Rafe Gomez
Expertise: Other
Job Title: Rehirement Coach
Training: Bachelors Degree
Years of Experience: 6-10 Years
Other Expertise: Business/marketing communications, business strategy, multimedia copywriting.
Seen On: Fox News Channel, MSNBC, PBS, NY1, FoxBusiness.com, FoxNews.com,
Vault.com, CBS Radio, ABC Radio, "Good Day New York" (WNYW/Fox 5)
Other Accomplishments: Host/DJ of Rockmixx, the world's first internationally syndicated rock mash-up radio show - www.rockmixx.com
Rafe Gomez is business strategy and marketing communications consultant, and the author of the audiobook WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? A POWERFUL NEW INTERVIEW STRATEGY TO GET YOU HIRED IN TODAY’S CHALLENGING ECONOMY, available on Audible.com.
His unique and effective rehirement guidance - which has helped graduates and downsized workers to successfully navigate the current challenging job market - has been featured on MSNBC, Fox News Channel, CBS Radio, Foxbusiness.com, ABC News, and PBS.
Latest Posts Written by Expert Rafe Gomez
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Written on January 4, 2012 by Rafe Gomez
Here’s the best New Year’s job seeking tip I can offer: Before you begin your job search, create a strong value proposition! A value proposition is a statement that describes the tangible results that a company would get from hiring … Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Career, Expert Articles
Tags: career tips, job search
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Written on October 22, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
Rehirement Coach Rafe Gomez answers questions for people about how to make themselves layoff resistant in a tough job market through the creator/operator strategy. These are individuals who can not only introduce new ideas, remedy challenges, and develop innovative solutions, but they also possess the ability to launch, execute, and guide their plans with the outcome being the consistent delivery of valuable benefits that create revenue, save revenue, and improve the organization’s image in the marketplace. Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Career, Expert Articles
Tags: career tips, job
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Written on October 21, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
Here’s the unpleasant reality of what’s happening in this economy: Everyone, at every level, in every organization, is walking around with a target on their back. The only thing that you have under your control is to make the target smaller, and the successful implementation of the creator/operator strategy we discuss in this article will do just that, making it difficult, inconvenient, and extremely expensive for an organization to replace you. Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Career, Expert Articles
Tags: career tips, job
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Written on September 23, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
When I was laid off in 2008, I applied to hundreds of jobs online, and I found the experience to be frustrating, infuriating, and demoralizing. The process itself also left me feeling pretty powerless. After some experimentation and research, I devised an efficient way to use key job sites to find new opportunities in my field and then deliver the exact, unfiltered information that I wished to present about myself directly to the recruiters, department heads, and decision makers who were seeking to fill open job roles. Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Career
Tags: career tips, job search, resume
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Written on September 6, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
According to a recent New York Times editorial by Matthew C. Klein, a 24-year-old research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, college graduates “are indefinitely postponing the life they wanted and prepared for,” and because of the tight job market, his generation “will have lost years of career-building experience”. It’s unfortunate that recent college grads are having such a difficult time finding jobs. But what’s more unfortunate is that their deeply flawed communications skills are making them unhirable. Continue reading →
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Tags: job search, resume
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Written on August 3, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
Being stuck in a bad job can wreak havoc on your psychological health. However, the resulting misery can be dramatically reduced if you think of your awful job as an unfortunate, yet necessary, part of a long-term strategy to improve your employment situation. In other words, while you’re suffering, keep looking. And until the right opportunity opens up, here’s the upside of having a job, even if it’s a lousy job. Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Career, Expert Articles
Tags: career tips
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Written on July 15, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
Many job seekers make the mistake of including too many details in their elevator speeches, or emphasizing their own particular needs and goals in their patter. But the way to cook up a memorable elevator speech that generates exceptional results requires a simple, secret ingredient: a tiny taste of delicious cheesecake. Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Career, Expert Articles
Tags: career tips, food and cooking
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Written on June 2, 2011 by Rafe Gomez
By now, just about everybody’s seen the infomercials for the Snuggie, the robe/blanket/medieval monk costume thingy that’s sold twenty million units since it was introduced in 2008. But with its inane appearance, how the heck has the Snuggie become such a huge money-maker? Because it’s presented as an essential solution that delivers clearly stated and highly desired benefits. Continue reading →
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Category: Category: Business, Category: Career, Expert Articles
Tags: career tips, job search
