Archive for Fox2 Detroit’s Career Coach

Job Fair Retrospect

Today was yet another successful Job Fair hosted by Employment Guide and covered by FOX2 Detroit.  Hundreds of job seekers came to Burton Manor in Livonia to meet with several dozen employers and schools who are doing their best to take Michigan’s unemployed to the next level.  Murray Feldman and team visited with job seekers

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Like I’ve Been Saying — “Experts say linking in online helps land a job”

Experts say linking in online helps land a jobPATRICK MAY • MCT NEWS SERVICE • MAY 26, 2009 • FROM LANSING STATE JOURNAL It might sound like schoolyard horseplay, but many career counselors say a successful job hunt requires you get yourself on top of the pile. Actually, it’s your resume that needs to be

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How Does a Potential Employer Really See You?

• By THERESE M. BOLDT FOX 2 Career Coach If you are truly doing a good job of finding a job, you will find yourself (and your career) placed under a huge microscope. Active participants in the job seeking game put themselves under the microscope to assess their current reality (where they are), and their

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Job Search – Who Can You Rely On?

By Therese M. Boldt FOX 2 Career Coach When a person finds out he has been laid off, he is faced with the task of searching for a new job, and in today’s job market, a job seeker needs to tap into every resource available to find employment. No longer can he simply look in

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Be Prepared to Succeed at Job Fairs!

By THERESE MARIE BOLDT, FOX 2 Career Coach SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – In today’s economy, a job seeker can leave no stone unturned. Finding a job requires a person to employ a broad array of tactics – from searching the internet to working with recruiters to networking to attending job fairs. Many people who historically speaking

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November Networking Opportunities

This is a great time of year to ease into networking in the spirit of “giving back.”  The holidays are fast approaching, and community-based groups are gearing up for events and programs to benefit the Detroit metro area.  Working toward a common goal can make it easier for the novice networking jobseeker to get to

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