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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Information That Should Never, Never, NEVER Go on Your Resume
1) Your age, date of birth, or anything that might give away your age. Did you graduate from high school in 1967? College in 1972? Or does your e-mail address include the year you were born, as in “sharper1960@email.com”? Leave the dates off of your education and get another e-mail address! Age discrimination is illegal […]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
How Long - or Short - Should Your Resume Be?
My client was an engineer with a wealth of experience going back 15-years. But when I looked at the resume he’d prepared for himself, my brain nearly flatlined as I tried assimilate the information before me.
The margins were less than a quarter of an inch on all sides, the font was 9 points (oh, […]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
“It’s” vs. “Its”
As I was explaining the difference between “can I” and “may I” to a rather stubborn granddaughter, her brother announced for all the world that “Grandma is the grammar police.” Alas, I confess that on certain subjects I can be very much the grammar police.
I tell you that to warn you, dear reader, that […]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
How to Prepare and Use a Portfolio for Your Interview
He was a mechanical engineer who had developed any number of creative process improvements over the years, saving his company millions of dollars. And he was proud of his work. In fact, when I first met with him to go over his history and begin the resume development process, he brought me a shoe box […]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
How to Dress For the Interview
If you have the questions nailed for the interview, more power to you. But the right response won’t do you any good if you aren’t properly dressed. In fact, research has indicated that people form a first impression in about 30 seconds, and once that first impression is formed, it’s very hard to break. So […]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Your Summer Job Search
Are you tempted to take the summer off and wait until the fall to ramp up your job search? You could be missing some great opportunities.
Contrary to popular opinion, employers still hire during the summer months, and recruiters are always on the lookout for new talent. Besides, the summer is going to end soon enough, […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Job Security & Today’s Economy
As a guest on a national radio talk show a while back, I got a call from the mother of two young college men. She wanted her boys to avoid the pitfalls of reorganizations and job instability that seem to be rampant in today’s economy. She asked me what they should major in “so they […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Education and Your Career
Back in 1990, when I first began writing resumes and providing career consulting, I saw a number of retired Fortune 500 corporate executives who were seeking part time consulting positions. The majority of them had no formal education beyond high school, and every one of them said that anyone with just a high school diploma […]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Power Pack Your Job Search!
Updating Your Job Search Strategy
If you’re like most job seekers, you invest the majority of your time and precious resources in scanning Internet job boards and responding to ads in the newspapers.
Reality check. Estimates vary, but if that’s the strategy you’re using to find a job, indications are that your likelihood of success is […]
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Negotiating a Salary Offer
Since raises are based on current earnings, the salary you accept will determine your salary for the rest of your history with the company. If you accept something that is $5,000 below what you should receive, you’ll be $5,000 or more behind in raises, promotions, and bonuses for your entire tenure with an organization.
If you […]
