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The Top 3 Problems with Career Transitions (And How to Solve Them)

June 14, 2012 By shinobicareercoach Leave a Comment

Here are the top three problems if you’re switching careers from your old to new industry and how to start dealing with them.

Filed Under: career, Career Search, Career Transition, Job Search, Marketing, personal branding, Relationships/Networking Tagged With: brand, branding, brands, career opportunities, careers, facebook, google, how to volunteer, internship, internships, job opportunities, jobs, linkedin, Marketing, media social, networking, skill, Social Media, social media networking, social network, social networking, social networks, volunteer, volunteers, why social media, why volunteer

5 Reasons Why You Want a Name for Cover Letters

March 29, 2012 By Sunny Lam 1 Comment

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Here are five reasons why you want to (and ways to) address your resume, cover letter and all your marketing materials to specific people.

Filed Under: career, Career Search, cover letter, How To, Job Search, Writing Tagged With: branding, career jobs, cover letter, cover letters, covering letter, covering letters, coverletter, curriculum vitae, example of a cover letter, example of cover letter, find me a job, get a job, give me a job, help me find a job, how to get a job, how to resume, hr resources, human resources, job application, job career, jobs in, Marketing, networking, resume, resumes, sample of a cover letter, sample of cover letter, voice mail, voicemail, what is a cover letter, what is cover letter, what is hr

6 Ways to Get the Skills You Need and Mobile Job Search: Month in Review

February 2, 2012 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

Here’s your review of January 2012 posts at the SCC. It covers everything from stats (lies and more lies), mobile recruiting, ways job seekers can get the skills they need (with the help of employers) and the core idea for building a sexier resume.

Filed Under: career, Career Search, economy, Employment, Job Search, Labour, personal branding, Skills Training, Social Media, Technology, Video/Film, Writing Tagged With: a job, a resume, apprentice, apprentices, apprenticeship, apprenticeships, career, career jobs, career opportunities, co op, compensation, consumer price index, coop, coops, cost living, cost of living, cover letter, cpi, cross fit, crossfit, curriculo vitae, curriculum cv, curriculum vitae, cv curriculum vitae, cv resume, cv vitae, department labor, economic, economics, employee, employer, find a job, find job, find jobs, find me a job, find work, full time job, full time jobs, full time work, get a job, give me a job, help me find a job, hiring, how to do a resume, how to do resume, how to find a job, how to get a job, how to resume, how to write resume, how write a resume, human development, human resource management, human resources, in unemployment, inflation, internship, internships, job, job applications, job career, job careers, job find, job opportunities, job part time, job seeker, job seekers, jobs full time, jobs in canada, jobs on line, jobs online, jobs part time, jobs search, jobsearch, jobseekers, linked, linked in, living cost, mind map, mind maps, networking, new jobs, oil prices, online jobs, part time jobs, part time work, parttime job, parttime jobs, recruiting, resume cv, resume write, resumes, search for jobs, social networking, statistic, statistical, statistics, statistics on, the cost of living, un curriculum vitae, unemployment, unemployment rates, vitae, wages, was ist inflation, what is a human resource, what is hr, what is human resource, what ist eine inflation, where to find jobs, work part time, work training, workforce, write a resume, write resume

6 Steps on How to Do Informational Interviews [Video]

November 24, 2011 By Sunny Lam 3 Comments

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The best way to learn about something is go talk to someone who’s doing that something. Call it the informational interview and there are 6 easy steps to making it help you expand your network and your job search.

Filed Under: career, Career Search, Job Search, networking, Research, Skills Training, Strategy, Video/Film, Vlogs Tagged With: what is an interview, about networking, advice, basics, find a job, find job, finding, hints, how to network, how to networking, Job Search, job seekers, jobsearch, network it, networking, searching, seek, seeking, strategies, success, this network, tips, tricks, video, videos youtube, what is a network, what is interview, what is network, what is networking, what is research, what is strategy, youtube videos

How People Really Use LinkedIn in 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]

September 29, 2011 By Sunny Lam 3 Comments

How do people really use LinkedIn? Lab 42 came out with an infographic about that and you’ll also learn about some of my thoughts on what the numbers really mean.

Filed Under: Business Management, career, Career Search, Employment, Infographic, Job Search, networking, Social Media Tagged With: a network, a social network, about linkedin, about networking, about social media, about social networking, employment, employment news, entry-level, find a job, find job, find jobs, hiring, how to find job, how to network, how to networking, how to reference, job employment, job find, Job Search, job search job search, job seekers, jobsearch, leads, linkedin, linkedin.com, networking, networking site, peers, reference letter, references, Social Media, social media how to, social network, social networking, social networking sites, social networks, social Web sites, unemployment, vacancies, what is a network, what is a referral, what is linkedin, what is network, what is networking, workforce

3 Problems with Traditional Networking

August 18, 2011 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

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Are you sick and tired of going to networking lunches and coming back with a stack of business cards that you don’t know what to do with or maybe none at all (and nothing else either)?

