Last week, a prospective client sent me a resume with a list of references and their contact information on it. This is a section I do not include on resumes… Read More
Resumes and LinkedIn
4 Examples Where Networking Worked: How I made my job searches more fun, less glum.
Once again, it is a holiday weekend. The holiday weekends are a good time to reflect and write a more personal post, yet one that shares lesson. Last week, we… Read More
4 Old School Job Search Techniques: Will they work in the age of LinkedIn and COVID19?
A researcher for a major job search site posted an interesting question earlier this week. The site wanted to know what “old school” job search methods still work in the… Read More
7 Examples of “TMI” in Job Search: How to Avoid Providing too Much Information.
Most of us have encountered the expression “too much information,” or TMI in our personal lives. We can also provide TMI about our careers to prospective employers and industry contacts… Read More
4 Reasons to Create a Traditional Reverse-chronological Resume in the Social Media Age.
Job-seekers at an employment program where I taught resume writing and online job search strategy used to ask me why the program required them to write resumes. My clients argued… Read More
5 Ways You Can Disqualify Yourself Before Someone Reads Your Resume. How to Avoid These Problems.