Innovate Your Resume: Ditch the Summary for a Sales Pitch

Want your resume to stand out? Innovate your resume and ditch the Summary for a Sales Pitch. Summaries are great areas to deposit tired descriptors such as: detail-oriented, team player, competent professional, organized and multi-tasker (to name a few). Hiring managers, recruiters and HR professionals have seen all of the worn-out professional adjectives and will…

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Building Your Brand for an Outstanding LinkedIn Profile

An outstanding LinkedIn profile is not as elusive as it might seem. You are probably aware that LinkedIn may be poised to become the number one talent management platform of the future. In fact, trends show that LinkedIn may one day replace resumes altogether! In order to make certain that you are maximizing your LinkedIn…

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Interview for Impact: Increase Your Job Candidacy by 70%

Interview for Impact: Increase Your Job Candidacy by 70% Interviews: love them or hate them – every job seeker must learn how to interview for impact. A great first impression will only last a few minutes if you don’t have what it takes to be a savvy interviewee. It is vital to ensure that you…

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5 Essentials for Effective Job Seekers

5 Essentials for Effective Job Seekers “What the one thing I should do more than anything else as a person in transition?” I am asked this more often these days. I wish it was as easy as a single step to success. There’s no magic pill or secret handshake to guarantee the best job for you. Whether…

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The Secret About the Secret Pool of Jobs

The Secret About the Secret Pool of Jobs It was late one afternoon when I got the call. The speaker on the other end quickly introduced themselves as responding to my application for a job position and they wanted to set up an interview. I eagerly accepted the time and date for the interview as…

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Your Resume: Top 5 Reasons You’re Not Getting a Response

You and your resume can be best friends or secret enemies. If you are looking for career shift you have already realized that job hunting IS a full time job! Time is precious and so are great career opportunities. You definitely want to get that phone call, but what if your resume is secretly sabotaging…

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Hiring Slump in the Holiday Season? Think Again.

When the Christmas trees hit the shelves in the local home improvement store and all the clothing outlet carries is winter woolies, we automatically think that the hiring season is over – bring on the turkey, ham, and extra helping of pie! In actuality, the Holiday Season is exactly the time to polish the resume,…

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Breaking Out of the Box – 6 Steps to Career Bliss

So many Americans suffer from mid-career crisis or professional stagnation. If I had a dollar for every time I heard: “I’ve been doing the same job for years, but I don’t really like what I do” I would be writing this from a nice little private island. It’s a scary world out there and many of…

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