My realtor friend was recently bemoaning the fact that all too often a client will get so attached to a house they don’t want to keep looking. Before the tour is even over, they’ve painted the walls, arranged the furniture and moved in. When a client gets this mindset, he …
Whether or not you hire a firm such as CE (which we highly recommend), rely on your career center or do it yourself, the job search just takes getting going and sticking with. Follow this flowchart of fun to see where you stack up, what you’ve mastered and what needs …
What Do I Want To Be… It can be called your “Authentic Work,” “Passion,” “Niche…” Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios calls it “Finding What You Love.” As Comedian Paula Poundstone jokes “Adults are always asking children what they want to be when they grow up …
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” – Pearl S. Buck February for college graduates usually brings the tsunami of graduation audits, internships and a terrible case of spring fever. The joy of the prospect of …
The New Year has a way of testing our resolve, and it’s usually by this time of year we know just how much we have. Whether we told ourselves we would de-clutter our homes, return to the gym, or reduce our intake of caffeine, studies say 46% of us abandon …
Year-end is always a good time to catch our breath and take a break. But time and energy allowing, we recommend turning some of this down-time into uplifting small successes. Here are some key things that don’t take long and will make all the difference as you head into the …
Involuntary job searches can take us through the 7 stages of grief, and none of those is greatly conducive to writing the resume. As we pass through shock into anger followed by depression, our minds aren’t really calibrated to great writing. The fact is, however, that while we might lump …
Story-Like Resume In our previous segment we talked about redecorating resumes like rooms. I had an experience recently that reiterated this thought and I wanted to share it. I read a resume that read more like a laundry list than a marketing piece. The candidate had done many things over …
Keeping the Resume Updated. Just like with friends, we don’t want to ignore them until we need them. Neither should we ignore our resume until we need it. Most people realize they need a new resume one conversation too late. It might be a colleague imploring them to apply for …
Am I the only professional without a resume? For those of you who, for whatever reason, have not needed an updated resume since your career began, all hope is not lost. Many times professionals have risen through the internal ranks and needed nothing more than internal referrals and applications. Jobs …
