[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeHKzxsK-M[/svp] Debra Mastic and I spend time helping you understand how a resume navigates a hiring pipeline and how to write a great resume.   Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves life coaching, as well as executive...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pko6Droxv0[/svp] Follow Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NoBSCoachingAdvice Here’s a question from someone about whether or not to follow up on their resume after it is submitted through the applicant tracking system. [spp-transcript] Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_2SaLHY0c[/svp] Follow Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NoBSCoachingAdvice Jeff answers a question for someone about whether employers really check references. Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves life coaching, as well as executive job search...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zM8cyAMMHI[/svp] A job hunter who is learning that references matter asks what s/he can do When his manager is getting a bad reference. [spp-transcript] Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves life coaching, as well as executive job...Continue Reading

Someone wrote to me with the question and this is my way of responding to them and the question is, “How do I successfully pad my resume?”It seems that this person has a four year gap in the background during which time they took some college classes and dealt with some mental health issues and...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfCSP9ydxR4[/svp] With credit to Nick Corcodilos of “Ask the Headhunter,” here is a smart way to negotiate changes to your job offer by starting with, “Yes.” [spp-transcript] Do you really think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCD2Alo8kg[/svp] Here are a few of the things recent grads often do you wrong when they start job hunting. [spp-transcript] Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves life coaching, as well as executive job search coaching and business...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Jiy-lumU0[/svp] I like the Myers-Briggs exam that most people have heard about but I absolutely loved CORE MAP. It offered a wealth of information far exceeding what taking a full Meyers-Briggs offers, not just the even less valuable online versions. Bruce Chodosh is someone who facilitates CORE MAP and works with people to understand their...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Jz12WNr70[/svp] The statistics are clear that most jobs are filled by referral, rather than by answering job ads online yet when people think of networking, they head to LinkedIn instead of where all there friends are at Facebook. Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter speaks with Joshua Waldman, the author of “Job Searching with Social...Continue Reading

[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m83XeR8ewOI[/svp] Everyone makes mistakes. I make mistakes. You make mistakes. It’s just the way things are. In job search, mistakes are very very expensive. They can result in you losing opportunities you could have had and, even if you get the job, receiving a lower salary offer than you might have otherwise. On this show,...Continue Reading