By Robert Poindexter, Sailor and Writer For six long months she lay at rest in her slip. Six long months of cold days, and even colder nights, her lines filled with pink fluid, running through her like the medication from an IV filling the veins of a coma patient. But soon she will be awakened […]
Restoring Your Joy in Job Search
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 […]
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. […]
They Shoot Muffins, Don’t They?
A few months ago, I stood looking at myself in the full length mirror in my dressing room as I struggled to fit 45 years of bad eating habits and a total disregard for exercise into the waist of my dress slacks. I knew it was happening; I just enjoyed the status quo to the […]