Author Archives: John N. Frank
Is Your CV Holding You Back?
Some great advice from a UK blogger. I’ll be writing more about creating multiple resumes for different jobs, watch for that post in the next few days.
Job Opening: PR Management, Chicago
Here’s another opening I received through a college alumni group. It’s with a major Chicago-area employer and requires a good deal of experience. Continue reading
Job Opening: Reporter, Washington, D.C.
This opening came to me from a college alumni group I belong to. Such groups are a rich source of job leads. Continue reading
ABJH Excerpt: Making It to the Big Time
I’ve never had as good a salary or as many benefits as I did when I was in the Guild. No one person has the bargaining power that all employees speaking as one have. Continue reading
How to Get a Daily Round-up of Job Postings
One caveat though, be as specific as possible. As you can see here, designer can mean many things in a job ad. Continue reading
ABJH Excerpt: The Challenge of Changing Specialities
Today, we continue to run excerpts from my new book, Always Be Job Hunting to give you the flavor of the book and encourage you to check it out on Amazon.com Chapter 5: Changing Specialities Switching specialties within a career … Continue reading
ABJH Excerpt: Learning on the Job
Looking back all these years later, I’m struck by the hubris with which I took my first management job. I really did think I knew it all and started out with that attitude, alienating people who’d been at their jobs there for decades by the time I’d arrived. Continue reading
Originally posted on Hired! Secrets:
JOB REALITY – THE ONCE A DAY CURE The reality is – there are more people out of work than you think. The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics places unemployment at just below 8.0%, or…
Always Be Job Hunting Excerpt: Landing a Management Job
Today, we continue to run excerpts from my new book, Always Be Job Hunting to give you the flavor of the book and encourage you to check it out on Amazon.com Chapter 3: Finding a First Management Job Once I … Continue reading
Always Be Job Hunting Excerpt: Getting a First Job
I graduated from Marquette University in spring, 1975, a time when the country also was reeling from a recession. Despite getting a few interviews, the possibility of finding a full-time job seemed dim. Continue reading



