Posts Tagged ‘Julie Walraven’
7 LinkedIn fatal mistakes
If you are a job seeker or career changer who is not using LinkedIn, you missed one of the most powerful tools ever created. What are LinkedIn fatal mistakes? The first decision you need to make is whether you seriously want to use this tool. You can’t go in half-hearted and then expect results. 7…
Read MoreAvoid the find jobs online mindset and be hired quickly
A top job seeker question, “don’t you only find jobs online?” My brother-in-law was in Wausau (our home town) for a class reunion with his wife. We had brunch with them on Sunday. His wife asked how things were going. It was a pretty broad question but since I am the one working and my…
Read MoreStop putting a resume objective in your resume
Perhaps you didn’t know that the resume objective is no longer part of today’s resume. Why did the resume objective stop being important? In the past, resumes began with a resume objective. This long phrase began: “To obtain a position in the field of XYZ as a XXXXXXX that will allow me to grow and…
Read MoreHow much is your Career Worth?
How much is your career worth? For some people, they find their meaning in life through their career.
Read More4+ Reasons you should always use voicemail
Job seekers often don’t like to use voicemail. They figure no one will call them back or they don’t know what to say. However, this leaves potential job and networking opportunities on the table. Why should you always use voicemail? #1 People are not always available to answer your call. You might assume when someone…
Read MoreHow to avoid bunny trailing in job interviews
What is bunny trailing? The Urban dictionary defines it as rabbit trail: veering off subject or of the point of the conversation A story or explanation leading nowhere. making statements with no real purpose just for the sake of stating it. “Dude, I just wanted you to explain to me how to get to Wendy’s, you’re…
Read MoreTop 10 Resume Tip – Use a resume font size people can actually read!
This may sound obvious to some of my readers but using the right resume font size is critical to getting your resume read. The problem is twofold. Some people are still convinced the one page resume is what they need. They try to squish everything on one page. Secondly, some assume it takes no effort…
Read MoreCapitalize on experience to create a Job-Winning Resume
People worry they are too old to win a new job and struggle to know what a job-winning resume looks like. I say no. In a time when the top candidates in the last election were 70, I think you have more things to worry about than your age. What Is A Job-Winning Resume? Rethink…
Read MorePast or present tense in a resume?
When is it better to use past or present tense in a resume? This is one of the most popular questions about resume writing. First, you need to define what past or present tense in a resume means and how it is used. For the non-English majors, most of the time, past tense is when…
Read MoreTime slips by even with your best intentions and your career goals slip away
You had the best intentions but you still saw your career goals slip away. Life gets busy, I know, and pretty soon even your best intentions get put back on the shelf. Pretty soon you’re 30, then 40, then 50, and your career goals slipped so far away that you wonder if they even matter…
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