Tag Archive: career services

Giving the gift that Really Keeps on Giving

I've been partnering with Wausau City Pages for the last year,  mainly because one of the Advertising Execs, Malibu Springer, is a friend from a long time ago. She was with the Wausau Daily Herald when my sons were little. She coached ...

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Fear makes us follow the wrong experts, don't you think?

I was visiting career industry colleague, Barbara Sanfani's blog yesterday, Break All the Rules in Resume Writing to Land the Interview where she gave an interesting example about rotary phones and then discussed the misconceptions that people have about resumes. She said,"This made me reflect ...

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End of an Era, New World Ahead

I made a decision this past week (December 2009) that will change my world. I resigned as Wausau Whitewater's Operations Manager, a position I have held since 1997. Wausau Whitewater has been my passion. It's the whitewater course in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin that has hosted ...

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Are You Trying to be a One-Man Band?

Early in my resume writing career, I wrote resumes for a large number of local television media on-air personalities and reporters in news, sports, and even weather. During time, I learned the jargon and insider details from the media industry. (My clients are also often my ...

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What's Worth the Investment?

I was just reviewing my checkbook online and saw the six month fee for Hostgator who hosts Designresumes.com and wausauwhitewater.org. It reminded me what a good investment the hosting move was. Previously, both sites were hosted by someone down in Texas who was ...

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How? (Use Social Media in Job Search #1)

A client, who is a project manager with a background in IT, insurance, and finance, talked with me about my blog and social media in general. He thinks as a career professional I should share more of my social media tips with the people who read ...

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LinkedIn or LinkedOut

In December, I detailed how I started with LinkedIn, since then my LI community has grown and I periodically take time to see what is happening with my contacts. As a career professional, I value the way social networking enables people to understand ...

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Pinkslipparty and Stone Soup!

Social media has really been an adventure for me in the past couple of years. I spent much of my free time in the fall reading and commenting on blogs that I found through Twitter. I love technology! But that is a post for ...

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