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Life and career lessons from a washing machine

Bet you are wondering how I am going to create a lesson about life and career from a washing machine, right? In the past, I have written about radishes and connected them with your  job search. I found a lot of parallels in my recent appliance dilemma that I want to share with you. IgnoringContinue Reading

How does your LIVE writing process work?

When you work with me for your career marketing needs, the process is different from working with many of my colleagues. I was explaining to a client in Texas the other day how my husband has teased me the last few years because I was adamant at one time that I would never grow aContinue Reading

Why you should vote today in the United States

This is your day to vote if you live in the United States. Pastor Tim shared on Sunday how the international students who are living in Wausau while they go to school in International Business Management are amazed at the lack of bloodshed during our elections. Doesn’t that give you pause to think? We areContinue Reading

Are you playing tug of war with your resume writer?

When you are looking for a resume writer or career professional, you need to make sure that you are willing to work in their business model. You really need to spend some time studying resume writers’ websites to find the right one for you. The Design Resumes Business Model As I have said before, businessContinue Reading

Why taking action makes you feel better

In our natural state, many of us tend to procrastinate. I do this. Even with this blog, despite my commitment to write often and reminders in my Daytimer and elsewhere, I often find it hard to write as much as I once did. There are almost 550 posts on this site but for my contentContinue Reading

Are you my next client?

Believe it or not, everyone looking for a career professional or resume writer is not the right client for me or other people in my field. How do I select a career professional, resume writer, or career coach? Just as in other professions, though there is some common ground, there are distinct differences. What shouldContinue Reading

What one resume writer does in her spare time

Writing is a passion with me and so is the whole website, technology, and social media frontier. Whenever possible, I combine my passions together. New church website Frequent readers of this blog may also realize that I am a Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and thus I try to use myContinue Reading

My own job loss

People often ask me the back story behind how Design Resumes was formed. The business and even the name of the business was a fluke in the beginning. I started writing resumes in 1983 as a response to a little ad we placed to gain some additional income. The very basic computer we purchased wasContinue Reading

Does the Image Matter?

In my last post, I talked about growing weeds or flowers, today I would like to stay on the gardening topic and focus your attention on the two seed packets at the left. One of my favorite places to buy plants and seeds is Red’s Market. A staple in the Wausau area that began withContinue Reading

Why I Moved to Headway

I’m one of those self-taught people. I have taught myself more software than most people use in a lifetime. But I don’t have a desire to figure out code, I like to write — not learn complex computer languages. I’m not a stranger to web design software either. I taught myself and worked in DreamweaverContinue Reading