Saturday I invited my friend, Linda, to come and help me clear mail, files, and clutter from my office. One of my goals for this year was to organize my office and rid myself of clutter. I work a lot of hours but I find it hard to be motivated to sort mail, throw things…
A frequent comment from clients — “Why do I have to detail what I do for these positions? don’t they know what I do?” Fortunately, my clients ultimately trust me and view me as the authority on all things resumes and job search. But if I let them win on that point, the chances of…
Just when it seemed that everyone was done with election arguments and settling into routine again, Wisconsin is making the national news daily for the Governor Walker and union impasse. Add to that the federal government looking at the budget and there is a whole lot of conflict in the news. Everyone has strong opinions…
Normally when you look out my office windows, you can see forever into the horizon. But not today. The pea soup like fog is finally starting to lift at 4:30pm. All day, it has been gloomy and dark and my view of 20 miles to the West and ski hill to the south has been…
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…
