My friend and colleague, Dawn Bugni retweeted Mark Burginger’s tweet about the clipping above and it made me look… Wouldn’t you? Apparently, it is an urban legend. But since then I have thought about that clipping. According to the clipping, George’s coworkers just assumed he was just working. Almost too weird for me. But the…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Goals, Results… and Setbacks!
I’ve always been a goal-setter but not always a goal finisher. This year I’ve been working hard to change. I’ve been determining what I want and going after it in a much more organized and targeted fashion. Goals & Results: Problem: OVERLOAD — I was overwhelmed with too much to do as both non-profit manager…
Have You Googled You Lately?
You will find many blog posts on “Googling” yourself but I still find people who look at me with a quizzical look as if I am speaking a foreign language. Why would you want to “Google yourself?” In today’s world, you want to know what other people who Google you will find. You want to…
I Can’t Hear You!
I’ve been really quiet on Twitter, Facebook, and my blog for the last week or so. I’ve been blessed with many new Design Resumes projects and clients so that is part of the reason I’ve been so quiet. But the other reason is that for the first time in my life, I have an ear…
When Depression Takes Over
A client contacted me recently and told me she had multiple job offers even after she accepted her new position. Wow! Wonderful! The resume I wrote for her got plenty of attention and results! Then she told me the back story. She became my client in mid-January, after being laid off in December from a…
Social Media Job Search: Jonathan Krass
Teaching job seekers and career changers to use social media as one strategy in their job search is a component of my Design Resume career packages. In both Career Thought Leaders Conference and Career Management Alliance Conference this year, we were taught new strategies and encouraged to bring our clients into the full use of…
Social Media Job Search: Kimba Green
Teaching job seekers and career changers to use social media as one strategy in their job search is a component of my Design Resume career packages. In both Career Thought Leaders and Career Management Alliance Conferences, we were taught new strategies and encouraged to bring our clients into the full use of Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging,…
Nuggets of Gold
Earlier this year, I wrote an article for Examiner.com entitled Panning for Gold. The opening point was: Professional resume writers are like gold miners. They sift through information from their clients looking for the nuggets of gold hidden but that will make the client jump out. I was thinking about recent clients I have worked…
Momma always said: More problems…
Like many of you, my mother influenced the person I am today. We share many of the same loves. My mom still loves words, reading, crossword puzzles, and gardening, so do I. She also loved writing and walking when she was younger and I do too. And she always had a way of making me…
Connecting the Dots – Twitter style
My trip to New Orleans for the CMA Strong Connections, Strong Careers (Career Management Alliance) conference was filled with multiple social media presentations. Our conference was heavily attended by civilian personnel from the various branches of the military whose skepticism of social media in general and Twitter in particular was clearly evident in the sessions…
