Hiring and training is a drain on a budget in the best economic conditions so companies want to do it right the first time. Candidates are in abundance right now so HR and management have an open ...
Tag Archive: career
I Love My Clients #1
Those of you following the What's Holding YOU Back series need not worry. I will continue that topic in the future. But this has been on my mind for a long time so I thought ...
I Need Another Pepper Grinder! Or do I?
You know the statement "The grass is always greener..." I was thinking about that statement and pepper grinders (pepper mills) the other day. When I go out to eat, the waiter or waitress in many of my favorite restaurants often comes by with this "ginormous" pepper grinder and ...
Hey, What Is A KeyWord Anyway?
Career professionals, like myself, who have been part of the career world for years take some things for granted. We tell people to fill their resumes with key words or we do it for them. But we don't often take the time to say why.
Nutritional Chaos
Job Stickiness #4 a series to help you keep jobs or tips to make you sticky in the next one. I couldn't even write this post until I ate. I was looking for a food photo and could feel the hypoglycemic response building in me. ...
Brand Confusion
Recently, I was interviewed by Ken Bishop, the Way-Cup Show personality from 89Q. For the very first time, it was an interview as Julie, the career marketing communications professional and Design Resumes. Over the years, I did multiple interviews for print, radio, and television but in ...
Don't Apologize!
Don't get the wrong idea! I'm not suggesting that you should never apologize to people for your actions. I'm talking about another kind of apology. One that I hear from clients all the time. Let me know if this crosses into other fields but I know that ...
New Beginnings – 2010 Random or Deliberate?
Ever since I bought my new little Canon camera, I shoot many more photos than perhaps any other time in my life. Random ones, like the one on the left and deliberate ones like the one in yesterday's post. Recently, I have started ...