EdWARD Lawrence Career and Life coach

By Micah Norris When you’re bored, tired, or plain struggling, video games can be a wonderful pick-me-up. The best games tell...

By Lynda Bassett https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndabassett/ https://www.lyndambassett.com/ Tell me if this sounds familiar. You have an...

Dear StopSign, I’m unemployed. How many hours per week should I devote to my job search? As usual, I checked with my close sources...

Dear StopSign, My LI Photo is a few years old. How often should I update it? Mr. StopSign last updated his LI headshot in 2019 (two years...

Does Unpaid Experience Count? Dear StopSign, I have experience, but it’s unpaid. Does it count? Ms. StopSign used to volunteer at an...

How not to be a stalker Dear StopSign, How often can I follow-up with a lead without being a stalker? What an interesting question! The...

How to Beat An Assessment Test Dear Stop Sign, “How do I beat an assessment test?” That’s a great question, because according to surveys,...

Telling you what NOT to do! Welcome to The Stop Sign--- a job-search column offering serious career advice with a touch of humor to help...

Employers want to determine three things at an interview: 1. Whether you can you do the job. 2. Whether you will want to keep doing the...

Recently, I was once again asked why companies administer hiring assessments. As usual, my answer included the importance of an applicant...

Regardless of how well coworkers typically get along, disagreements are certain to happen occasionally. Even a seemingly trivial...

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​ ​I asked my friend the poker expert what separates the poker pros from the rest of us. He recited four characteristics that enable the...

The Old Rules No Longer Work My friend John, a professional poker player and my poker mentor, once asked me, “If you ever did pay $10K to...

Brigette Hyacinth (Author: The Future of Leadership: Rise of Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence) recently posted on...

In part one of the Interviewing Success series, you learned: Everyone is hired as a problem-solver. In part two, you learned the first...

Interview Success: Will You Want to Keep Doing the Job? In part one of the Interviewing Success series you learned: Everyone is hired as...

In the first part of this interviewing success series you learned: Everyone is hired as a problem-solver. They only care about your skill...

You were perfect for that job. You had all the skills they listed in the ad. When they asked that softball “tell me about yourself”...

This story is based on a real incident. The client worked with me on the story and approved it. Names have been changed to preserve...