When you become collateral damage in a merger, acquisition, or restructuring, or lose your job due to budget cutbacks, your world is turned upside down. You feel disoriented –perhaps as though you’re living in a nightmare from which you cannot awake. You wonder, “How could this happen to me?” Losing a job is naturally a …
Monthly Archives: January 2012
5 Tips To Get The Hiring Manager’s Attention
Every time you apply for a job you have the chance to be a standout, a star, or at least a unique individual with a string of talents that may be a great match for the employer’s needs. But many don’t see themselves that way or sell themselves that way. And they don’t find the …
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Identify Your Ideal Job & Set Up Your GPS For Getting There
Anyone who wants a new job or a new assignment this year could start with a clear picture of their ideal position – their destination – and then develop a roadmap on how they’ll get there. or a new assignment this year could start with a clear picture of their ideal position – their destination …
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Volunteering Your Way to a Job
It’s no secret the job market is tough. But whether you’ve been unemployed for two months or two years, you can still gain new skills, and fill gaps in your resume and network, all the while giving back to your community through volunteering. Long gone are the days when volunteering meant working in a soup …
3 Major Resume Issues Solved
Stymied by a particularly difficult resume problem? You’re not alone. Many of the clients I work with in my capacity as a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) come to me because they’re not sure what the solution to a particular issue is. What’s interesting is that, by and large, most of the problems revolve around …
Expert Exposes Ways To A Clutter-Free Resume
I hate clutter. If I could get rid of half the stuff in my house, it would take two dumpsters and five days of work. As I clean my house the kids and my wife at the Fine Arts Museum in Boston—I’m throwing away every useless item I see on the floor. All this clutter …
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A Guide to Workplace Friendships
Most people spend at least 40 hours a week with their co-workers, so it is significant to have positive relationships with the people around them. According to a 2010 Randstad Work Watch Survey, 66 percent of working adults believe company culture is very important to the success of their organization. The pros of workplace friendships …