You are probably thinking to yourself...what could a dog possibly have to do with your job search strategy. Well, dogs are our best friend. They like to go out into the world exploring their options and seeking out new opportunities. Isn't that the foundation of searching for a job? A well-trained …
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How to Successfully Add Color to Your Resume
If you are old school and you remember the days of flipping through the classifieds, snail mailing your resume to apply for jobs, and getting job interviews, then this blog post is for you! If you are new to the resume game and know nothing about what a quality resume should look like aesthetically …
What it Takes to Prepare for a Career Change After a Job Loss
You had a bad day at work and are frustrated with your job this week, so you say I'm done...I am changing careers! You could also be the other extreme by having a slow and gradual build-up to wanting to change careers. Maybe over time you decided that you want to have more challenges at work and you …
Resume Roundtable – The Top Resume Questions This Week
On a regular basis, my team and I have a roundtable discussion on what some of the most common resume questions have been over the last week. When you work with a diverse client base every day, you notice trends in the questions that get asked over and over again. I figure if my clients have …
The Importance of Sending Thank You Letters After Job Interviews
When we were younger, our parents taught us the important building blocks of our lives like sending thank you notes to show our appreciation and gratitude anytime someone gave us a gift or did something nice for us. Whether it was a birthday gift, a celebratory gift to commemorate a milestone in our …
Career Change Resumes
In today's job market, it is not uncommon that as a job seeker you might be considering an alternate career path or a career change altogether. There are many reasons that job seekers want to pursue a different career path. Most times, you are looking for new opportunities that challenge you and …
The Top Interview Questions & What They Really Mean
Job interviews--the dreaded love/hate relationship. Some people love interviewing with companies and cannot wait to step foot in the building to sell themselves. Other people have an impending sense of doom at the thought of going on a job interview. We have all been there and we all have our own …
New Year…New You
As the new year is upon us, most of us reflect on the last year and think about the things that we want to accomplish in the new year. Is there a new ground-breaking project at work that I can get involved in? Is there an industry conference that I can attend to grow my network while enhancing my …
Salary Negotiation – Is Cash Always King?
After a previous client had such success with her resume that I wrote for her, she came back to me with a new dilemma that she was quite concerned about: I just received an offer from a company, but I was hoping for a higher salary. What should I do? Of all the dilemmas she could be facing right …
Should Basic Job Tasks Be Removed from a Resume?
Q: I have been told that I needed to change my basic job duties from essentially "tasks" to only accomplishments. What are your thoughts on changing basic job duties or even removing them completely from a resume? I'm not really sure what is standard resume etiquette now. ~ Amy in Boston, …