Posts Tagged ‘Julie Walraven’
Maximize personal branding strategy and align to resume target
Defining your personal branding strategy is a confusing topic for many people. Add in the concept of job search and it gets worse. What is a personal branding strategy? According to Elizabeth Harr with Hinge Marketing: A personal branding strategy is a plan to take your reputation and career from relative obscurity to high visibility.…
Read MoreWhat inspires Career Change or Career Reinvention?
Many people come to me to find the best role fitting their heart’s desire. This may not be their current occupation, career path, or direction. What inspires career change? A quick glimpse of some of the clients I am currently working with: A Real Estate Development | Finance leader in Chicago who likes to fix…
Read MoreHow far should my resume go back?
As I work with executive resume clients as well as non-executive clients, they often ask “How far should my resume go back?” Over time your job experience grows, and it is natural to want to make sure that nothing is missed. On the other hand, people are often conflicted by the bad advice they were…
Read MoreWhy do some people struggle to land a new job?
You understand that it is hard to land a new job. Some people seem to struggle more than others. What makes it easy for some people to land a new job? Let me give you a list of some things that make it easier. Some will be obvious. Others, not so much. A great value-driven…
Read More7 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…
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