People have told me I was born with a helping heart. I am not so sure I was born with a business heart. If I see a need I can help with, I am so there. I don’t do it for attention, though by blogging about it, someone is sure to say that. I am…
Monthly Archives: March 2009
A Business Study – The Filling Station
One of my goals with this blog is to highlight people who are successful in their careers in these challenging times as well as post about things that make me think. In the past, I have focused on my friend, Michael Schroeder’s new music CD in the post, Postcards on the Road, I talked about…
Pinkslipparty and Stone Soup!
Social media has really been an adventure for me in the past couple of years. I spent much of my free time in the fall reading and commenting on blogs that I found through Twitter. I love technology! But that is a post for another day. This post is cutting it very close because the…
I Wandered Away, But I Wasn't Lost
If you had been following this blog, you might wonder why I have been so silent for more than two months. You might think I abandoned the blog or that something happened to me but really neither of those would be right. I had plenty of blogging ideas and overall I’m fine. I did get…
My Journey with LinkedIn
Do you ever think you are going to do something and get partially into it and then back out? This was my experience with LinkedIn. I thought I would share that journey in case you too struggle with the same questions or fears. As a member of the career management community, I have the inside…
Postcards from the Road
Sometimes we are blessed to have someone come into our lives who changes it and then we can’t find enough ways to say thank you. Today I want to introduce you to one of those people in my life. Though I’m a professional resume writer with 25 years experience, 11 of those years have also…
When An Interview Expands
One of my Design Resumes clients called in this morning to gave me a recap of her interview yesterday. She has agreed to let me share her story. I’ll let you know how the interview went soon, but first some background. How it all Started We updated and refocused the client’s resume on Monday afternoon…
Are You Disciplined or Does that Scare You?
The word “discipline” means different things to different people. Personnally, I like the word! I used the word “disciplined” on Twitter without even thinking about it. Almost immediately I got a reply from a someone I follow in Twitter teasing me for using that word, “@JulieWalraven did you just use that disgusting swearword “disc*****d”? GO…
Are People Getting Ruder? Is it a sign of the times?
A phone call from a prospective client for Design Resumes went like this: I gave a sentence or two of small talk and then responded to his question of rates. To answer his question, I said I needed to know more about him since we offer multiple packages. Tell me about yourself I asked him…
Tested But Not Crushed
Photo by <Warloofer> Tested but not crushed… As you get to know me, you will find that I become very passionate about people or things that help me grow. A friend e-mailed me a link to Flylady and said, someone might find this helpful. Marla Cilley steadily expanded her network of helpers to include a…
