Job Seeker Tips
The Keys to Unlocking Your Most Successful Career
Finding a job, flourishing on the job and moving into a better job demand plenty of work–especially during a jobless recovery. Joann Lublin, Wall Street Journal’s ‘Managing Your Career’ columnest offers her best.
“That’s why I am offering my five best lessons for managing your career, gleaned since I launched this column in July 1993. … No one can manage You Inc. better than you. And here’s how to do it: ”
1. Network effectively rather than aimlessly.
2. Sweat the small stuff.
3. Make your résumé and business card work overtime for you.
4. Pay it forward.
5. Know thyself—and be ready for reinvention.