Finances
How should I prepare for the next recession whenever it comes?
I don’t believe in fear-mongering. I pushed back against the idea but more than one source discussed next recession. For example, Reuters article Predicting the next U.S. recession by Saquib Iqbal Ahmed says: Besides watching developments on the trade front economists and investors are watching for signs they hope can alert them to a coming…
Read MoreHow to value the link between money and your career
The wise job seeker understands the link between money and his or her career. Unfortunately, there are many people who never understand the connection and spend most of their career struggling. You might think I am talking about salary and yes, money and salary are connected, obviously. How are money and your career linked? What…
Read MoreAre you working from a goal-centric plan?
Yesterday, I learned someone was going to lose their apartment this week. I chatted more to try to help come up with solutions. In their case, they had been struggling financially for awhile but the husband had only been out of work for one month. Many people in the last five or six years have…
Read MoreStart with your finances!
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…
Read MoreForging Ahead & Merry Christmas!
I’ve been in a very reflective mood lately. As I have said in other posts, 2010 has been an amazing year for me. It has been filled with so many things, it is hard to focus sometimes. Job seeker success stories Lately, I have been hearing the same things from my clients, both the very…
Read MoreIs it time to invest?
Should you invest in your future? I fielded a client call from an individual who will be working with me to create her resume and strategize marketing approaches to launch her new career. As we discussed the details of working together, she repeated what she had said in our prior conversation, “You are an investment…
Read MoreReady for that phone interview? Got the right tools?
How critical is call clarity to you? We laugh at the Verizon commercial with the “Can you hear me now?” But with cell phones replacing landlines at a rapid pace, you really need to know that your calls are clear. What if you are in the middle of the now very common first interview by…
Read MoreThe Psychology of Clean
Did you ever give thought to how differently you feel when you — or your office — or your house is clean? I’ve been on a mission lately. Call it fall cleaning or whatever you want but I have been crawling under things, dusting and vacuuming, organizing files, sorting paperwork, and in general cleaning up. My…
Read MoreRays of Hope in a dark world
Christine Livingston’s blog, A Different Kind of Work, Christine’s post is titled: “How the Threat of Layoff Can Scare You Sh*tless (and what to do about it) In her post, she gives firm steps on “how to get a grip.” Here’s part of her post: Get The Facts Detail can be thin on the ground during…
Read MoreHurts Stay with You
Yesterday I shared the story of my own job loss. The lengthy post describes the lead-up and let down of the job loss and unemployment. I put the dates in the post, 1987. Hurts stay when you don’t expect the hurt What I never said was that though we worked for the same company since…
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