Jessica Pierce

As jobseekers, many of whom are long-term unemployed, there are many things to remember about the employment process. Most of us focus on the resume and cover letter and a great amount of attention should be paid to the list of references. Selecting references can be a make or break for you getting the position [...]

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 [...]

Sometimes it takes being kicked out of corporate America or losing a home or other devastating life events for us to realize what is important in life. As the co-founder of Career Connectors I have heard hundreds of stories from job seekers about the economic climate, interview experiences, loss of homes, the end of marriages [...]

Over the last five years my life has changed significantly. From my husband and I losing our jobs to losing our dream home and rebuilding our lives, we have been on a journey. Our story isn’t finished and neither is yours! I know I usually write about career and employment topics but this is really [...]

Back in 1994 Danny DeVito starred in a movie called Renaissance Man wherein he takes the only job available – a teacher in the US Army. It is his job to prevent a group of misfit recruits from failing out of basic training. Many of us can relate to taking a job because it’s what is available [...]

As a consultant I am dedicated to matching employees with the right positions in the marketplace by coaching companies as well as candidates. From an employee perspective today’s marketplace is one of little demand and high supply. Depending on who you ask and which factors are included in the evaluation, unemployment is between nine and [...]

As a career expert I am often sharing how to use LinkedIn from the job seeker and the recruiter perspective. Rarely am I asked what NOT to do so I wanted to share some LinkedIn DON’Ts. What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is an online resume and reference website. The “social” aspect of this site is in [...]

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to about 75 professionals in career transition at Career Connectors about the Twitter: The Hidden Job Market.  I’ve posted the content below in a previous blog from last year, but I wanted to provide it again for those that were searching for this content. One of the fastest [...]

Job Resources on Twitter @CareerConnected – job resources program in Phoenix, AZ @jobs_now – all kinds of jobs @37jobs – high tech jobs @jobsintech – more high tech jobs @robojobs – even more high tech jobs @sfmobilejobs – Jobs for the Mobile Web and Digital Media in Silicon Valley, Seattle, LA and NYC. @medical_jobs – [...]

Last week I was privileged to speak at the Disability Empowerment Center at their event Focus on Employment: Creating Careers for a Brighter Future. The following are the high points of my presentation Interactive Networking to Career Landing.   In the first part of this post we discussed the benefits of networking to job seeker and employer. The homework was [...]