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☆ Harvard career advisor: Use these 10 phrases every day to stand out and succeed at work
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Gorick Ng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Many early career professionals put their heads down and work, or at least pretend to. Many early career professionals wait to be told what to do. Many early career professionals do their work without understanding why they're doing that work. 'The context is … 'Many early career professionals jump straight into extended monologues. Many early career professionals disappear and spend hours (or sometimes days, or even weeks) doing the wrong work.

Persons: I've Organizations: ramble

☆ Don't just press 'connect' when adding people on LinkedIn: 'All it shows is that you were able to push a button,' says expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

And many of those people — whether they are in your industry or not — likely have valuable work insights to share. So, how do you go about connecting with them, especially with the ones you've never actually met? When it comes to adding people to your LinkedIn network, "never" simply click the "connect" button, says Gorick Ng, author of "The Unspoken Rules" and a career advisor at Harvard. Pressing 'connect' is 'low effort'Trying to add someone to your LinkedIn network who you've never met can be tricky, but just pressing "connect" won't necessarily convince them to add you. "All it shows is that you were able to push a button."

Persons: Gorick Ng, you've, Ng, Angelina Darrisaw Organizations: LinkedIn, Harvard

☆ Up to 3 'really strong' recommendations is more than enough for your LinkedIn—here's how to get them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

If you are looking for a job on LinkedIn, best practices include using the banner to show off professional accomplishments and keeping your experiences up to date. "LinkedIn recommendations are an opportunity to reinforce what you are saying about your skills and qualities," says Angelina Darrisaw, career coach and founder of C-Suite Coach. More specifically, "the best recommendations come from someone who has a well built-out LinkedIn profile themselves," says Gorick Ng, Harvard career advisor and author of "The Unspoken Rules." Finally, "credibility in the labor market comes from the organization name or the job title," says Ng. "The higher up you go, the sexier the job title or the more credible the job title," he says.

Persons: Angelina Darrisaw, you've, who's, Gorick Ng, Ng Organizations: LinkedIn, Harvard

☆ I have messed up a lot in job interviews—here's how to avoid my worst mistakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The job interview is nerve wracking — but there are plenty of ways to prepare to help you feel confident. I myself have messed up during job interviews and while I can't be sure to what extent these mess-ups had an impact, I didn't ultimately get offers for any of the jobs. Here are three mistakes I made in job interviews and why experts say you should avoid them. When you're doing a job interview, "your interviewer is asking themselves, can you do your job?" When you're going in for a job interview, use the job description, your experience of like work and any informational interviews to get a sense of the tasks you could be doing.

Persons: you'll, didn't, Octavia Goredema, who'd, Gorick Ng Organizations: Harvard Locations: Manhattan

☆ Consulting firms are offering delayed start dates to some new hires—5 tips for handling it, say career experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

If you're one of the many dealing with a delay to your job offer, chances are you feel like you are facing a setback. But fear not, career experts say. Although your options on what to do are endless, here is what career experts Vicki Salemi and Gorick Ng advise you to do with your time. Look for interim — or new — workIt is crucial to keep your options open during and apply to new positions, while keeping confidentiality so as not to jeopardize your existing offer, Salemi says. Develop important, relevant skillsBoth Ng and Salemi say this gap period could also be a chance to accelerate learning through certifications, online or in-person courses and workshops, and immersion language programs.

Persons: Gorick Ng, Vicki Salemi, Ng, Salemi Organizations: Harvard Locations: Saharan Africa, American

☆ Career advice for the class of 2023: How to find a job you love
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Cindy Perman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

What's important, Ng and other career experts say, is that you don't just look for a job, whether it's your first or fifth. Gorick Ng author of "The Unspoken Rules"LinkedIn career expert Blair Heitmann recommends making a career bucket list. Are you on the right career ladder? Ng offers this visual: Jobs are rungs on a career ladder. Don't assume that you will get something because you 'deserve it'OK, so let's say you are lucky enough to land at a job is on the right career ladder for you.

☆ How to write a cover letter in 5 minutes, says Harvard career expert: 'It's professional Mad Libs'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"A cover letter is like a written introduction of yourself," says Gorick Ng, a Harvard career advisor and author of "The Unspoken Rules." He creates a basic cover letter template including all of the key talking points, then leaves out components like the HR representative he'd address and the specific company he's applying for. Going forward, he simply plugs in the relevant information and saves each cover letter as a new document. "It's professional Mad Libs," he says, adding that, "It takes me, what? Five, max 10 minutes to do a new cover letter" each time.

☆ 3 common cover letter mistakes—and how to fix them: One ‘takes literally less than a minute’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"A cover letter is like a written introduction of yourself," says Gorick Ng, a Harvard career advisor and author of "The Unspoken Rules." Addressing it 'to whom it may concern'To begin with, it is critical to address your cover letter to an actual person instead of writing a generic "to whom it may concern." A lot of people don't submit a cover letter, and if they do, they go that non-specific route. "An easy way to customize your cover letter that takes literally less than a minute is to mention the company's name and to mention the job title," says Ng. Include these details in the first paragraph of the cover letter after you've introduced yourself.

☆ Job search stalled? Here are the resume, interview and networking tips you need to get back on track
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Cindy Perman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Or have you embarked on a new job search full of optimism only to have it stall out? Are you unable to start your job search? If you're having trouble achieving liftoff, getting your job search started, Fisher recommends asking yourself a few questions:What are you avoiding? "But we don't really walk ourselves through that so we're like, 'Agh! "A successful job search is all about navigating your way to the intersection of what you want and where you have the best odds of landing a position," Ng said.

☆ The best places to find ‘simple, no-BS’ resume templates, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

There's the order of things ― your education, experience, then skills if you've just graduated from college, or your experience, education, then skills if you're a few years into the workforce. Here are three expert-approved sites to get resume templates online. Harvard College bullet point resume"For a simple, no-BS resume that gets the job done, I'd recommend the Harvard College bullet point resume template," says Gorick Ng, Harvard career adviser and author of "The Unspoken Rules." Free resume templates through Google workspace"I'd recommend free templates available through Google workspace," says Angelina Darrisaw, career coach and founder and CEO of C-Suite Coach. More specifically, in Google Docs, job seekers "can access five resume templates in the template gallery, as well as several other useful templates for business (e.g.

☆ How to format your resume the right way, according to experts: 'The standard template is 3 sections'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

asks Stacie Haller, chief career advisor at Resume Builder. "You have six seconds" to impress a hiring recruiter considering you for a position. That's why it's critical to get your resume right when applying for jobs. But getting the format right will certainly make it easier for hiring managers to decipher information quickly. "The standard template is three sections," according to Gorick Ng, Harvard career adviser and author of "The Unspoken Rules."

☆ The resume-like doc to keep on your desktop for when a dream job opportunity pops up: 'You want to be ready'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As you're building your career history, experts recommend keeping an ongoing record of everything you've done on the job. This document has been called a continuous resume or a CV, and it highlights every significant piece of your career ― from day-to-day accomplishments to major awards. When applying to new positions, this document serves as a point of reference from which you can copy and paste the most relevant and up-to-date experience for a resume for the prospective job. Here's how experts recommend keeping it. Keeping it up-to-date means when it's time to write the resume for that prospective job, you don't have to wrack your brain to remember accomplishments from previous positions.

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