Business professionals, job seekers, and my own resumes clients respond differently when I ask if they are using LinkedIn. “What’s That?” Some never heard of LinkedIn at all. There was a time when I hadn’t either. We all have to start some place. “I’m up there but nothing’s happening.” Incomplete profile. Typed in their name…
Getting in the Door Series: Answering common questions on how to get the ball rolling in your job search. #1 Networking with informational interviewing. In the career and resume industry, career professionals have for years encouraged their clients to go for informational interviews. I have done my share of demonstrating to clients that they have…
Career Thought Leader Conference TakeAways After spending my week at the Career Thought Leaders Conference in Baltimore, I have so many take-aways and experiences that I could write posts for months. Several of my Twitter friends are anxious to find out what I learned. I am a very experienced resume writer with way more than…
2010 is a year of changes, doing things different for me. When I decided to resign from Wausau Whitewater as the Operations Manager, I had many reasons. But one was primary. My friend and the President of Wausau Whitewater at the time, Michael Schroeder, understood completely when I told him this: “With the history of…
The post, Value of Social Media? YOU Tell Me created quite a bit of dialog in the comment section. It also generated new questions about the use of social media and the time involved. My post was in my head when I posted the original Wall Street Journal link to Facebook. My friend, Michael Schroeder,…
I’ve talked about how social media has worked for me in past posts. I am passionate about social media and I know that makes it seem like I have a bias. But I have used all forms of marketing for years. I’m not a new kid on the block. My Design Resumes business is more…
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called How much Twitter Input can you Handle? There were a number of people who commented on that post and one of them was Christine Livingston, a new friend from the United Kingdom, who is a Coach for Work Change. When I woke up this morning, my…
In my post about Pepper Grinders, I talked about the effect of change when you haven’t thought it through… acting out of pure emotion. One of my joys in social media is continuously meeting new people who inspire me. One of those new people is Reeta Luthra. Yesterday, she wrote about Successful Choices when I…
Optimizing your Career Fair Experience #5 Show Your Expertise! This is the time to WOW them! You prepared by gaining a grasp of who will be at the career fair and having a professionally prepared resume. You crafted your 5-second elevator speech. You determined your apparel so you will stand out from the crowd. You…
Optimizing your Career Fair Experience #2 Elevator speaking Perhaps you are familiar with an elevator speech, perhaps you have written one, perhaps you are clueless as to what one is. In any case, you need to be thinking of your elevator speech in your job search and especially at career fairs. Wikipedia defines an elevator…
