Your Career With Mike Palumbo

There are several ways to deal with lower job offers and how to negotiate a higher salary, but first you have to assess your situation. How badly do you need a job? How long can you hold out for that “perfect” position? And, how flexible are you? Listen Now! If you are dealing with salary negotiation issue and are working in bridge construction go to recruiters for the bridge construction industries 

Some interviewers can be very tricky and, quite frankly, very annoying with their interview questions. What's the point? Just when I think I've heard and seen everything when it comes to interviewers and their crazy tactics, I'll hear about something else that will drive me crazy. Listen Now! If you're in the concrete business and need to combat interview questions go to recruiters for the concrete industries

The best way to leverage your career is to explore opportunities when you are gainfully employed, not looking, and happy! That's exactly how to leverage your career! What? That sounds like a contradiction, doesn't it? Why should you explore opportunities when you are perfectly happy? Good question...listen now! If you are a civil engineer working in construction and want to know how to leverage your career go to recruiters for the civil construction industries

Are you hiding something in your resume or CV? Why? They'll find out anyway! If you knew whatever you're hiding, or seemingly trying to hide, on your resume ultimately would be discovered would you do it? And, as someone who reads a lot of engineering construction jobs resumes, you're not fooling anyone we can spot cryptic resumes! If you are working in the heavy construction industry and have had issues with your resume go to recruiters for the heavy construction industries

Did you know that most people struggle with the question of their current salary, or salary history, when they are asked during an interview or when they’re filling out job applications for employment? If you don’t struggle with this question you’re not normal because most people do! In this show we will discuss how to handle salary questions - Listen now! If youare having issues handling salary questions and you work in industrial contracting go to recruiters for the industrial construction industries

Is your career field still in demand? You must have realistic career choices when deciding on a new career for you. Supply and demand is huge when it comes to your marketabilitiy and career choices. You must be realistic when choosing your new career. Are you in demand anymore? Take a listen!  If you want some realistic career choices and industries that will be hear for a long time go to recruiters for the light rail industries

The best way to negotiate a raise is to become in demand! When you're the best at your position, within your company, you will be in demand and command a raise! That's right! You won't have to ask! Let's discuss how you can be in demand! Listen now! If you're in the pile driving construction industry and are looking for a good way to negotiate a raise go to recruiters for the pile driving industries

When buying real estate it is location, location, location! And when choosing a new career it is technology, technolgy, technology! If you're currently in a dying industry, or just bored with what you're doing at your current job, you must find a "hot" industry before you change jobs! Don't go from one dying industry to another! In this show we will discuss the Top Careers in Demand - The Hot Industries for 2016 and beyond!  Hint: think technology, medical, Contracting jobs, and more! Listen Now! If you're looking for top careers in demand, look no further than the steel industry, so if you are looing for career help go to recruiters for the steel industries  

The only question a company has about you when you're interviewing is, "What can YOU do for the company?" That's it! And I don't care what the interview question is, that's what they want to know. So, how do you deal with this when you're interviewing? I have the answer - listen now!    If you're in the tunnel construction business and are looking for interview tips go to recruiters in the tunnel construction industries

When you're preparing for a mock interview make sure the person interviewing you is serious. In order to practice and get anything out of a mock interview you, and especially the interviewer, must take it seriously. Listen now!

When you're interviewing for a position it is very important that you stay positive about previous employers. The interviewer is looking for signs of a bad character, so being negative will reflect badly on you, so don't do it! Stay positive about past employers. Take a listen! 

Resumes are a pain to put together, aren't they? But they don't have to be if you keep your resume updated. There are a lot of reasons to keep your resume updated, but probably the most imporant reason is your memory! Let's discuss how to build a resume. Take a listen! 

If you're looking for jobs that are hiring or future jobs, look into planes, trains, ships and automobiles! TRANSPORTATION and SHIPPING isn't going away anytime soon! Take a listen! 

How are your resume language skills? When people read your resume can they understand it? Does it make sense? Make sure you translate your resume to that industry that you are applying to. It will make a huge difference. Take a listen! 

Is there such a thing as casual job openings within companies? Absolutely! In fact, that is how most professional recruiting firms operate. If you're not taking advantage of casual job openings you're making a mistake! Take a listen!

So my job search experiment was to evaluate online job applications and apply to jobs that were advertised throughout the Internet vs. using a more targeted approach and targeting companies that were not advertising. Listen to the results!    

Do you want to know one of the best questions to ask interviewers? There are a lot of questions, of course, but this one question will really help you with any future anxiety. Take a listen!

Hiring Managers need you MORE than you need them, it's true. HR Managers, Corporate Recruiters, Outside Recruiters, Employment Agencies - All of them! These people are in the business of filling positions. If they cannot fill positions, they won't have a job. What about you? Take a listen! 

I have seen job offers rescinded because a candidate was dawdling, so don't dawdle with your job offers. If a job offer is acceptable to you - accept it! If a job offer isn't acceptable, then tell the company what needs to be changed to make it acceptable. Whatever you do, don't just turn down a position, make sure you tell the company what they can do to make the job offer acceptable to you. Take a listen! 

Do you know what drives me crazy? Consulting with someone about their career - making suggestions - and then finding out that the person didn't do anything about it! What a waste of time! Do you have problems with making decisions? Why? Take a listen!