3 Reasons Not to Use a Creative Resume Format
Hi Everyone! It's a "two-fer" week, with a video blog as well as a written version. Choose the format you want and enjoy! When it comes [...]
Career Panic: How Do I Know If This Job Is The Right Job?
My first career-panic moment occurred at the beginning of ninth grade. I was only thirteen at the time when the guidance counselor asked, [...]
Most Common Interviewing Mistake
Ping! Buzz! Ring! It’s so exciting when the phone alerts us with a prospective employer wanting to chat about a new opportunity. An interview – [...]
Is The Word “Can’t” Getting In The Way Of Your Success?
Recently I learned a new skill: how to mow the lawn. That’s not a big deal for many people; in fact I bet most would love to NOT know how to mow [...]
Work Anniversaries: A Good Time to Pause and Reflect to Move Forward
We recently celebrated our twenty-year wedding anniversary. Twenty years! Almost hard to believe. Each year on our anniversary we take time [...]
What To Expect – And Not To Expect – From An Internship
The summer of my senior year in college was special - I had landed an internship at a chemical products processing plant. This was not just any [...]
3 Ways to Win at Writing College Application Essays
One of the most tedious jobs in the world must be reading all of the college entrance essays to determine who’s “in” and who’s “out” for the [...]
6 Things NOT to Expect from Your First Job
Most of us have high expectations of our first job out of college. We create a vision of where this first job will take us, even creating [...]
4 Do’s for Successful Networking ….And 1 Don’t
It’s no secret that networking, that tangible-intangible social bonding experience, is the key to success when it comes to finding a job. It [...]
3 Ways to Answer the Question, “Tell Me About Yourself “
“Tell me about yourself” It’s the one question every job candidate can expect during a job interview. You’d think candidates would slam-dunk [...]
Resumes Are Weird; You Must Network to Find a Job
When it comes to picking a movie, who do you trust more: your friend or an online movie critic you’ve never met? If you picked movie critic, [...]
Win at Work by Knowing How to Act: the Academy Award Winning Performance
We all know actions speak louder than words, right? How about acting? What if I told you the key to winning at work is in knowing how to [...]