Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
In the past three weeks, I’ve had three questions about career re-entry:
I had a high-level sales job but took seven years off to focus on family. I’ve done some non-profit volunteer work. How do I get back to for-profit and paid?
I sold my company and have been consulting [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
I recently coached a young professional who wants to change careers but has done nothing with his search because he is juggling working full-time and attending graduate school. He feels like he doesn’t have any extra time, so his $64,000 question for the session was: “if I am [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
I was recently on a recruiting project, helping out a non-profit with dozens of open jobs. You would not know there is 10% unemployment at this place because they can’t hire fast enough to keep up with their needs. I see this feast or famine phenomenon often as [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
I often get market-related questions: what are employment prospects; what are the hot industries; who is hiring. Keep in mind that employment statistics are not worth following for your career planning. Fears of 10% unemployment are misplaced. The statistic you care about is either 0% or [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™.
Okay, that question did not come from the Glass Hammer demographic, as it came from a male audience member in a recent panel that focused on Big Career Mistakes. But now that I have your attention, I wanted to highlight a few points to ponder inspired by the above question [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
Given the upcoming holidays, I thought about writing about holiday networking, job search during the holidays or perhaps office party etiquette. Here’s why gratitude works not just around the holiday table but for your career as well:
Gratitude puts you in a spirit of plenty – of having, instead of [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
In just this past week, several of my clients have sounded tired during our interview practice. I even got a very detailed response that was related to, but not quite exactly on point to what I had asked. These are hardworking jobseekers who I know are diligently working [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
I am often asked for my biggest networking pet peeve. One of my tops, if not the top, is when people whom I have helped don’t let me know what happened.
The best time to look for a job is when you have one. We all know that instinctively. Yet, when most [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
A workshop participant recently asked me, “How do I prepare for my final interview at [major financial institution]?”
Kudos to this person for recognizing that final round job interviews are different from other interviews. At the finalist stage, the prospective employer knows much more about you and can tailor the interviews [...]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™
What do recruiters expect you to cover when they ask you, “Tell me about yourself?”
When recruiters ask the popular question, “Tell me about yourself,” they don’t really want you to tell them about yourself.  Recruiters don’t care to know where you’re born or why you selected that college or how you [...]

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