Author Archives: John N. Frank
Job Opening — Communications Office, D.C. area
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has an opening for a Communications/Public Affairs Officer for our 10,000-member professional society based in Rosslyn, VA. IDSA represents physicians and scientists who specialize in infectious diseases. The Society also houses the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), which represents medical professionals who practice HIV medicine. Continue reading
What happens when you don’t get that job you wanted?
tThe point that potential employers make hiring mistakes is a valid one to help get you back in job hunting mode. Continue reading
What’s the Best Job Hunting Tip? Believe in Yourself
You can’t go into interviews seeming hopeless or worthless, no one wants to hire someone who doesn’t believe in themselves. Continue reading
Job tours of duty are getting shorter, another reason to always be job hunting
He wrote of a Harvard Business Review article detailing how the amount of time people can expect to spend at a given job is becoming shorter and shorter. That point is a basic premise of my book, Always Be Job Hunting, so it’s nice to see confirmation of it. Continue reading
How to Determine if an Internship is Worth Your Time
Originally posted on Ask the Job Coach:
When you are looking for a job, time is money. You can’t afford to invest much time into something unless it is going to bring you results. Internships have the potential to significantly…
Job Openings: University of Chicago
These came to me from a college alumni listserv I belong to. Good hunting. Continue reading
Which Jobs Should You Avoid?
I was surprised reporter wasn’t listed as the number one career to avoid. The winner, or loser, for that spot was desktop publisher, a term I haven’t heard much of since the late 1980s and early 1990s. Continue reading
Spring Means Gearing Up for a New Job Hunting Season
You don’t have to be a new grad to start searching this time of year, everyone who is job hunting (and that means you), should spruce up their job-hunting tools and techniques and enter the fray this time of year. Continue reading
Beyond the Money
Originally posted on The Search Continues…:
As noted in this blog’s past articles, the market has been swinging back in the favor of candidates. I’ve seen this manifest itself recently by significantly increased incidences of multiple suitors for a given…
Job Opening — Champaign, Il. — Director, News & Public Affairs
I’m seeing more journalism job openings like this one lately, perhaps it’s a sign the economy is finally picking up, given that the journalism job market always lags far behind the overall economy. Continue reading



