…unless you plan to make some basic changes.
Recently I completed a Power Hour with a client I will call Roberta. We covered a lot of ground.
The next day Roberta called me. “Did you send the summary as promised? People are calling to tell me my mailbox is full.”
I told Roberta what I share in my […]

OK, these days you often need only a virtual resume. But for those special times when only a paper resume will do, here’s a really good set of guidelines.
There’s just one rule I’d question. Many experts say the one-page resume is outdated. As long as you have good, solid, result-oriened content, you can certainly […]

Career expert Kim Isaacs makes the point graphically in her recent blog post: Functional resumes won’t work. They raise more questions than they answer.
After all, why do other-worldly career and outplacement services recommend functional resumes? Because they believe you have a problem with your past. They want to disguise the problem by, they say, focusing […]

Found this in another blog.
In sum, to screw up your job search:
Don’t say what you want
Don’t want what you say
Read more:
http://tinyurl.com/56n6vy

I once got a call from a life coach looking for a new career. I agreed to talk for 15 minutes at no charge. As we got into the conversation, she mentioned that she was talking to 21 coaches before making up her mind. She followed up our call with a dozen more questions
I could […]

You’re interviewing for a job and the interviewer wants to pick your brain. You sense they want your expertise without paying for it.
“Real” consultants run into this challenge all the time. Most of us learn to charge for “diagnostic” or “test-drive” challenges.
When interviewing, you may feel more constrained, especially if you need or really want […]

You just won the job - congratulations! You gave notice and quit your old job. Or maybe you have been looking for a long time and you finally landed the Big One. Yaay!!!
But your new job doesn’t start for another 3 weeks. What do you do?
First, be sure you have a written offer.
Don’t be […]

“On paper, my experience doesn’t look great. As a project manager, I organize vendors and keep costs down. But in fact everybody wants me to run their projects! Even customers ask for me. Now I’m ready to embark on a job search. How can I communicate my value to a future employer?”
Three ways: […]

Q. “I thought I did all my homework before taking this job - but everything has changed! I’m working 12-hour days to complete assignments they ‘forgot’ to tell me about. My customer list includes all the problems nobody else wants. What can I do? And what questions should I ask when I look for my […]

I was inspired to write this post after reading about a former flight attendant who made a whole bunch of these mistakes. Don’t look now but a lot of smart people make at least one.
Dumb Mistake #1: Posting a photo of yourself in a provocative pose on the Internet.
Dumb Mistake #2: Wearing a company […]