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By: careertrend

careertrend — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:27:16 +0000

Thanks, honey. Love you for stopping in and commenting.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:12:36 +0000

Great post babe, I am continually awed by your “word wrangling” skills.

By: careertrend

careertrend — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:08 +0000

Hi Julie!
I understand what you are saying about the struggle, etc. I think what you point about about ‘not’ being certified as a career coach is a key point for me. I focus my continuing education and training ‘primarily’ on the resume writing side.

Though clearly there is overlap between being a resume writer and career coach (and I’ve even taken weekend-long training to become certified as an interview coach), I believe there is a fine distinction between coaching/writing.

As I firmly encourage my clients to do, I have targeted my focus and value proposition to the writing side!:)

Glad you like ‘word wrangler’ – though obviously I didn’t coin that label, I embrace it!

Thanks again, Julie!
Jacqui

By: careertrend

careertrend — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:15:13 +0000

Hi Daisy!

I like being a word wrangler! … and if coaching weaves its way into my practice, then so be it

I’m a huge advocate of career and business coaches. I collaborate with and have referral relationships with excellent career coaches. I have hired 2 different and wonderful career and business coaches to advance MY career over the years and have garnered direct ROI from those relationships.

Thanks for allowing me the label resume writer. I consider it the tip of the iceberg, and a quick snapshot of what I do. As Deb said, writing is my passion, and I feel it is my primary focus and value!

I am certain that your resume writing and coaching practice blends nicely to provide your clients exemplary value. I like your language referring to resume writers using coaching to “extract information from reticent clients” (well put!).

Thanks Daisy!

Jacqui

By: Julie Walraven

Julie Walraven — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:10:15 +0000

Hi Jacqui, I have struggled with the same issues and find it amusing. I loved your “word wrangler!” I market myself primarily as a resume writer because I am not certified as a career coach but as I work with my clients, I find that what I do goes beyond writing the resume and suspect you do too. It is hard not to interact with clients and not end up coaching as Daisy said. Their needs are so apparent and the job search has transformed so much with the advent of online job posting, social media, and networking that for me it all gets combined. But your writing skills are engaging and anything but “just a resume writer.”

By: careertrend

careertrend — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:05:00 +0000

Nice, Rosalind.

I can always count on you for recapping and restating the core message of a blog post or article.

Your abilities in showcasing your career coaching niche through your tweets, blog posts, books and articles you write and are interviewed for, impress me.

Thank you for reading and commenting today,
Jacqui

By: careertrend

careertrend — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:01:46 +0000

Thanks Tai!

That’s very nice of you! Looking forward to learning more about your coaching practice over at careermakeovercoach.com.

Jacqui