Miriam Salpeter (@Keppie_Careers) and I are delighted to co-coordinate the February Career Collective, a community of career advisors and resume writers blogging together on behalf of job seekers. This month’s articles address how to overcome discouragement in job search. Please follow our hashtag, #careercollective, on Twitter. Responses from other contributors are linked at the end […]
What Would Hemingway Do?
“I think body and mind are closely coordinated. Fattening of the body can lead to fattening of the mind. I would be tempted to say that it can lead to fattening of the soul, but I don’t know anything about the soul.” ~ Ernest Hemingway in The Good Life, According to Hemingway. In our recent travel […]
Is your resume anemic?
Does the following describe your resume’s plight? 1. Anemic, weakened by lack of attention as it sits idly in your virtual computer drawer, untended and under-fed as your career purrs along. 2. Or perhaps, it was resuscitated by artificial means as a result of the panic you felt when you were suddenly laid off. 3. […]
Due and Proper
Do you wake up every morning on time? Do you head to the shower and prepare your body with a cleansing for the work day ahead? Men, do you step out of the shower and faithfully put your razor to work, ridding your face of offensive stubble that began creeping up on you around 5:00 the previous […]
Nipped and Tucked Resumes
In many cases, just a single year or two at a new position will infuse your resume with a plethora of new content that if plugged in too hastily, will create a patchwork coat effect: It may serve a practical purpose at a very base level but it will not turn heads, evoke a visceral reaction […]
Is Your Job Search Strategy a Snore?
As co-coordinator with my colleague, Miriam Salpeter, I am pleased to participate in our first round of posts in 2010 from our community of expert career advisors and resume writing professionals called the Career Collective. This month’s articles address the topic of helping job seekers transition and make the most of the new year. Please follow […]
Resume Is Your Career Heartbeat
Okay, I get it: the ‘traditional resume is dead.’ May we put a stake through this aging topic and just bury it, along with the tombstone resume? Savvy resumes, by contrast, are not only alive and well, but they have matured, become more sophisticated and muscular, and are more essential now, than ever. Just yesterday […]
There’s a Hole in Your Story, Sir
So on morning, I got up around , and decided it was time I finally took care of that which had been bugging my wife and I for quite some. I fixed myself a couple of with some on the side, then headed out the to pick up the items necessary to complete the at hand. […]
There's a Hole in Your Story, Sir
So on morning, I got up around , and decided it was time I finally took care of that which had been bugging my wife and I for quite some. I fixed myself a couple of with some on the side, then headed out the to pick up the items necessary to complete the at hand. […]
MATCH(.COM) YOUR WAY TO A NEW JOB!
FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER First impressions matter in dating and job search. I know this all too well as I have moved through dozens of first-date impressions during the seven years following my divorce and before I remarried in 2008. My husband, Rob, and I met online via Match.com. Besides the first-impression story he wrote in […]
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