Filed Under: Job Search, networking, Psychology and Behaviour, Relationships/Networking, Video/Film, Vlogs Tagged With: a network, about networking, basics, bni, branding, business, find a job, find job, get a job, how to find a job, how to network, how to networking, i need a job, job find, job referrals, Job Search, job search job search, job seeker, jobstreet, looking for a job, looking for job, Marketing, mkt, need a job, need job, network connections, network it, networking, networking advice, networking tips, referral from, referrals, social network, strategies, this network, traditional networking, what is a network, what is a referral, what is a strategy, what is network, what is networking, what is strategy

The Top Nine Posts of April 2011: Coach’s Corner

May 5, 2011 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

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Here are your nine useful posts (from April 2011) covering job topics from hair dos to job stress.

Filed Under: Blogging, career, Career Search, communications, Employment, Health, Job Search, Labour, Life, networking, personal branding, Research, Small Business, SMB, society, Toronto Tagged With: analysis, Blogging, boredom, business, career, career coaching, career counseling, cash flow, change management, coach, coaching, college, communication, company politics, contacts, culture, do list, downsizing, employee, employer, employment, enthusiasm, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ethics, experiments, failure, graduates, gta, high school, hiring, image, industry, industry knowledge, Innovation, interview, interview coaching, Job Search, job searching, jobs jobs, Marketing, mental health, mentor, mentoring, mergermarket, mergers and acquisitions, morale, networking, non-profit, nonprofit, one trick pony, ontario, organizations, passion, performance, personal branding, Productivity, promotion, relationships, Research, restructuring, resume writing, resume writing service, rightsizing, risk management, salary raise, satisfaction, shinobi career coach, skills, small, statistics, stress, stress management, styles, sunny lam, temporary, theory, time management, timemanagement, tips, Toronto, trend, trust, university, work place, worker, workplace

Five Ways to Reconnect With Old and New Contacts

April 9, 2011 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

A strong network is one where you stay in touch with old and new contacts and build a long term relationship. Here are five ways to reconnect with them.

Filed Under: career, Career Search, communications, How To, Job Search, networking, Relationships/Networking, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: contacts, networking, relationships

Month in Review: March 2011

April 2, 2011 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

Get the round up of last month’s top five articles relating to business (culture this time), job hunting, making a good introduction and an engagement with unemployment discrimination (well figuratively).

Filed Under: career, Career Search, communications, Environment, Food, Green Business, networking, Relationships/Networking, Youth Tagged With: discrimination, employee, introductions, job boards, Job Search, jobs jobs, labour, morale, networking, unemployment

5 Steps to a Killer Introduction (So Avoid Screwing It Up)

March 20, 2011 By Sunny Lam 2 Comments

How do you make a killer introduction that does your friend justice? Here are 5 steps to do it – examples, shortcuts and all.

Filed Under: career, Career Search, communications, networking, Strategy, Training Courses, Writing Tagged With: email, etiquette, Job Search, jobs jobs, networking

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Here are some of the things others have said:

"Sunny has a great understanding of the most effective job search techniques and the best way to "sell yourself". Whether you are looking for something within the same industry or are looking to change careers, Sunny can create for you a personalized search plan that will really accelerate your search. Often times people will use the their "regular" search methods that are, quite frankly, outdated and ineffective. Sunny will help you with a paradigm shift that will see you using social media, networking and other tools to really supercharge your search." November 24, 2010

Zee Kid Leung hired Sunny as a Career Coach in 2010

"Sunny played a significant role in my search for my first job. We met at a Green Drinks and it was he who took the initiative to contact me regarding his career coaching services. He was willing to meet with me on his own time to discuss my job search and he gave me insightful advice. I was most impressed by his organization and his use of technology to manage his relationships. Overall, I would recommend Sunny to any job seeker." December 23, 2011

Top qualities: Expert, High Integrity, Creative

Benny Liang hired Sunny as a Career Coach in 2011

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"Sunny is an experienced professional who understands the world of business, the minds of employers and the plight of job seekers. He creates and applies the most cutting edge methods of resume writing, interview coaching and information gathering, to bring out the best you have to offer and instill the confidence you need to land any job. Sunny is a life coach, a career management mastermind and most importantly, a genuine person." January 27, 2011

Bryson-Alando Brown hired Sunny as a Career Coach in 2008, and hired Sunny more than once

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Sunny is one of the best career coaches and consultants I know. I worked with him during my job search and his ideas yielded positive results. He focuses on getting everyone to work through job search advice and proper resume writing techniques.  He is down to earth and will work with everyone in his or her career direction. He follows up on all his clients and his communication skills are impeccable.  I strongly recommend Sunny to everyone doing Job search, in need of career advice, research and business consulting." March 1, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert

Nektarios Kikonyogo hired Sunny as a Career Coach in 2010

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