Some students believe getting an “A” on their resume in school means that their resume is an “A” quality resume. Sounds logical, right? Recently, my intern was talking to a classmate who insisted that her resume was a quality resume because she got an “A” on it. My intern snickered and said, “Sure, so did…
I launched my first website in 1995 and it sat there not doing much of anything on an obscure link. I then bought designresumes.com and sat on it for almost 10 years while I made the design and content much too difficult to start. I finally hired a web designer to help me set up…
What I am about to tell you in this post is probably not easy to take, but it is critical in your job search. It really doesn’t matter whether it is a job search, your job, or your business, the answer and the strategy is exactly identical. You need to be confident and show confidence…
Yesterday I shared the loss of our German Shepherd, Teddy. So many friends stopped by to comment and as a family, we have read through them and been able to talk more about the pain. And there were many more that stopped by on my Facebook page or on Design Resumes Facebook page. Sometimes you…
People who know me will find this to be a hilarious topic. Start with Balance is post # 3 in my You have to START to finish series. Balance is one of the things I hear everyone talking about these days and I am about as out of whack as they come with the topic…
This is the time of year when everyone is thinking goals and resolutions. But many people find themselves starting but never finishing. I read Rob Poindexter’s post last week, Happy New Year, blah, blah, blah…, Rob writes about how by February most people have backslide and by May most resolutions are totally forgotten. I loved…
If you read this blog often, you know that I am motivated by Jim Connolly and Jim’s Marketing Blog. His post today is “What businesspeople need to know about confidence. Jim says this: How confident are you, when you speak or write about your business? I ask you this, because there is a direct link…
Like many bloggers, I use Feedburner to manage my subscriptions. I am still learning to use all the features and I was commenting to my husband that I had x number of e-mail subscribers. He said: “So people pay to read your blog?” I laughed at him. He doesn’t do computers and if he wants…
This last eight months have been a whirlwind for me in many ways. It pretty much started with my departure from Wausau Whitewater and a renewed focus on my own business, Design Resumes. I detailed much of the goals, results and setbacks here. I also talked about the importance of planning ahead very recently. For…
Every day I read outstanding, inspiring blogs by talented bloggers who leave no easy options to share their posts. Part of the magic of blogging is the ability to share what you read with others in your network. When a post is too hard to share or you didn’t see it come by in Twitter…