Saturday’s the day I try to catch the CBS Early Show mainly because of Chef on a Shoestring, a favorite with my husband. One of the other segments is the Second Cup Cafe featuring musicians. Last Saturday they featured 13 year old Greyson Chance Incredible talent for a very young man and incredible maturity as…
Yesterday’s post was “You have to START to finish!” I promised to continue the theme of starting to finish. If this is a blog written by a professional resume writer, why then is my first topic about finances and not job search or resume writing or career planning? Money and finances are such a core…
Hung Lee from Wise Man Say had an interesting post on November 29 that caught my eye, “When to write a cover letter (Hint: Never)” I started writing a comment and then realized that I would take up his space with my answer and my readers need to hear the answer too so I cut…
The economy has been challenging for more than three years and I feel for the retailers who really need to make those sales. But I am still not drawn in by Black Friday type of sales. Mass crowds and craziness just don’t appeal to me. Some people thrive in those environments but I am definitely…
I woke up this morning at 4:10am thinking I would get an early start on my day. After collecting my coffee, Daytimer, and my colored pens, I turned on the computer in my office only to find I had NO Internet access. Panic set in! We grow reliant on the things that we expect to…
I woke up at 4am this morning… only about 50 minutes earlier than my alarm goes off on Monday through Friday, but feeling so much more awake. The difference was that I went to bed at about 8:30pm because I knew I was too tired to even read, watch TV, much less do anything productive…
My resume and career marketing clients often have one thing in common. The latest one to book an appointment this morning said the same thing, “I want to be at the top of my game.” All of them have been at the top of their game. In fact, they have been game changers. The Key…
A standing joke in our family is that I “waffle” whenever we go out to eat. Unlike the picture above, it doesn’t mean I actually want to eat “waffles.” I pick three or four items from the menu and “waffle” back and forth until the waiter comes back because everyone else at the table is…
Seems like 2010 had more tumultuous weather than any recent year I remember. Perhaps it is because I know so many more people throughout the world and pay more attention. I know our city, Wausau in Central Wisconsin, has had unusual weather all year. We were in drought phase for the past 7 years. It…
At our monthly Christian Business Leaders meeting, the conversation turned to the economy, the growing unemployment rate, and how business owner’s evaluate both their present employees as well as who they hire when they do have openings. Everyone in the room nodded in agreement when Jim, owner of a commercial and residential HVAC company said,…