People often ask me the back story behind how Design Resumes was formed. The business and even the name of the business was a fluke in the beginning. I started writing resumes in 1983 as a response to a little ad we placed to gain some additional income. We had purchased a very basic computer…
The question of cover letters has been one that I have been asked continually since I started in the career industry. When do you use one? What are they? Do I use one at all? To clarify, I asked my colleague, Dawn Bugni from The Write Solution to join us to help list and…
Frustrated when no one seems to be returning your calls or you are getting dead silence after an interview? Michael Lunsford, a Twitter friend, sent me this idea and thought it might help some of you. He said my tweet about an old sales technique I was suggesting for decision making reminded him to think…
Conversations I am having with clients and Twitter contacts alike are all about how different writing resumes and job search is today than 30 or 20 or 10 or even 5 years ago. Tough market, changing technology, and the Great Recession have all impacted resume writing and career marketing. Still, for many, it is hard…
Skype is relatively new to me. I probably heard the word, knew it was some form of communications technology, and knew some people used it instead of long distance and used it to communicate with family or celebrate special events. But that was all I knew and even that was fuzzy. This year that…
As I work with job seekers, I find that some of them are still stuck on the myths of job search taught in school by educators who didn’t expand their research beyond tired old business or English manuals. Fortunately, my clients know that all they have to do is ask me and I will find…
One day last week, this little blue jay flew over to my window and perched for a few minutes on my screen. I’ve never seen a baby blue jay before. I believe he was in the middle of flying lessons from his parents and made a wrong turn. Since then, I have seen his brother…
Photo by Yodel Anecdotal/Yahoo! Inc. Not long ago, I wrote about Googling yourself in the post, “Have You Googled YOU Lately?” Today, I want to talk about how you should Google the company you are looking at in your job search. Michael Lunsford, a Twitter friend suggested this topic because he knows I often write…
#6 in the What’s Holding You Back series — designed to help you think about why you are not moving forward in your job search, career, or life. Through the years, one of the most popular professional goals that I heard from my clients is: “I’d like to go into pharmaceutical sales.” I’ve worked with…
I speak with so many job seekers who are still trying to use the front door to find their next gig. It’s awfully crowded at the front door. I really think using the back door is much more effective. Front door / back door, whoa, what am I talking about – home construction? No, I’m…