Jessica Pierce

Effectively using LinkedIn can be the difference between landing the career of your dreams and finding a j-o-b. It is THE place where recruiters and hiring managers are sourcing qualified candidates. This is due in part to being able to seek out passive candidates as well as active job seekers. It is worth your time [...]

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 [...]

Making the most of your LinkedIn profile could be the difference between being searched and being found. This is not to say being an active job seeker isn’t important. It is to say that while you are networking or working on job seeker activities your LinkedIn profile can be working for you. Recruiters and hiring [...]

While you don’t want to bring a box of items to an interview and look like you’re moving in, it is important to have a few key items with you. What you bring to a job interview are things that you absolutely do not want to be without such as your list of references. There [...]

Social media is a relevant and evolving way for companies to recruit prospective employees. Whether you’re actively seeking employment or passively using social media sites like LinkedIn and Twitter, recruiters are watching you. They want to find the most relevant and qualified employees that fit their corporate culture. According to Socialnomics in The Social Media [...]

As a career transition expert and co-founder of Career Connectors, I have seen my fair share of professional headshots that will get you noticed. Some photos will get you noticed in a way that gets you an interview or at least gets your LinkedIn profile reviewed by a hiring manager. Other photos – or lack [...]

While we’ve seen some positive movement in the current job market, we aren’t out of the woods yet. When I started Career Connectors in 2009 we had hundreds of job seekers at our events and no jobs to share with them. I am pleased to say there are jobs available today as well as government [...]

As I speak to more and more job seekers and employers it has become clear how finding a job is like running a business. There is a reason you get up in the morning and a purpose to your activities. Whether a business owner or job seeker you are seeking ways to identify yourself or [...]

As job seekers we tend to network with other job seekers. We crave community and sense of belonging. While this may yield leads in the job search, more often than not we are digging ourselves into a deeper sense of despair. To curb this feeling, here are five places where job seekers should be networking: [...]

As a follow-up to the Call 12 to Action investigation featured in the Arizona Republic business section on May 13, 2012 called Be Wary of Some Online Job Offers I was part of an online discussion with journalist Robert Anglen and local job seekers yesterday. We covered a wide variety of topics some of which I wanted [...]