Posted in Job Loss, Job Search, Resume Devel. on Jun 24th, 2009
Wednesday’s Q&A
Client Question: I send out many resumes and never hear anything back. Should I do some kind of follow up?
Answer: Absolutely! Following up on resumes sent, like sending thank you notes, is an underutilized opportunity to get back in front of employers. Since it takes a little more effort, it is a secret weapon [...]
Posted in Career Change, Job Loss, Resume Devel., jobseeker on Jun 22nd, 2009
Monday’s PMA
This weekend and even this morning catching up with friends on Twitter, the topic of conversation varied but all focused on change. Change taking place in our personal lives and around the world in our professional lives every day. Talking with many on the changes in their lives, some were all for it while [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Current Events, Help Others, Resume Devel. on Jun 12th, 2009
Friday’s Free for All
Today was a fun, new experience for me. I was asked to take part in two interview pieces for our local Fox network. The first interview was completed on Wednesday when I went into their studio and participated in a live plug for a career fair I’ll be at next week. It [...]
Posted in Job Loss, Resume Devel., jobseeker on Jun 10th, 2009
Wednesday’s Q&A
Question: Should a resume be one page or two?
Answer: It depends….its true! The so called rule of all resumes must be one page just isn’t true. With people changing jobs more frequently and achieving more goals, a resume should sometimes be two pages. I usually tell clients, if your background warrants a two page [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Job Search on Jun 9th, 2009
Tuesday’s Tips
More and more companies are making it mandatory to submit online job applications. Even if you have been introduced to the right person and have already provided them with a dynamite resume you still may be asked to apply online. Although new technology is making the process much more user friendly, it is still [...]
Posted in Job Search, Networking, Social Networking, jobseeker on Jun 2nd, 2009
Tuesday’s Tip
You’ve got an awesome resume you had developed by a professional resume writer and now you’ve posted it on Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and Simply Hired. Feeling very confident you’ve even signed up to LinkedIn and developed a pretty savvy profile. Now it has been 3 weeks and all you’ve gotten are hits on your [...]
Posted in Resume Devel. on May 20th, 2009
Wednesday’s Q&A
Question: Should I include personal information on my resume?
Answer: I was at the Womenforhire.com career fair yesterday and was a little surprised at the number of people that had intentionally included personal information on their resume. To clarify, personal information is not contact information but rather information that is added to a resume about [...]
Posted in Career Change, Job Search, Networking on May 19th, 2009
Tuesday’s Tips
Since I am working at the Womenforhire.com job fair in downtown Detroit most of today I thought it would be appropriate to share this with you. It is a information I have at my table when I work job fairs. When there I provide resume critiques, answers questions and just boost confidence for job [...]
Posted in Career Change, Current Events, Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude on May 18th, 2009
Monday’s PMA
Starting my week on a renewed and positive note always helps to bring me more enjoyment and be more productive. I used the reminder from Ken Blanchard’s webinar “Leading in Uncertain Times” and have consistently found time every day to meditate and pray. It helps clear out the negative thoughts I feel creeping in [...]
Posted in Interview Prep, Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude, Resume Devel. on May 14th, 2009
Thursday’s Review
I read a little book a few years ago that is still really a helpful source of information for job seekers and worth mentioning today. When I say little, I mean little. It has a just over 100 pages and is only about 4.5” x 8.5” in size. Written by Max Messmer, Chairman and [...]
