As I mentioned in my last post, one of my most recent clients at Design Resumes was a Director of Human Resources, we’ll call her Mary. Mary was delightful to work with but in addition to being a great client, she let me verify and clarify my impressions about human resources practices. With 15 years…
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Category Archives: Job search
Why do career folks like each other?
If you are active on social media, you notice career professionals talking to each other all the time on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and even LinkedIn. Funny thing about that, in a global market place, we are all competitors for the most part. Shouldn’t we be cut throat and stay as far away from each other…
Reality Check – Are we on the same job search team?
Sometimes it seems like we are all striving for something different and pulling in different directions. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all pull together? Conflicting job search information When you are in a job search, there is so much conflicting information from so many sources that you hardly know where to look. And…
Why you should never burn a bridge
Burned bridges cause more havoc for job seekers than almost anything else. A bad resume slows down your job search but there are people who do get jobs despite their resumes. Risky, but it can happen. However, the individual who decides to vent their frustration and blows up at management when departing or talks trash…
Who is a job seeker?
In the career industry, professional resume writers and career coaches like myself often use the word, “Job Seekers.” I was thinking the other day that it really needs some definition. Some people may think that “job seekers” are always unemployed but that isn’t what I mean by the term and I would guess that many…
Why networking is KEY to your job search
I know I sound like a broken record but networking is absolutely key in your job search. The image above is NOT the right way. I’m going to tell you a little client story about when it does work. The majority of my clients who are hired quickly are hired because they implemented a networking…
3 Reasons Why I believe in a personalized job search not a generic one!
Generic may be fine for my prescriptions and some would disagree with that but for your job search, you really need personalized! I suspect I prefer personalized hamburgers too though I don’t know if I could think of 256 different ways. Let’s talk about how to personalize your job search instead? 1.) You hear me…
Do you need to hire a professional resume writer or career coach?
Why do we hire anyone? You can’t answer the question in the headline until you examine the connection of why anyone is hired. We hire people for multiple reasons: They have a skill we need. Frankly, that’s why the word job exists. They do something better than we can. They have knowledge we don’t have….
Are you a job seeker lost in the crowd?
One of the most difficult things that job seekers face is being lost in the crowd. In school, often they are taught that there is only one way to create a resume and that you have to follow a specific template. Even job seekers who have been out of school for years, they still cling…
Is it fair to expect me to work at job search?
Face it, anything you really want to do well in requires work. If you want to be a great musician, you have to practice. If you want to be a great athlete, you have to workout and practice. If you want to be a great student, you have to do your homework and study. See…