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You, Your Resume, and Your Message!

As the layoffs mount and as the job market gets tighter I often hear voices of frustration from my audiences when I speak before them. Most of my audiences consist of those working and looking for a change, those out of work looking to get back in, and often, those who are afraid that they [...]

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Your Resume and the Truth

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than to lie awake about them
afterwards. -Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (1601-1658)
As a career coach I routinely work with clients to make their resumes more presentable. In the process I am often surprised by the number of clients who want to misstate facts or who want to [...]

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Cover Letter: Your Closing Argument

Whenever I mention to my clients, who are going after open jobs, to write cover letters in their response I get incredulous looks and an insinuation that I am hopelessly out of date and impractical. Why? They have heard from many recruiters that cover letters are a waste of time because no one reads [...]

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“Your reach should be greater than your grasp.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not have to go far to realize that the job market today is really tough these days! What makes it even tougher for those who are already out and looking and for those who are on the verge of a layoff is that they [...]

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Executive resumes are breeds in themselves. Why? Employers are looking for some special leadership traits in the senior managers that they want to hire. The traits of good leadership embody a portfolio of attributes that are not always quantifiable. They are often indefinable, a jen ne sais quoi, and yet those who are looking for [...]

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Working with Recruiters

During a job or career transition those who are ready to make a change often consider working with a recruiter as a good avenue for help. Although this can be true, many do this out of lack of full awareness of the role a recruiter plays during a transition and how to utilize that resource [...]

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Winning Cover Letters

Cover letters are a great opportunity to differentiate from the masses when responding to a job. If the opportunity is a “Gold” or an “A” target a great cover letter is all the more important. In a typical response to a job opening in a tight market, as most are experiencing now, a résumé must [...]

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