Jessica Pierce

Over the last five or so years many of us have experiences a lay off from a job or had to close a business. We have gaps in our work history. How do we explain them? The first thing is to be honest. Keep your answer simple. If possible, include relevant volunteer and other experience [...]

For many job seekers, the focus of the search is on finding a company and position where they will be a good fit. The goal is to get the interview. We often forget the rest of the process that includes reference checking. This is a critical piece of the process to getting a new job.  [...]

What you do after a job interview is almost as important as what you do before an interview. You want to be THE employee they want to hire without going over the top. Listen as you are asked – and answer – questions. Pay close to attention to areas in the interview where you feel [...]

Last week at Career Connectors Kyla Bonstetter of Top Talent Consulting spoke about the DISC Assessment and Your Job Search. I wanted to take some time to explore the specific parts of the DISC and how you can use them to help you land the job of your dreams.  The DISC illustrates to you and [...]

In our blog post Maximize the DISC Assessment to Land the Job of Your Dreams we talked about DISC basics including what each of the letters means. Today I want to talk to you about how to use the DISC Assessment in the job search.  No matter your age or experience, there is great value [...]

At Career Connectors you will often hear me and other speakers talk about creating a list of your target companies for your job search. It can be overwhelming to create this list along with the other tasks of being a job seeker. This is why I also say that finding a job needs to be [...]

Having been a speaker/instructor on the power of LinkedIn for job seekers, I am especially interested in the recent changes to LinkedIn. Back in December we started seeing changes to functions on LinkedIn. Since then 175 million users are being converted to the new profile format. If you’re not seeing the new format, rest assured [...]

Chris Bisgrove and his family are friends of our family.  I was absolutely shocked when Chris called me up one day to let me know he was in the market for a new position.  I love his story for many reasons, including… his immediate jump on the situation, his ability to take advice (even if he [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote about exploring how your expertise could be used in corporate America as a consultant, contractor or solopreneur. There are quite a few moving parts to owning your own business and not everyone wants to be their own boss. Whether it is your own decision or your company laid you [...]

Whether you’re unhappy in your current job or looking to re-enter the workforce, you should have a list of companies for whom you want to work. You have picked these companies because they have qualities that attract you. There are reasons to want to work at [insert name of dream company]. What do they all [...]