David Hults Career Counseling: Career Coach / Author / Speaker

I talk about the importance of using social media to market yourself a lot. Why? Simply put, because that’s where companies are looking!! Not sure you believe me? This very enlightening infographic I recently saw on Mashable tells the story:

Perhaps you lost a major client and it’s part of an inevitable fallout. Maybe the company simply hasn’t been as profitable, and it’s the only way to turn things around. Or possibly there’s just not enough work to go around anymore and it’s management’s only choice. “It” is a layoff, and in today’s economic market, [...]

I encourage EVERYONE to put their career in their own hands. But some people take that advice very literally, quitting their job to go into business for themselves. As this CNBC article points out, more and more “Employees are bidding farewell to corporate America in the hope of finding a more secure, or at lest [...]

I came across a CNBC article about career change that highlights how to successfully reinvent yourself (doing something completely different in your career), and I wanted to share it with you – and throw in my two cents. I would argue that in today’s market everyone is evolving. Change is here to stay, be it [...]

As I’ve stressed before, social media is becoming a mandatory tool in networking. If you’re resisting new job searching strategies because they break your comfort zone, this is something you’re going to need to overcome. This article in the Tennessean showcases some statistics that prove you must play in the social world if you want [...]

Nothing makes me madder than discrimination. The hiring field is no stranger to discrimination, as has been the case with race, and more recently, age. But have you heard of hiring decision makers discriminating based on whether you are already employed or not when applying for a job? Because it’s happening in want-ads all the [...]

As a friend of mine who has been involved with GO! Network and BBJ recently pointed out to me, there are a lot of people out there – employed and unemployed – who have questions about tracking online reputations. As I’ve discussed with my Career Coaching clients, sometimes that means simply seeing what others can [...]

“Your attitude is a combination of your thinking, your emotions, your way of viewing events and circumstances around you, and your perspective. Your attitude is what you do and how you respond to the things that occur in your life. Without question, attitude is a determining factor in our success or failure. Attitude is a [...]

Whether you’re searching for a new career or simply trying to keep an eye on employment numbers and trends, here’s what the Bureau of Labor Statistics has to report for the month of June: Unemployment rates were lower in June than a year earlier in 224 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 127 areas, [...]

When I ask my Career Coaching clients where they think they are in their career journey, they often tell me their career history. That’s not what I want to hear! Your history is irrelevant at this point. I want to know what your target is. But if you don’t know what your target is, don’t [...]