Talent Tips: Job Seekers
Talent Tip #159: Airing of Application Grievances: Holiday Lessons For Job Seekers
December 13, 2023
The Talent Market Team
Pour the eggnog and erect the Festivus pole – it’s time for our annual Airing of the Application Grievances!
Now, before we jump in, keep in mind that the ladies of Talent Market see a sleigh full of job applications each year (4,000+ this year!). That means we see thousands of reasons for people to land on Santa’s Nice List…and just as many (if not more) for them to end up on the Naughty…
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Talent Tip #158: Lessons From the Roller Coaster: A Job Seeker’s Advice for Job Seekers
November 20, 2023
Bailey Drouant
Is it just me or does job hunting feel like a roller coaster ride?
It takes you from the build-up of painstakingly updating your resume and meticulously tailoring cover letters, to the anxiety-inducing anticipation of interviews, to the lows of getting the dreaded “we went in another direction” email, to the highs of getting a coveted job offer. Whew. There’s a reason people throw up on roller coasters, ya know.
Not too long ago, I…
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Talent Tip #157: Five MORE Tips for Discussing Salary During Your Job Hunt
October 24, 2023
Claire Kittle Dixon, Executive Director, Talent Market
Last month you’ll remember we offered up the first five of 10 tips on discussing salary during your job hunt. This month we’ll finish off the list with the last five.
When asked about salary during an interview, answer…and then stop talking – If you haven’t already provided salary information in an application or cover letter, you might find yourself sitting in front of the hiring manager and being asked, “What is… Read More
Talent Tip #156: Five Tips for Discussing Salary During Your Job Hunt
September 19, 2023
Claire Kittle Dixon
Salary is a hot topic here at Talent Market (right up there with interviewing, dating, the Great Cat Versus Dog Debate, and the proper use of the word “bet”).
And that’s why I couldn’t believe our last comprehensive article about salary was more than 50 Talent Tips ago! I’m ashamed!
Let me make it up to our dear readers by providing 10 tips for discussing salary during your job hunt. You’ll get five this month and five…
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Talent Tip #155: What Promposals Can Teach Us About Hiring
July 18, 2023
Picture the scene. It’s prom season at Brookdale High School. Emotions, hormones, Taylor Swift, and the faint scent of benzoyl peroxide permeate the air.
Brandy is a popular and pretty senior who is perceptively aware that she is both popular and pretty. She makes it clear to all of her friends, enemies, frenemies, and the entire social media universe that she is excited about prom…but does not yet have a date.
After sending out her social SOS, she…
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Congratulations to Talent Market’s 2023 Award Winners!
June 20, 2023
Talent Market was proud to sponsor the 2023 AF Annual Gala and Awards Showcase and we were thrilled to have presented two new awards during the event in May: The Secret Weapon Award and the Program of the Year Award.
We were incredibly impressed by the quality and quantity of nominees for both awards. Choosing the…
Read MoreTalent Tip #154: Advice for Graduates: The Talent Market Team Shares Our Biggest Lessons
May 23, 2023
In the midst of graduation season, the Talent Market team wanted to share some of the most important lessons we learned at the start of our careers. Embrace networking – Stephanie
When I was a fresh-faced graduate, I thought my network was about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. To me, networking was just a bunch of people handing out business cards and pretending to be interested in each other’s lives. But luckily, I had a…
Talent Tip #153: The Secret to Landing a Job and Lifting 300 Pounds
April 18, 2023
Katelynn Barbosa
When I was 27, I started powerlifting for the first time (too lazy for cardio) and quickly became besotted with the idea of deadlifting 300 pounds. So, I eagerly approached my coach and asked, “What’s the secret to lifting 300 pounds?”
“The secret?”
“Yeah, I have seen women lift 300 pounds and it looks awesome! I would love to be able to do that. What do they do? Is it those gummy bears they…
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Talent Tip #152: You’re Not the Snoop to My Dogg: 4 Common Reasons for Rejection
February 21, 2023
Claire Dixon
“I just want to know why it didn’t work out between us.”
That’s how he started the phone call. No greeting. No small talk. Just straight for the jugular.
I knew I shouldn’t have picked up. After all, rule #1 of dating is never take a call from an ex unless you want to attempt to jump-start that ol’ jalopy. Because the moment you pick up, you’ll find yourself right in the middle of your very own rom-com…
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1,000 Placements! Talent Market Celebrates a Milestone!
January 24, 2023
Talent Market is thrilled to announce our 1,000th placement!
You read that correctly. We’ve helped one thousand amazingly talented individuals land critical roles in the free-market movement.
We are both excited and humbled to hit this milestone. And to appreciate where we are now, you have to rewind 13 1/2 years.
In 2009, Tracie Sharp (President and CEO of State Policy Network) and the late Whitney Ball (then President and CEO of DonorsTrust) had an idea for…
