Back in the day (or clients have told me), you didn’t need a resume for a blue collar job. Yet today, companies are requesting them and the online application is instructing you to upload your resume. Since my resume samples include resumes for Production Supervisors, Facilities Managers, and Manufacturing Engineer, I find many people searching…
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…
Jason Alba asked me to help me with a topic today so I can be found over on his blog, with the topic: Resume Objective Statements: Objecting to Objective Statements on Résumés Here’s the first part: Jason: What is the objective statement? Julie: From my perspective, Jason, the better question is “What was the objective…
Do you hate applying online? You know, filling out all those fields and hoping that your application actually gets there and they read it? I haven’t found anyone yet that is in love with using online applications for employment. I don’t like them either! I have wrestled my way through many of them on behalf…
Think in resume-speak Perhaps after 20+ years in the resume writing and career industry, I have come to think in resume-speak more often than not. I make my to-do lists using action verbs: create, write, prepare, or review. I haven’t found ways to weave ignite, rejuvenate, revitalize, spearhead, or champion into my to-do list. I…
Home offices are more the norm than not but many people try to hide their home office experience on their resume as if it makes them less marketable. As a career marketing expert, I work with insurance and industrial sales representatives, sales managers, industrial engineers, accountants, court reporters, lawyers, general contractors, and real estate brokers…
Earlier this year, I wrote an article for Examiner.com entitled Panning for Gold. The opening point was: Professional resume writers are like gold miners. They sift through information from their clients looking for the nuggets of gold hidden but that will make the client jump out. I was thinking about recent clients I have worked…
At a gathering of a group of 20 AmeriCorps members, we talked about the state of the job search in 2010. we discussed the history of the current recession and how a job seeker may feel looking at so many obstacles. This video of the unemployment moving map depicts the progression of the recession. Watch…
I’ve been fighting this battle with my mouse lately. I use a wireless mouse and keyboard to enhance my laptop so I can write faster and navigate to the pages and sites I need as a professional resume writer and career marketing strategist. My mouse is naughty! I changed the batteries, changed the mouse pad…
Optimizing your Career Fair Experience #1 Preparation On February 18 from 10am to 2pm, I will be at Wausau’s newest learning environment, Rasmussen College at their Career and Networking Fair as their Career Expert. Among other things, I will be providing feedback on resumes and job search to job seekers. As we approach the career…