When you are desperate and needing a job or a new client, it is easy to sound desperate and you might not even know you are doing it. Instead of attracting people who can help you, you are more likely to be repelling those same people. How job seekers market themselves wrongly 1.) → Your…
Hat tip to my friends, Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter and Rob Poindexter from CareerTrend who will always come to mind when I say the word “Sailing.” Their passion for sailing and using the analogies in the career industry has truly become their brand. But I couldn’t help use the word because for me, though not a sailor,…
It’s springtime here in Wisconsin and all around you can see changes. My own life has been changing lately too. Up until about a month ago, my oldest son was living with us. Tim had left when he was younger and then returned again in late 2008. He’s 26 now but for him and many…
I’ve admitted before that I have trouble sleeping. Since I get up between 4am and 5am most days, I am exhausted by as early as 7pm. Unfortunately, if I go to bed earlier like at 9pm, I am likely to be awake in the middle of the night. So I was just getting less sleep…
Some people let the things that happen to them destroy them. They lose a job a relationship ends a family member dies they or a family member has mental illness they suffer financial loss or challenges they or someone they love has a terminal illness a family member or close friend is arrested their children…
Anyone else feel like the saying, “Older but wiser” is really true for you? I find that the older I get the more reflective I am on decisions I made in the past. Now I look at things I held back doing which would have benefited me and think, “Why didn’t I do this before?”…
Starting a new project almost always feels good. You become invigorated by even the thought of starting something new. Resolutions, goal setting, and big dreams. The problem is that for many, the bubble bursts easily. They set a goal and then they drop it either because they are too busy to follow through or they…
What’s the fastest way to lose good will with people? If you are looking at my title, you might think that it is assuming too much or at least wonder what I mean by that. A prospective client left a message yesterday. He said he needed a resume right away. And then proceeded to tell…
Yesterday I refocused a resume for a returning client who landed her new position in July 2010. Her new company’s rule is that you need to be employed with them for 1 year before you can apply for any internal positions. She has met this goal! Capture your success stories She now is targeting a…
We all want to put our best foot forward, right? But in a world of social media, that’s starting to get more difficult than ever before. I talked about Facebook No-no’s in this post, Could these 3 Facebook No-Nos make you lose your job? And I often speak about the importance of the right attitude…
