About Abby Kohut

Abby Kohut, who is known on the web as Absolutely Abby, has held positions from recruiter to Senior Director of Recruiting. Her website www.AbsolutelyAbby.com, her speeches, and her books teach candidates secrets about the job search process that other recruiters simply won't tell you. Abby has provided job search tips on Fox 5 Business News, NBC, CBS, ABC, LinkedIn, Forbes, USA Today, Monster, Careerbuilder, TheLadders, and on Bloomberg Radio. Abby was selected as one of "The Monster 11 for 2011: Career Experts Who Can Help Your Job Search" and is one of the “Top 100 Influential People Online” according to Fast Company Magazine. Since 2010, Abby has been on a mission to educate one million job seekers, and is currently driving around the USA speaking at job search groups, in order to accomplish that goal, which you can learn more about at www.AbbyAcrossAmerica.com.

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Job Search and Baby: Yes, You Can Do it All!

by Abby Kohut | Jan 19, 2014 | networking/interviewing

Being a new parent is clearly one of the biggest challenges there is. Choosing to go back to work may seem like an even bigger challenge, as you consider all the emotional and financial variables. As you begin your job search, make a list of things that you believe...

Your Ten Seconds of Resume Fame

by Abby Kohut | Dec 16, 2013 | resumes/cover letters

At some point in your job search you may have wondered why so many career experts spend lots of time talking about how to write the perfect resume, when you may have also heard that recruiters spend very little time reviewing it. The Absolute truth is that your resume...

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

by Abby Kohut | Oct 22, 2013 | Career Advice, on the job

In order to love your job, you have to love ALL of the components of the job, and not JUST the job itself. Let me explain… In order for a job to be perfectly suited for you, it has to be perfectly suited in many ways. You have to have a wonderful boss in a wonderful...

Debate of the “Career Experts”

by Abby Kohut | Aug 16, 2013 | Career Advice, personality assessment

These days, there are practically the same number of “Career Experts” as there are job seekers. They come in all flavors. There are the career coaches, the career counselors, and the career consultants. To add to that, there are speakers, authors and bloggers. One...

Bagging Your Online Baggage

by Abby Kohut | Jun 1, 2013 | Innovations, Social Media, Trends

I still remember the day that my sister-in-law taught me how to use the Internet. I learned about Google and Yahoo and how easy it was to find people, places and things. As recruiters, we used to have to dial hundreds of phone numbers to find candidates to fill jobs,...