ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/what-interviewers-want-%e2%80%93-skills-matched-to-job-listings The Oxford English Dictionary defines authenticity as being in accordance with fact, as being true in substance; and as being what is professed in origin or authorship, as being genuine. Without the help of a dictionary, the term is hard to define, but most of us know an authentic person when ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/are-you-authentic%e2%80%94or-not Here at UpMo, we hear all kinds of stories of the lengths that people will go to get a job ... but this is even a new one for us. ABC News reports a variety of "superstitions" employed by job seekers in the hopes of landing a job. Hopefully, this ends ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/getting-a-job-with-a-voodoo-doll Devastating Career Killer #4: Failing to Listen You know the type … the one who interrupts you every time you begin talking. The one who never listens to you—and spends the whole conversation planning what they are going to say next. In other words, not the good listener. So how do you ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/4-devastating-career-killers-%e2%80%a6-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-4 Killer #3: Neglecting Your Network Did you know? Our research into the success habits of high-earning professionals shows that your network is your most important career asset. Despite that, our research also shows that only 20 percent of job seekers regularly connect with their networks.   Neglect your network at your peril. Or, ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/4-devastating-career-killers-%e2%80%a6-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-3 On Monday, we shared with you the peril of staying in a job you hate, or not learning how to transform your job into something rewarding. What's the next most devastating career killer? A poorly executed transition that leaves you trapped... So, on to avoiding that devastating career killer.... Killer #2: Transitioning, ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/4-devastating-career-killers-%e2%80%a6-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-2 Every day, we hear from our UpMo subscribers that they are feeling stalled…that they are not moving up in their careers. And, worst of all, that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Well, of course we at UpMo believe that there is always a way ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/4-devastating-career-killers-%e2%80%a6-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-one It's critical that your network contains advocates for your career—folks willing to help you find your next job, navigate through career crossroads, and pursue opportunities. An important part to building a successful network is how you engage your connections and pull them closer to you. Not surprisingly, if you start ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/contacts-grown-stale-start-reconnecting Quick: what's the first thing you'll do when you're ready for or in need of a new job? Look at the Wall Street Journal? Hit the online black holes job boards? Call a recruiter or your alma mater career services? Many career-savvy people, when asked that question, say that they'll first reach out to ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/the-dirty-little-truth-about-your-network The false promise of a declining unemployment rate and the real promise of new opportunity Today, the Labor Department released updated unemployment numbers. It’s supposed to be good news, reason for cheer, with the unemployment rate dropping to a five-month low. But if you’re still among the unemployed, the cheer isn’t ... http://www.upmo.com/blog/two-january-numbers-you-need-to-know