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 should… Continue Reading
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 my… Continue Reading
Whenever one of the social media applications rolls out a new feature, there is a period of time when you are not sure what it is and many times, it rolls out at different time depending on a variety of factors. Remember the Facebook Timeline roll out? Some people beta-tested it early, others avoided it… Continue Reading
When you are seeking to upgrade your resume, it is tempting to use resumes of your friends or work associates as the model. The problem is that you are different from your friends and their job search is different, especially if that resume is more than three or four years old. The key in this… Continue Reading
The true test of whether a resume is working or not is if it is getting calls for interviews. This assumes that you have mastered the art of job search and are targeting the right jobs with your resume. Are you getting the interview? If you are being called for interviews, landing interviews, and not… Continue Reading
When I recently taught three sessions of career marketing, job search strategies, and resume writing to students in the International Business Management courses at Northcentral Technical College, there were many questions about job search and how it has changed. These two-hour interactive coaching and teaching sessions run the gamut from showcasing resume samples to answering… Continue Reading
When facing a challenging time in his life, a good friend often said, “I’m just putting one foot in front of the other.” Between us, I always knew that meant he was just moving forward with what God had given him for the day. Is the future frightening you? When you can’t see the future… Continue Reading
In this day of online applications and changing job search, rumors persist that the resume as we know it is dead or you don’t need one because you apply online. Stop thinking of the resume as a document or piece of paper! When you work on your resume, instead of thinking about it as a… Continue Reading
We’ve all been there… you have a plan, you’re ready, and then things fall apart. It can be as little as something in your daily life like a recent morning for me. I was thinking a fruit chiller sounded good so I cut up my peaches and put in my frozen raspberries, added some grape… Continue Reading
