You landed the interview – congratulations! Over the next few days, you’ll want to prepare for your interview. Pick out the right outfit, plan for the drive to ensure you arrive 15 minutes early, and practice your answers to the questions that will most likely be asked. While it isn’t guaranteed what they will ask, […]
Category: Career Tips
Skills Employers Are Looking For
There are two types of skills that employers are looking for: soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills are interpersonal; they’re qualities a person has learned overtime through their experiences and often have naturally. Hard skills are proficiencies that can be learned through education and training and often have physical representations, like certifications or degrees, […]
How to Write a Cover Letter That Will Get You Hired
There are quite a few steps a job seeker takes during the job hunt, but the most difficult for a lot of people is writing the cover letter. It sounds far too simple, but it’s often forgotten – a cover letter is a letter. When writing correspondence, there are a few stand-by rules to follow: […]
How to Write a Kick-Ass Résumé
A résumé shouldn’t be a collection of facts, it should tell a story about you. What do you want the hiring manager to remember about you when they’re done reading? That’s your career-story! For example, if you’re applying to be a Project Manager, you might want the person perusing your résumé to remember you as […]
Interview with Kent Lewis
Changing or progressing your career and working through your job search can be discouraging. You may be seeking guidance from career coaches on YouTube, asking friends or former colleagues for support, or setting up calls with mentors. It’s a rough road, we understand. You may be recollecting on your entire career-life, dating back to your […]
The Four Cs: Interview the Interviewer
When preparing for an interview, it’s a best practice to prep a few questions for the interviewer. It’s hard to think of what to ask. You think to yourself, “it’s their job to be asking the questions, right?” Wrong. You get to ask. And you should! So, where do you start? We break it down […]
Tips for Job Hunting
Job hunting is something we all can relate to. Everyone has, at some point, searched for a job. You’re probably looking for one now. We can help! We’ve been around the job-hunting block. Try these tips to help with the hunt! Identify your Skills and Interests You don’t just want a job; you want […]
Meet June’s Speaker: Kerstin McInnis
Burnout to Balance: 3 Tools to Get You Back on Track Kerstin McInnis is an intuitive career & transition coach, writer and teacher. She has worked as a corporate marketing professional in the areas of marketing, events, promotions, and communications for over 20 years. She spent the majority of her corporate career at Microsoft where she […]
Meet April’s Speaker: Jane Boutwell
Traits of Top Tier Talent: Accountability in Communication We are excited to announce Jane Boutwell as our April Speaker! Jane is an executive trainer, corporate learning leader, presentation coach, and speech communications consultant at JB Communications. Jane helps companies retain top tier talent through employee training and development. Great communication skills can change how team work […]
Meet March’s Speaker: Kent Lewis
5 Strategies to Turn an Internship into a Career in Search Marketing We are excited to introduce Kent Lewis as pdxMindShare’s speaker for March! Kent Lewis is the President and Founder of Anvil Media, a digital marketing agency in Portland, Oregon and has co-founded a handful of agencies and organizations, including pdxMindShare, eROI, and SEMpdx. […]
