LinkedIn is my favorite networking tool. It is the largest professional networking site with 300 million users. It helps open doors and uncover opportunities on a broad spectrum while building contacts and relationships. I am constantly asking clients, “Have you joined LinkedIn yet?” or “Have you beefed up that LinkedIn profile yet?” or “If… Read more »
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It is very important to keep the information on your resume as relevant as possible. Remember, the hiring person is only going to take around 15 seconds to scan your resume, so yours has to be “quick and dirty”. In other words, keep your information current and pertinent to the job you want. If the… Read more »
Read MoreI recently commented on the ‘What Would Dad Say’ (jobdig) website where GL Hoffman wrote the interesting post, “Someone should Say it, so it might as well be me”. The post was about Megan Joy from American Idol. GL wonders if she was booted off because of her singing, or because of her arm tattoos…. Read more »
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I joined Twitter in January. I joined because I was feeling pressure to do so from clients, colleagues and well… Anderson Cooper. Every night when watching “AC 360”, the fabulous Mr. Cooper would say, “Follow Me on Twitter!”. I thought, “Why does Andy (my nickname for the handsome-Ms.Vanderbuilt’s-son) want the world to follow him on… Read more »
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Here’s to coffee!
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Does where you fall in your birth order determine your career?
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It starts quietly. You hear rumblings about it from colleagues; it’s all anyone can talk about. Company morale is low and people are getting panicky. Suddenly, they let go of 25 people in your department with more layoffs expected. 2 months later, you get your pink slip. You don’t have any prospects in sight, everyone… Read more »
Read MoreIt’s a very exciting day (evening) for me! I’ve been wanting to switch to WordPress for a while but didn’t know how and didn’t have a clue as to how to begin. I found a couple of sites that offered tips. One in particular was pretty lengthy, and they would do it for me for… Read more »
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Daily Disciplines for Effortless Success Today’s post is from my all-time favorite motivational speaker, Jack Canfield!! Most of you know I am a huge fan of the Law of Attraction. I have used it in my life for about 2 years (on and off) and have seen my income triple. Seriously. I was initially drawn… Read more »
Read MoreThe Use of C OLOR on Resumes… dare we? Folks, a new day has dawned. I never thought I’d say it or believe it, but color is here. Hopefully to stay. Way back when I started my resume writing career (10 years ago), color wasn’t used. I was trained by an executive resume writing firm… Read more »
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