This last eight months have been a whirlwind for me in many ways. It pretty much started with my departure from Wausau Whitewater and a renewed focus on my own business, Design Resumes. I detailed much of the goals, results and setbacks here. I also talked about the importance of planning ahead very recently. For…
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Category Archives: Finances
Somebody to lean on
Lean on me. Yesterday when I wrote this post, What’s on my heart, I had the song, Lean on me, running in my head. Amazingly, on facebook, I saw two references to it yesterday and this morning when I took the time to watch this video that Dawn Bugni shared from another colleague, I heard…
What’s on my heart?
I’m in the business of creating career marketing strategies for job seekers. This is not new to me. I have been doing this for 25+ years. How I do it has changed and the level of complexity of the job search has changed. Our global communication has changed and we know what is happening instantly…
9 doable action steps to plan for the unexpected
When you are in the middle of a job search, it is hard to read advice about what you should have done differently. But since self-employment often parallels the way a job seeker feels, I understand the struggles you may be going through. Can I have a “Do-Over”? All of us would love to have…
Sabotage! Is your family derailing your job search?
A job search is hard enough without being sabotaged by well meaning friends or family members. I have worked with job seekers and career changers through multiple ebbs and flows in the economy in the years that I have been a career marketing strategist and resume writer. Whenever you lose a job, you go through…
When you feel you can’t
At one point, the tagline on my business cards and advertisements was: Success begins with a single step, I believe in YOU! I still totally believe that it does! Saying I Can’t is easy, taking the first step is harder. I do believe in my clients and in the job seekers I interact with daily…
The wrong kind of helping
Jim Connolly’s post today, Avoiding the No-Win Scenario, talks about issues I struggle with at times. He says: One of the reasons people often make bad decisions, is that they put themselves into no-win scenarios. Jim said that this is often due to worry. Though I will confess that I am not immune to worry,…
Is Hope on the Horizon?
I don’t watch many news shows. My husband is passionate about news and information but I tell him that I can find out anything I want to know on the Internet. But last night while I was making dinner, he had NBC’s Dateline on and I couldn’t help but watch. The story was America Now:…
Feast or Famine? Downpour or Drought?
When you are self-employed, the phrase feast or famine is common place. Since I have been self-employed longer than most people are employed, I have heard it a lot. Along with feast and famine comes downpour or drought, nothing or almost too much. For the employed, it may feel the same way — too many…
Do your fears get in the way of your dreams?
Jason Alba, from JibberJobber, has a tendency to make me think. His thought-provoking blog posts are what got me started reading blogs years ago. I’ve also always be introspective and many of his topics make me think about my own choices. Jason’s recent post “Paul Buchheit on Wealth, Jobs, and Dreams” made me think again….